A few years ago, I accidentally stumbled into a CMJ show by the raw-nerved California drone-folk trio Gowns. 20 minutes later ... On Friday, frontwoman Erika Anderson announced the band's breakup ...

Almost none of the songs on Gowns' drone-folk album Red State take ... reality isn't the goal of most vision-seekers; when Erika Anderson reads off the roll of toxins in their system on "Fargo ...