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PHOX
[W]isconson’s symphonic sextet PHOX released their highly-anticipated, self-titled, debut today (6/24) via Partisan Records, and quite frankly it is everything you need in a summer album. 12 tracks of blissful, lay back in a hammock on an island beach with a tasty beverage and let your worries
Buffalo Tom
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEjmJ1Ge00U&feature=kp[/youtube] [B]oston’s very own Buffalo Tom will be taking the Paradise Rock Club stage this Saturday night (6/21) to officially welcome the warm sunshine and long rock n’ roll days to our fair city. The energy
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography [T]here was a beautiful blend of dazzling voices on the Paradise stage last Sunday night and those lucky enough to have scored a ticket to the sold-out show were treated to quite a harmonious evening. Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit were days away
tennis
[D]enver duo Tennis are gearing up to release their highly-anticipated new album, Ritual In Repeat, out September 9th via Communion Records. The first single is the super-summery, amazingly dance-tastic, “Never Work For Free,” a song that simply begs for an 80’s style, John Hughes inspired, dance-off to happen
Traverdan
[A]nytime I have some new music to share from Seattle troubadour Travis Nelson, aka Traverdan, I feel it is my duty to share it with y’all. Our first post about Nelson was just this past March and since that time interest on the West Coast musician has been
PHOX
[T]he highly anticipated self-titled debut LP from Wisconsin’s PHOX will be released in just a few short weeks and we have a new single to help you dreamily while away the summertime hours. In “1936” the Baraboo band spin an illustrative tale inspired by Edith Ringling (of the
Nikki Lane
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzS3vU6wZa4[/youtube] [N]ot gonna lie to you… we here at Music Savage are kind of in love with the bad-ass, country outlaw Nikki Lane, and her new video for the down n’ dirty, honky-tonkin’ track “Right Time” justifies those feelings ten-fold. The
Old Man Canyon
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0RGEnWIEk[/youtube] [N]eed a little pick me up today? Check out the latest video from Vancouver, BC musician Jett Pace’s band Old Man Canyon. The track “Wiser” is the opening song from their debut EP, Phantoms & Friends, which was released
White Arrows
[L]os Angeles psych-rock quintet White Arrows are putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album, In Bardo, which is set to be released sometime this Fall via Votiv. The band has only been on the scene for a few short years, releasing a 7″ titled Get Gone in 2011,
Grace & Tony
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDoL2G-Q7HM[/youtube] [T]ennessee’s Grace & Tony are known throughout the South for their unique style of “punkgrass,” a combination of Grace’s bluegrass prowess and Tony’s penchant for punk-rock. The duo met in 2010, released their debut EP, Inside A
Shovels & Rope
[W]e are giving away a fantastic lil’ prize to celebrate the recent news that got the Music Savage gang all weak in the knees…. a new Shovels & Rope album titled Swimmin’ Time, due out August 26th via Dualtone Music. This Third Man Records exclusive ‘Blue Series Single’ (check
Black Prairie
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_VX7PeJcNE[/youtube] [P]ortland’s Black Prairie released their third studio album, Fortune, on April 22 via Sugar Hill Records. The 5-piece bluegrass band is the vision of Decemberists musicians Chris Funk and Nate Query, who formed the band during some downtime