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,
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
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
Cory Branan
[W]hy Cory Branan hasn’t hit it big I’m not really sure, the guy writes fantastic songs, a lot of them are damn catchy and I love most everything I’ve heard from him. I suspect he’s going to catch on more and more, especially with this
The Felice Brothers
[S]uper excited about a new record from the Catskills’ sons The Felice Brothers. If you’ve seen this band live, you can understand why they have such a great following, their shows are raucous, fun, and at times soulful. This band has also done great stuff musically, and this
Bishop Allen
[T]his new tune from NYC’s Bishop Allen dropped and I kind of love it. It’s effervescence abounds, it’s crazy catchy, the perfect summer tune, and we should all be jamming to this day in and day out. From the moment the first jangly guitar riffs ring,
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
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,
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography [W]e entered Cafe 939 last week to a very packed, very excited crowd waiting for Irish soul / blues act Hozier. After a few shows in New York, a taping with Letterman and a late arrival in Boston, the band was admittedly tired. But the
[bandcamp album=2954949496 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] Back in January I wrote about one of my very favorite records of last year, Kentucky-born Sturgill Simpson’s High Top Mountain. Well, ol’ Sturgill is back again with Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, & this time the junket is