By Peter Blackstock, eMusic ContributorMarried for 17 years, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison have kept their recording careers separate, aside from a low-profile Christmas album. Hearing Cheater's Game, it's hard to fathom why, because their talents are so perfectly… more »
By Alex Naidus, eMusic ContributorPeaking Lights — husband-and-wife duo Aaron Doyes and Indra Dunis — make distinctly modern music of understated joy and optimism. The pair, clearly both avid crate diggers and knob twiddlers, refract their love of Krautrock,… more »
By Laura Leebove, Deputy EditorHusband-and-wife indie-pop outfit Mates of State have come far from the barebones organ-and-drums duo they started as in the late '90s. Where Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel's vocals used to be urgent and detached, they're… more »
By Sam Adams, eMusic ContributorWith their 2005 album, the Malian duo of Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia vaulted out of the world music arena and into the mainstream, putting them on a road that eventually found them sharing stages… more »
By Sam Adams, eMusic ContributorWith their 2005 album, the Malian duo of Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia vaulted out of the world music arena and into the mainstream, putting them on a road that eventually found them sharing stages… more »
By Kevin O'Donnell, eMusic Contributor"When I get back home," Dan Boeckner howls on the opening track of Sound Kapital, "I won't be the same no more." He isn't kidding. Prior to recording their third album, Boeckner and his bandmate… more »
By Sam Adams, eMusic ContributorAfter Drums & Guns and The Great Destroyer, you might assume the title of Low's ninth album, C'mon indicates the band is lowering its sights – setting aside universals for a colloquial invitation. But Alan… more »
By Keith Harris, eMusic ContributorHappily married couples have formed the nucleus of many a prominent indie rock band. But wife Kori Gardner and husband Jason Hammel are Mates of State — since they first joined forces in the late… more »
