Mark Kozelek

Best in Music Journalism: June 2015

Features
The best stories have great characters at the center of them, and musicians might be some of the greatest characters of all. That’s why when we’re not writing about music, we’re reading about it. From illuminat...

Best Songs of 2013: 10-1

2013, Best Of, Songs
10. MØ  “Waste of Time” I don't quite know how she does it, but MØ somehow manages in "Waste of Time" to make romantic desperation sound, dare I say it, kind of sexy? Not many women in the music industry co...

Jonkast — Episode 5: Best of 2013

Podcast
A biweekly look at new music and upcoming Madison concerts. In this special episode we talk about some of the best tracks of 2013: CHVRCHES - "Recover" Majical Cloudz - "Childhood's End"> Fox...

Magical Cloud: “Savage”

Songs
As if Impersonator wasn't packed with enough cutting and heartbreaking material to last the year, Majical Cloudz unleashed a new, non-album cut onto the Internet last month. "Savage" was conceived at the same t...
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Majical Cloudz
Impersonator

Albums
According to Majical Cloudz frontman Devon Welsh, Impersonator was a response to a trend in music that runs on the notion that "more is better." With perpetually improving digital equipment and programs, artist...

Majical Cloudz: “Childhood’s End”

Songs
I have to imagine that after a long therapy session, Majical Cloudz's singer and songwriter Devon Walsh was told to look for constructive ways to deal with issues of his past, and the duo's new album Impersonat...

Majical Cloudz: “Turns Turns Turns”

Songs
The title-bearing opening song of the Montreal duo Majical Cloudz's latest EP has a confession to make. Devon Welsh's manly but smooth voice tells us a love story that does not necessarily have a happy ending, ...