Reports of summer’s death have been greatly exaggerated, as it’s still too hot to comfortably wear your favorite sweater, but these cool morning breezes cannot be ignored forever. As a goodbye kiss to August, we have a new album, Born In A Night, by the Scottish group Hassle Hound,...

Pop Winds is a group with a distinct, unmistakable flavor. Not surprisingly, distinct unmistakable flavors have a tendency to appeal to a narrow range of people. Thankfully, this Montreal-based trio has done us all the favor of breaking from the norm—at least in this respect. Pop Winds has a...

When I think of the Detroit music scene, I think of a huge amount of musical diversity: the soulful sounds of Motown, Mick Collins’ gritty garage rock with The Gories and The Dirtbombs , the brash hip hop of MCs like Eminem and Guilty Simpson, and the analog synths of the early Detroit...

Been so slacker it’s not even funny. I can’t apologize enough, and strangely, the Google analytics haven’t shown much drop off. You all rule. So because you have been patient, and because November has produced a cornucopia of instrumental magic, I will be bombing SK with a...

Stone's Throw often relishes in mixing the new with the old but few of the venerable label's artists sum it up as well as Koushik, the eponymous moniker of Koushik Ghosh.