[youtube width=”940″ height=”529″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT833yZuO3Y[/youtube] [T]he Heavy premiered their new video for single “What Makes a Good Man,” earlier this week. The English soul-rock band is about to g out on a big NA headline tour starting next month. I’ve been digging this track quite a bit, this band has a great feel for mixing soul, rock and blue into music that’s perfect for the party or driving with the windows down and the volume up. Look for their album, The Glorious Dead, The Heavy’s soon-to-be-released full-length album on Counter Records (August 21).
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oGFaTSbQXw[/youtube] [N]ew Jersey’s Brick + Mortar have released a really awesome, ultra-violent video for their standout song “Bangs.” We just had the band in town when they opened up for River City Extension. This band is definitely making some waves, their sound is definitely unique, full of fuzz and a ton of attitude. Their quick witted lyrics have a specific style all to their own.
Leave a Comment[L]ast year, Saskatchewan’s The Sheepdogs won Rolling Stone’s cover issue and became the first unsigned band to adorn the cover of the magazine. Since then the boys have been touring like crazed madmen, and they found some time record their debut album (and heck it was even produced by Patrick Carney.) That track was released recently and when I heard its guitar driven rock track that’s got a little snarl to it, which feels a little bit like Carney’s influence, a bluesy rock track that is going to remind a lot of people of the Keys… which won’t be a surprise.…
Leave a Comment[B]rooklyn via Florida’s BLONDS, are releasing another killer track coming from their forthcoming debut full length, The Bad Ones, which hits August 7th. “Time,” is being released today and is a superbly emotive slow burner track that’s intimate and really melodious. There is something about the vocal track on BLONDS’ songs that gives off this intimacy, it almost feels romantic, as if the room is dark, the candles are lit, and you shouldn’t be watching.
Leave a CommentPatterson Hood – Come Back Little Star [P]atterson Hood is releasing his third solo record titled, Heat Lightning Rumbles In The Distance, on September 11th on ATO Records. Originally starting out as a fiction that Hood was writing, as it fizzled the songs kept pouring out. “Come Back Little Star,” is the first single off the record, co-written with Kelly Hogan as Hood states “I co-wrote this song with my dear friend Kelly Hogan, who also came in to sing it with me. She began the lyrics as a song for our late dear friend Vic Chesnutt and I re-wrote it with the intention…
Leave a CommentAir Traffic Controller – Blame [B]oston native and former US Navy air traffic controller Dave Munro makes a triumphant return to the music world with the much-anticipated second album from Air Traffic Controller, titled Nordo. With the help of 150 fans and a little site called Kickstarter, Munro was able to release his follow up to 2009’s The One in June and give his fans what they have been waiting for these past few years… an amazing collection of new songs! Nordo opens with one of the catchiest tracks I have heard in years, “Hurry Hurry,” and it quickly becomes…
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[G]arage-Rock-Band Turbo Fruits are releasing a single off of their upcoming album Butter, titled “Harley Dollar Bill$” as their ode to two wheeled motorized transportation. I’ve been a fan of these guys for the last few years, their brand of fuzzed, garage rock… it’s full of youthful energy that feels full of irreverence.
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Leave a Comment[A]rt Rockers Menomena have gone thru some changes over the last months. They are down to a 2 piece, but are releasing a brand new album titled Moms, on September 18th. This here is the first track from the highly anticipated new album, and what can I say, I’m really enjoying this one. The band has been known for massive creativity & alternative song structures and they’ve still got it in spades. The song begins as a piano ballad about their “fucked up family,” and opens up with synth feedbacks, a funky bassline, and a ripping guitar solo. Couldn’t be…
Leave a CommentField Report – Taking Alcatraz [F]ield Report comes into town tonight to play a show at Great Scott, and if you haven’t heard me try and sell you on them yet, I believe their music will do all the talking for me. Porterfield’s roots lie with Justin Vernon and although that may help propel Field Report quite a bit faster, its not unwarranted. The songs are wonderfully written, extremely carefully crafted, tender and delicate folk songs that are wrapped in an atmospheric multi-layered approach that benefits from a little twang and a moody disposition. The early show seems to be…
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