South San Gabriel, like Centro-matic, emanates from Will Johnson's immense vault of songs. While Centro-matic is best known for their bombastic, fuzz-laden rock songs and Johnson's solo recordings tend toward the sad and sparse, South San Gabriel is the outlet for Johnson's open-ended, hallucinatory pop songs. The stunning journey of The Carlton Chronicles fits neatly on a shelf alongside Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, and Smog, blending stunning songwriting with a delicate and nuanced approach to production...   [ read more ]

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When Centro-Matic is not exploring the outer fringes of indie rock, they're traveling the long, dusty highway that leads here. This is a sparsely performed collection of relaxed and moody ghost songs. Will Johnson sings with such breathiness that maybe he's just talkin' in his sleep. Dreamy arrangements that allow one to be lost in space, with sweeping pedal steel, lazy electric guitars, and a variety of who knows what sounds. Heavenly.

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Soundtracks is the beautiful, atmospheric, solo instrumental recording from Naïm Amor, Part ambient, part French, bistro pop, and part desert expanse, this 7 song EP is sparse, moving, and cinematic. "Soundtracks" was recorded and played by Naïm Amor in Tucson AZ, and features Joey Burns of Calexico and Thomas Belhom of The Amor Belhom Duo. With guitars, vibes, melodica, drum loops, trumpet, cellos, and piano, Amor's Soundtracks is a patient and breathing score for a film that will never be...   [ read more ]

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