Jose w/ M. Ward Medeles Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems (CLEAR WITH BLACK SMOKE VINYL) 9/30/22 who also plays with Will

who also plays with Will Oldham

the latest immaculately rendered pop opus from their long-running duo The Autumn Defense

If you have heard any of my previous records you will realize that this transformation from “divorce” band to “weekend” band would be a tall order

Although the album was completed in the spring of 1991

a native New Yorker born to Palestinian refugees who came to the States in search of a better life

Jose w/ M. Ward Medeles Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems (CLEAR WITH BLACK SMOKE VINYL) 9/30/22 who also plays with WillLed by drummer Jose Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummers tribute to guitarist and DIY iconoclast John Fahey. Joined for a series of guitar and drum duets with M. Ward, experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk (Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus), its a genuinely honorific project, featuring not Fahey compositions, but rather a series of improvised rendezvous inspired and