Aunt Martha
[T]im Noyes of Aunt Martha is about to step into the spotlight, no longer under the guise of the aforementioned band, but as a songwriter and leader of a fresh new sound for him. Less of the bedroom recordings and acoustic twang of earlier recordings, but now in immersed
Bobby Long
[B]ritish born musician Bobby Long sure doesn’t sound like he comes from jolly ol England, though writing a thesis on American Folk music might just make him more knowledgeable than most of us when it comes to American music. Regardless, he’s releasing a new record, his sophomore
Frontier Ruckus
Frontier Ruckus – Dealerships [G]etting closer to January 29th is getting us closer to the release of Frontier Ruckus’ next album, Eternity Dimming, the next album in the mythology of Matthew Milia and his rolling narrative and heavy lyrical songs. The single “Dealerships,” which refers to all sorts of physical
brendan benson
Brendan Benson – Metarie (Wellfed Version) [I]f you’re not familiar with the names Brendan Benson & Jason Falkner, you’ve undoubtedly heard their playing, arranging, engineering, or producing on critically acclaimed records by everyone from Paul McCartney to Adele, Beck, the White Stripes, Gnarls Barkley, or even Loretta Lynn.
Cory Chisel
Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons – Never Meant to Love You [O]ld Believers marks Cory Chisel’s second collaboration with producer/performer Brendan Benson, & was recorded on the analog equipment at Nashville’s Welcome To 1979 studio. Unsurprisingly, it sounds like a 70’s record; between Benson, David
Jose Gonzalez
Junip – Line of Fire [I] almost can never get enough of Jose Gonzalez and his band Junip’s sound. It’s an effortless soundscape that seems to be rolling down a mountain in a slow babbling river, its slow ambling and comforting sound, and his melodious voice rolls in to
The Lone Bellow
You Never Need Nobody [G]eorgia native Zach Williams began songwriting in 2005 during a time of family crisis and learned to play guitar to help put his emotional outpouring to song. Unknown to Williams at the time he was creating the music that would eventually become the groundwork for
Dragon Inn 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YC8nJ3KNbA[/youtube] [bandcamp album=2756339654 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [P]hil Dickey, singer of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has been keeping himself busy with a small side project called Dragon Inn 3. He teamed up with his sister Roni
Big Harp
[B]ig Harp is set to release their new record, Chain Letters, January 22nd, and they have come through for all of us releasing a full stream of the upcoming record. The much heavier sounding album may feel like a departure from the sound they captured on White Hat, but
turnpike troubadours
Turnpike Troubadours – Good Lord Lorrie Nashville has this backwards notion that if life hands you a lemon, you’ve gotta write a song about lemonade. “Key his truck, that’ll make you feel better.” But that’s bullshit because the great country songs were always about lemons. Modern country has
Sam Means
[bandcamp track=2861583533 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] There once was a band called the Format. For a time they were my favorite band… they introduced me to Harry Nilsson, & I guess Cat Stevens, too. At some point, I guess Sam wanted to go back to Phoenix &
mando diao
Mando Diao – I ungdomen [I]n 2011, Mando Diao vocalist Gustaf Norén was asked to set a poem by Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding to music on occasion of his death centennial. Encouraged by this experience, the band chose 9 more poems to arrange as Infruset, their first native language record.