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In these turbulent times, you may often wonder, “Where’s our Bob Dylan? Where’s the bard of the 2010s translating the dicey political and social climate into musical stanzas?” When the…
Chicken & the Chick Flicks’ Too Bad About the Sun, out now on Shinkoyo, is exhilarating for reasons that most records simply aren’t. A microtonal-poetry reading for a demented albeit…
The mere fact that this album is titled Memphis immediately made my ears prick up – of course, I would have to take instant notice. But the music contained within…
She turns herself round and she smiles and she says, “This is it, that’s the end of the joke.” What’s THAT supposed to mean? Some songs are ambiguous. Some songs…
To hear some good reverb-drenched post-rock on the radio dial or the event horizon, you can do a heck of a lot worse than Heron, the Pennsylvania quartet that made…
Curry Cuts’ third concept compilation ups its game to everything-or-nothing heights.
The single is a part of Errico’s new album, now on pre-order at Pledge Music.
Once upon a time, you had a thing called “rock and roll”. Happy to say, it’s still alive and well and thriving in the sounds of The Bayonets. Put together…
You might remember Malea from “Give,” the track that landed her in the Top 20 Dance Club Songs on Billboard in 2014. The Los Angeles-based songstress is best known for…
You can argue the merits of a country singer/songwriter/performer being based in Brooklyn, New York, but I personally find it irrelevant. What counts – simply put – is the soul,…
This Los Angeles singer/songwriter releases albums at a pace that makes both Axl Rose and Kate Bush seem prolific. Wow and Flutter, Spicer’s first studio release since her sophomore album,…
Matthew Ryan’s new song is called “(I Just Died) Like an Aviator” — hear from Matthew what that means exactly.
Australian pop-rocker Ivan Beecroft shares a wealth of similarities with many classic-rock artists. He comes from a working class background, suffered tragedy in his life — and has a sound…
The lesson to be learned here is, don’t say ‘power pop’ to Marshall Crenshaw. Also, don’t call Kerli a Goth. She will hurt you.
The Del-Vikings were an important group for reasons beyond music
Darlings of Pitchfork and NPR, Brooklyn’s Big Thief has an accessible sound that mellows so much that it can be easy to miss its message. The band’s first album, the…
The Voice finalist Kat Robichaud is back with an exciting new album and we’ve got an exclusive track for your listening pleasure!
Once again, Australian pop master Wade Jackson returns with a brand new album and a different direction. Nearly two years after his shimmering pop masterpiece, Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo, he…
Record Store Day 2017 has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean there still isn’t treasure to be found online and at your local record store. I’ve never been one…
(Archive.) Thursday, April 7, 2016 I never end up taking a screenshot of that Craigslist ad that led me to Tom, but I still have the e-mail I sent to…
Lush new (surprise) record may test the perceptions of the group.
What is the Minneapolis sound? For some, its Prince & The Revolution, The Time, Jessie Johnson’s Revue and Andre Cymone. For others, its The Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum and…
The Blood Rush Hour simply knocked us all out with 2014’s And Then… The Unthinkable Happened, with its incredible mixture of ’70’s influenced power pop, rock, prog-pop and symphonic pop…
This one is something of a pleasure for me to have heard and have the opportunity to review, as I had the good fortune of meeting Mr. Rancourt, one of…
For those who haven’t been paying attention, Cinderland — the debut LP from Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges, the duo known as High Plains — is a serious early contender…
On May 4, 1970 four students were murdered at Kent State in Ohio
