Blog: The Needle Drop

With our economy in the crapper and summer 'round the corner, a staycation might be in order; and if you're stuck on the homestead this year, A Hawk and a Hacksaw's Deliverance is your plane ticket outta here. It's a window to every Eastern Bloc country you've been afraid to visit because you only speak English. Slovic sounds have dominated a lot of Western indie pop as of late--Gogol Bordello, Man Man, Beirut--but no band makes the music with the accuracy of A Hawk. They bottle the timbres, melodies, and anguish of this folk music, and [...]