The rolling bars of piano licks. A brief, but striking, high-octave guitar note. This is the stuff of rockabilly lore, or, at the top of one late summer release, history meeting modern times. Then comes the opening lyrical salvo. “I’m […]
The rolling bars of piano licks. A brief, but striking, high-octave guitar note. This is the stuff of rockabilly lore, or, at the top of one late summer release, history meeting modern times. Then comes the opening lyrical salvo. “I’m […]
The rolling bars of piano licks. A brief, but striking, high-octave guitar note. This is the stuff of rockabilly lore, or, at the top of one late summer release, history meeting modern times. Then comes the opening lyrical salvo. “I’m […]
In a strange way, most of the good things in my life can be traced back to Rhett Miller. Not only was the band he fronts, Old 97’s, one of my key entry points into the world of alt country, […]
Though we heard hints of Lydia Loveless’s pop songwriting sensibilities early on in her career, it wasn’t until her 2013 Boy Crazy EP that we really got a full dose of it. Where she had previously focused on twangy rock […]
This article was previously published on Indie Voice Blog. Artist Name: Lydia Loveless Album Name: Boy Crazy and Single(s) Label: Bloodshot Records Genre: Indie Rock/Americana Track Listing: 1. All I Know; 2. All the Time; 3. Lover’s Spat; 4. Boy Crazy; 5. […]
Concept albums can be tricky, too heady, or seemingly intimidating. But when they’re done right, they can be fascinating and engrossing, drawing you into a highly specific world from the very first note and not releasing you until the last. […]
Five albums in, Missourians Ha Ha Tonka are still nowhere near as famous as they should be. You’d be hard-pressed to find a band more ready for a big stadium show than these guys, with their insane ability to craft […]
Scott’s stark, one-man band conformation allows him to wring from these way-down-deep chronicles all the out-loud humanity they promise and we appreciate. No more is needed but a tastefully picked gut-box, a voice as capable of slightness as mammoth storm, […]
Rarely does an album write its own review so succinctly. When “It’s Been a Delight” closes the debut of this Chicago quintet, it encapsulates the fizzy intoxication of the whole aural experience. Though the band has long been beloved in its […]
Dex Romweber’s blend of neo rockabilly and psycho insurgence has served him well throughout his 30 year career, but with Carrboro he manages to channel all his seminal influences and create a work that references no single style in particular. […]
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