1979’s Night in the Ruts is, I dare say, nobody’s favorite Aerosmith record. Recorded when the group was at the height of their druggy excess and yet were still riding high on…
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Justin Vellucci
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Captain Beefheart devotees, rejoice! Shape-shifter Don van Vliet might be deceased but his spirit — and that of his ever-evolving Magic Band — is alive and well in Pittsburgh. Local…
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Rob Ross
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According to the press release, Sven-Erik Olsen spent most of his childhood in a constant state between daydreaming and brainstorming in Minneapolis. He explained, ”Throughout my childhood, and even into…
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Justin Vellucci
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Man, that’s devastating! If the reverb-drenched guitar on this record’s second track doesn’t move you to tremble with tears, then the soaring strings on “M1” surely will. Pianist/composer Rachel Grimes…
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Rob Ross
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Nick Nicely is a name, I have to admit, I am not familiar with – but he is someone who has had a very long career (albeit without a wide…
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Justin Vellucci
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Indie writer/musician Adam Gnade is a lot like Neutral Milk Hotel’s beautific, canonical ”Oh Comely;” he makes you feel resilient and centered as life and all its context tries to…
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Justin Vellucci
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Much pomp and circumstance has been made about Sam Beam returning in 2017 to the form of his early years. But while Iron & Wine’s Beast Epic, out today on…
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Rob Ross
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Not what I would expect from the area of Kingston, New York (a very nice town), but Lara Hope and The Ark Tones dish up some kickin’ rockabilly on this,…
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Seth Glier’s new album, Birds, is steeped in conflict and contradictions. There’s grief and loss, but also strength and resilience; doubt and dismay, but also a sense of optimism as…
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Justin Vellucci
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Portland’s Taylor Malsey presents listeners with some warbled tunes and an inviting, warm blanket of melancholia on the excellent Wilt debut Hand Mirror, out now on Good Cheer Records. And,…
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Rob Ross
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An interestingly compelling album from Florida’s Flagship Romance, Tales From The Self-Help Section is a low-key but powerful gathering of twelve songs that explore love, life and trying to cope…
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Rob Ross
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Heirs Of Fortune isn’t a band per se (or so I gather); it’s a project overseen and directed by Terry Carolan, a mainstay of power pop mastery, especially in his…
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Rob Ross
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Once again, the city of Chicago is on the radar with this debut release from singer-songwriter Andy Pratt. This young talent mixes jazz, folk and some classical overtones in his…
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Justin Vellucci
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Mike Patton has never fronted a band like this. The Faith No More frontman, known by most of the populace alive in the 80s and 90s for a rap-rock song…
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Rob Ross
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There’s quite a number of stories that go along with the songs behind Korby Lenker’s newest album, Thousand Springs, which is the seventh release from this East Nashville-based singer-songwriter. This…
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Justin Vellucci
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Dale Crover is positively chameleonic — as if any of us would expect anything less — on The Fickle Finger of Fate, his ”debut” solo full-length LP, out today on…
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Rob Ross
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This is just so, so good, I’m not sure how or where to begin. I had the pleasure of working with Hootie & The Blowfish during my years at Atlantic…
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Rob Ross
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This glorious album from New Jersey’s Somerdale was originally released as Shake It, Maggie, but once it found its way into the hands and ears of Marty Scott, the driving…
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Dw. Dunphy
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If it required two decades and change to make Ride’s “Weather Diaries,” the time away was well spent.
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I first heard Peter Himmelman back in ’87 with an incredible album called Gematria; it’s now 30 years later and he still can amaze you with a coupling of words…
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Beau Dure
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Dear Nashville, Look, I’m sure you’re a lovely town. As a two-time Duke grad, I have to give a bit of respect to our fellow “Southern Ivy,” Vanderbilt. And yes,…
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There’s an immediate good vibe upon hearing the opening riffs coming from Keys To The House, the debut album from Virginia’s Trongone Band. This band, led by brothers Andrew and…
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Justin Vellucci
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The cello flirts lovingly with you, then roars and lunges forward, bearing its teeth. The composition in question is ”A Seat Amongst God and His Children,” the second song and…
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Bodies Of Water don’t have much of a story to reveal, it seems – the basics is that they hail from Los Angeles; this is their 4th overall release and…
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Richard X. Heyman is unquestionably a legend. He was one of the first ”one man band” recording artists, in the grand tradition of Paul McCartney, Emitt Rhodes and Todd Rundgren….