David Ramirez
45. David Ramirez – Apologies – Singer / Songwriter David Ramirez wrote the wonderfully introspective folk album that is at times extremely downtrodden and sad, it’s a personal, wear your heart-on-your-sleeves kind of record, that’s posed in a songwriter / storyteller fashion. With his rough voice, and country-tinged music, this may be
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography [S]aturday night’s show to see was within the confines of a sold out Great Scott. Nashville folk rockers The Apache Relay and local favorites The Ballroom Thieves stormed the venue and brought along a couple hundred feverish fans, that made even a cold
Hip Hatchet
50. Horse Feathers – Cynics New Year – Justin Ringle and his angelic voice touches us again this year with Cynics New Year, yet again another quiet but enchanting record of subtle string folk and Ringle’s superbly mellow, rainy day voice coupled with poetic songwriting spanning the sonic space similar to
The Marshall Pass
[bandcamp album=1959537568 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [T]he Marshall Pass is a duo from Worcester, Massachusetts who recently released an EP that quickly grabbed my eye, err ear. Months ago within a mixtape I included an early track from this EP titled Abilene. At the time, the
Ivan & Alyosha
[I]t seems as though there is boundless amounts of talent coming out of Seattle, and Ivan & Alyosha is one of those bands that exudes that statement. The duo who borrows their name from Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, are getting close to releasing their debut full-length album, All
Goodnight Texas
[A] few months back I had the pleasure of meeting Vinocur & Wolf as part of an east coast tour, a chance to see just how fantastic this band is, how well their music lends itself to a small barn show in a random neighborhood in Boston; how it feels
The Cave Singers
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQilKbK9Mk[/youtube] [C]heck out a new track from The Cave Singers, which will appear on their upcoming record, Naomi on 3/5/13 on Jagjaguwar. Naomi, could prove to be an excellent effort seeing as acclaimed producer Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Built
Frontier Ruckus
[bandcamp album=2123165442 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [F]rontier Ruckus has a folk style altogether different from most any band. A straightforward, approachable feel, punctuated with whipsmart lyrics that seem to roll off frontman’s Matthew Milia’s tongue but what differentiates them is the delivery of the
Carter Behnke
Carter Behnke – Lighthouse [Q]uiet and reserved sounds from this track from Montreal based Carter Behnke, recorded in friend, Taylor Cooney’s basement, the tenderly strummed track “Lighthouse,” transports the listener to a place a lot further away from where they are. Subtle vocal tracks give it an ethereal sort
Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons
Photos by Boston Concert Photography [J]oe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons may be a Rhode Island band, but Friday night had to feel like a homecoming. TT the Bears Place got a nice sell out on Friday night with Joe and his group in as well as Newport Folk
Saint Motel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-8UgDUKcOs[/youtube] [A] child that can dance like this makes for a really fun video. The boys from Saint Motel put together this video for their standout track “Benny Goodman,” off of their album Voyeur, an ode to the “King of Swing.” This
Matt Pond
Matt Pond – Love to Get Used [I]’m not entirely sure what it is about this song that I love, but the striking feeling of nascent optimism that is ever present within “Love to Get Used,” the newest single off Matt Pond PA‘s upcoming record, The Lives Inside The
