Top Albums of 2014
Well folks it’s that time of year again whether you like it or not. Some people dread the annual top lists of things but I really dig ’em. Mostly because it provides a chance to be introduced to something you may have missed that year, or be reminded that
The Daley Grimes
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibqK03pSe5A[/youtube] Christmas is coming. For some people, that’s a more fraught, and perhaps literal, statement than for others. Boston’s acoustic comedy duo, The Daley Grimes, want you to know that if Santa gives you the “no” feeling, you’re not
my drunken haze
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7JjVNW1jHE[/youtube] Happy Monday! Did you go to a weird party this weekend? And if not, why not? Either way, I bet it wasn’t half as weird as the party in this video. All the way from Greece, My Drunken Haze gives
Bat Manors
The members of Provo, Utah’s Bat Manors are readying their debut album, Literally Weird, which will be released January 27th via Bleed101 Music. The band was formed by singer-songwriter/guitarist Adam Klopp (who also founded the now defunct band Timber!) and the current line-up includes Mike Dixon
Fly Golden Eagle’s Quartz is a record you’ll want to hand down to your children, and you’ll just have to hope on hope that it doesn’t ruin their lives by making them the coolest little mother fuckers on the block. I mean, seriously, this record could
DCDR
[bandcamp width=700 height=42 album=3666934844 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=e99708 track=1593286365] Boston’s grunge punks DCDR have just put a new album out (you might know them better under their previous name, Dead Cats Dead Rats, as whom they won a couple Boston Music Awards), which
JD McPherson
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPkAQUyNIus[/youtube] Oklahoma’s JD McPherson is readying the release of his sophomore album, Let The Good Times Roll, out February 10th on Rounder Records, and has just announced his US tour dates for February and March. To celebrate what will surely be
Andrew Combs
A new tune just hit us from our pal Andrew Combs, off his upcoming new record, All These Dreams, and we fell pretty hard for it pretty damn quickly. “Foolin’,” is a social commentary on the state of people’s online lives, how we’ve come to project something very
Nick Drake
With it being Thanksgiving, as well as the 40th anniversary of the passing of my favorite artist Nick Drake, I thought it apropos to write a little piece on an artist who created music that I am extremely thankful for on a daily basis. Nick Drake’s music still inspires
the Decemberists
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb8oUbMrydk[/youtube] As all of you are well aware The Decemberists are releasing a new album on January 20th, and we here at Music Savage are pretty excited. The upcoming release is titled What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World and it
The Dead Girls
[bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=1599186325 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 track=102257151] I’ve got a special one for you today. Today, The Dead Girls release Noisemaker, their last and final album, capping a 10-year run. That’s pretty special. But better yet, and clearly a
joe fletcher
This is simple; this is stripped-down; this is a genre of country music I would call “regret adventures.” This is Joe Fletcher’s latest album, You’ve Got the Wrong Man. One thing should be instantly clear: invoking the ghost of Hank Williams can only ever be a good