GUEST POST: Brooks Harlan of War on Women -Top Albums of the Year 2020


Ghost Cult continues our “End of Year Guest Post Extravaganza” with a slew of posts from bands, industry, PR pros, and more! We’ll be sharing lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the globe. In this edition, we have a list from Brooks Harlan of War on Women. Their new album Wonderful Hell is out now via Bridge Nine Records. Continue reading


J Robbins Releasing EP of reworked songs, new Onelinedrawing, Moral Mazes


J. Robbins

J. Robbins has issued a brand new EP titled Abandoned Mansions via Bandcamp, with his Office of Future Plans bandmates, cellist Gordon Withers and keyboardist/backing vocalist Brooks Harlan. The EP features new acoustic arrangements of songs originally written for Jawbox, Burning Airlines and Office of Future Plans, along with a newly written track.

Watch a video of J. Robbins performing Jawbox’s “Savory” at the Lilypad in Cambridge, MA on October 7th below.

Robbins will be performing the following dates.

Nov 13: The Boot And Saddle – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 14: Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT
Nov 15: The Parlour – Providence, RI
Nov 16: Green Street Studios – Cambridge, MA
Nov 17: DC 9 – Washington D.C.
Nov 18: The Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD
Nov 23: The Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

Here’s a pretty great live video of J and Gordon Withers playing Jawbox”s “Savory” at The Lilypad in Cambridge, MA on October 7, 2011:

 

Robbins is also involved on Jonah Matranga (ex-Far, etc)’s Onelinedrawing’s new album Me And You Are Two; and a seven inch from their new side project called Moral Mazes on Bridge Nine Records.