On a surprisingly brisk late-March evening, the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe abounded with writers, musicians, and other literary types. The dedication of the evening — co-sponsored by Housing Works and McNally Jackson — was to the work of Cheryl Strayed, and while the timing corresponded to the release of her memoir Wild, the event’s theme focused on her “Dear Sugar” columns for The Rumpus. (A collection of these, titled Tiny Beautiful Things, will be published later this summer by Vintage.) Late […]
Notes on Music: Gold Leaves, Widowspeak, Amen Dunes
Posted by Jason Diamond With a slew of great releases, this year has been a banner one for Hardly Art. The Seattle label boasts a pretty complete roster of musicians that takes the traditional garage rock sound, and stretches it to the limit with bands like Hunx & His Punx and Xray Eyeballs. We’ve talked to a few of those groups, including the neo-Fugs folk weirdos of Fergus & Geronimo and the Crampsy dirt rockers of Woven Bones, but next […]