Twenty years old, still a student and my God, what a songwriter and singer. Julien Baker of Memphis, Tennessee unleashes her solo debut album, Sprained Ankle, and this is one…
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Jeffrey Foucault has been around for a while; two albums with a project called Cold Satellite and four solo albums. This latest effort, Salt As Wolves (the title taken from…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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It’s rare in 2015 to find an artist who’s straight-up blues. So many would-be blues artists (would-be meaning “would have been 50 or 60 years ago) feel pressured by…
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Rob Ross
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A brand-new album from early ’80’s British Mod revivalists, The Moment, is cause for celebration. One of the best of the “second wave” to the Mod rebirth, The Moment had…
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Rob Ross
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It can be a difficult prospect – reviewing an instrumental album. You try to look for emotions and imagery without the assistance of lyrics to guide you along. However, this…
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If you’re like me, you get tired of the same old polished pop littering the iTunes store and Spotify streams, not to mention terrestrial radio. What happened to the down-and-dirty,…
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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Let’s face it. As humans, we love a good success story, particularly when it’s taken that story’s protagonist a substantial chunk of time to reach his or her potential. I’m…
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David Medsker
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indie rockers make synth pop record, check cynicism at the door.
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Pete Chianca
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It was a canny move on the part of producer Stevie Van Zandt — he of E Street Band and “Sopranos” fame — not to try to shoehorn a ”modern”…
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Rob Ross
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A few short months ago, I introduced you to Grey Lands, the Ontario-based trio, with their single, “Another Lie”. And now, the band has made quite good on their promise…
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Rob Ross
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I love this band and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It doesn’t make me biased – if anything, it makes me want to see/hear them stretch themselves into a…
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Dw. Dunphy
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It turns out “a Jane-Getter” is a person named Jane Getter, and she’s a pretty great guitar player.
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Allison Johnelle Boron
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The music business of the last 50 years is dead. Everyone knows that. The few major labels left standing are all but on their last gasps. Artists can’t rely on…
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Justin Vellucci
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Dear Reader: Staff writer Justin Vellucci promised us a review of Oblique Quartet’s debut record, Tlaloc Beat, in his words, ”by the end of May, drop-dead latest.” As I am…
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Dw. Dunphy
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“Problem” does not now nor will ever rhyme with “solve them.”
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Dw. Dunphy
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Pugwash is a band that jumped in the time machine in 1969 and, fortunately for us, arrived right on time now.
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Rob Ross
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At long last, New Jersey’s hardest working band, The Cynz, have a full-length release. A few facts, however – this is (predominantly) a compilation of tracks released on their prior…
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First, I’ll let you freak out over some of the names of the players who make up the current incarnation of The Orange Humble Band: Darryl Mather, the mind behind…
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Rob Ross
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This new album from Dan Whitley (yes, brother of the late, great Chris Whitley) is another exercise of finely-crafted, pure-American music – that wonderful mixture of country, folk, soul/groove and…
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Justin Vellucci
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Welcome to, Welcome to, Welcome to Welcome To Pittsburgh. Long time, no see. My fault, really. Computer died, brain is fried, et cetera, et cetera. No time for small talk,…
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Rob Ross
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A stellar collection of eleven songs from British singer-songwriter Bobby Long, a name I hadn’t been familiar with before but am now looking to know more about. Refined acoustic guitar…
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This self-titled debut album from Minneapolis’ Carroll has some fine textures that remind me immediately of such ’80s indie giants as the Comsat Angels, the Chameleons, the Sound and a…
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An interesting and damned fine debut from Chicago’s Natalie Myre. This singer-songwriter has a wonderful voice and a way with writing a song that makes the listening a pleasure trip,…
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Rob Ross
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Now THIS is what it’s all about – driving guitars, strident rhythms, crashing cymbals and hooks galore – coming out of Australia, following in the grand tradition of the Hoodoo…
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This 16-year old from Phoenix, Arizona has a sweet and soothing voice yet writes songs with a veteran’s sense of structure and melody. Taylor Upsahl‘s second release, the cleverly titled…