Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra – Top Notch [O]ne band that seems to always disappear for years on end, and then make an ungodly return with a killer record, and a live show that will totally blow you away is Atlanta’s Manchester Orchestra. Just when I think I forgot about them, they
early in the morning
[J]anuary is a seemingly odd month to release an album entitled, Post Tropical. But don’t let the title and cover art fool you. James Vincent McMorrow’s sophomore album is a beautiful collection of songs about light and dark, warmth and cold and the stagnancy that sticks in
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography This past Saturday — January 25th, 2014 if you’re reading this at some point in the distant future — the world officially received one hell of an album. After a year of build up, The Curtis Mayflower finally let go of “Everything Beautiful is Under Attack”
alt country
[O]hio-native* Lydia Loveless often gets tagged as alt-country, but most of the fare on her latest EP would’ve passed as mainstream alternative rock in the ’90s. And I can understand if you took that as a dig, but I mean it in the best way possible.
americana
[S]omething you don’t often come across is a perfect song. A perfect song is a simple song… it has to seem effortless, not conspired… almost conversational. Each word of each line has to count for something, like a complete puzzle revealing a larger picture. It needs to contain
aaron lee tasjan
[A]aron Lee Tasjan is my favorite songwriter. Too bad he’s from Ohio.* Thankfully he’s up and moved down to East Nashville (after a stint in NYC), which means bi-monthly shows down here in Georgia. Aaron has a lot going on… between touring furiously as a solo
country
[bandcamp album=3469043521 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [I] spent a few days in Nashville recently, & I stopped by the Country Music Hall of Fame only because they moved Hatch Show Print into the building (which is goddamn shame & a half). But as I was walking around
Nick Waterhouse
[S]oulful and catchy, Nick Waterhouse’s latest effort “This is a Game,” is a syncopated dancey soul track with jabby saxophones and guitars that are reminiscent of surf-rock sounds. Waterhouse has been working the soul influence since his debut record, Time’s All Gone, which was a fantastic
Pep
[V]ery much influenced from 50s and 60s style doo-wop pop music of the Shangri-Las and the Ronettes, Karys Rhea, drummer of Starlight girls has created a solo project in, PEP, which packs a sugary sweet punch and delivers on those perfect melodies and hooks of the 60s
Girl Band
[D]ublin boys Dara Kiely (vocals), Daniel Fox (bass), Alan Duggan (guitar), and Adam Faulkner (drums), are the masterminds behind Ireland’s newest punk rockers Girl Band and are currently responsible from bringing the country’s distinct brand of post-punk-noise-rock back to life. With such greats as
The Skins
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwsgpZUn974[/youtube] [B]rooklyn (shocker) band The Skins are prepping for an opening tour with Jake Bugg and have recently released a new tune, “Dead Hands,” that caught my ear. The very young band seems to be on the fast track as they’
J-Roddy Walston & the Business
5. Okkervil River – The Silver Gymnasium [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjLP1n3h7Vc[/youtube] [S]o Will Sheff gave up the reins on this record after producing the last record, I Am Very Far, which had quite a bit of a different soundscape. What’s great about this album?