Email Author Raechel Sims

2009 Stories by Raechel Sims

• Wintersleep, An Horse

  published March 25, 2009

  A loving mesh of Paul Murphy’s wise, husky voice, several layers of earnest guitar work and poignant, introspective lyrics, Canadian band... More >>

• Leslie and the LYs

  published March 25, 2009

  I once had deluded dreams of grandeur related to becoming an internet-based, chubby-white-girl rap sensation; but alas, Leslie Hall beat me to it,... More >>

• Madeleine Peyroux

  published March 18, 2009

  An evening with lovely, French-singing jazz chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux seems like an appropriate way to welcome the first hesitant signs of... More >>

• Branford Marsalis

  published March 18, 2009

  To see Branford Marsalis in concert is to witness the culmination of a life created solely for the furtherance of music. The firstborn son of... More >>

• BOAT

  published March 11, 2009

  Hometown heroes BOAT are finally coming into their own after years of steady touring and supporting other regional darlings like Menomena and... More >>

• Dirty Dozen Brass Band

  published February 11, 2009

  One of the very few positives that Hurricane Katrina brought about, (perhaps the only positive unless you count Brad Pitt's architecture hobby or... More >>

• Dancing On The Valentine

  published February 11, 2009

  Hey, you know what's better than supporting a Hallmark-spawned holiday and having a bunch of mediocre sex? Going to a concert. Specifically,... More >>

• Loch Lomond

  published January 28, 2009

  Too often the phrase "orchestral pop" is tossed around without full cognizance of what it truly means, let alone as a descriptor for anything... More >>

• Department of Eagles

  published January 28, 2009

  Upon hearing The Cave Singers for the first time, with their candescent warmth sprawling from gently plucked acoustic guitars and faithfully... More >>

• Magic Bullets

  published January 21, 2009

  Known for their breezy, buoyant sound -- think Joy Division on a perpetual spring break, -- Bay Area band Magic Bullets’ introspective... More >>

• Woven Hand

  published January 14, 2009

  David Eugene Edwards, modern descendent of several respectable touring bands such as 16 Horsepower, has finally come into his own as Woven Hand, a... More >>

• Paula Nelson Band

  published January 14, 2009

  Simplicity is always best, and nowhere does this ring truer than within the endearing, classic-country stylings of Zoe Muth and the High City... More >>

• Elephant Rider

  published January 7, 2009

  It's one week into the New Year and thanks to those lofty resolutions you made, you probably feel like shit. Either the new diet is making... More >>