Doug Martsch

On his first solo album, Doug Martsch leaves behind intricate psychedelic pop and becomes
a backwoods savant. Now You Know is a disc of bare-bones folk blues that recalls O
Brother, Where Art Thou? more than anything by Martsch's band, Built to Spill. The album's
debt to such Delta bluesmen as Fred McDowell is clear (Martsch even throws in a nicely
done cover of McDowell's "Jesus," in case anyone misses the point), but Now is... More >