Anthony Newes reviewed my latest record in Rift Magazine, take a look! Thanks to Anthony and Rift for the props.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives are one of my favorite bands, and their new album Communion just went on sale in the US digitally on Yeproc. Here's the iTunes link:

This a massive, sprawling wonderland of an album, 2 discs full of smart, high-energy, freaky pop music. There is a definite "journey" to the album, and strangely some of the very best tunes turn up well into the second disc. This is an Album with a capital "A". I think of TSOOL as kindred brothers from Sweden, what they do is so much like what I aim for with Polara and my solo stuff. Please check their new album out…and don't be frightened by the (remarkably disconcerting!) cover.

And for a very interesting, unusual glimpse of some of the new material, check out this acoustic show they did in Oslo on Dec. 29! It's pretty cool how a band that rocks as hard as TSOOL can translate so well without a fuzz pedal in sight.

My longtime friends Janey and Marc have released their debut EP. I produced it with Marc, and played a bunch of instruments along with other guests (Gary Louris, Tim O'Reagan, Peter Anderson, Kraig Johnson, Tim Oesau). I think we made a pretty atmospheric, timeless-sounding record. More details about the release at Susstones, buy it now exclusively at the Susstones Shop.

For those of you who are "over" CD's, the new album is now for sale as a high-quality DRM-free mp3 download at the Susstones Shop. The download is only $6.99 for the whole album including full-resolution artwork. That's a pretty good deal!

Here are a couple of recent interviews that I've done…

The Onion with Rob Van Alstyne

HowWasTheShow.com with David Rachac