Los Angeles-based roots rock and electro trash duo Restavrant have created a visionary and positively indiosyncratic sound which involves both sides of the musical coin, so to speak. With bluesy slide guitar and countrified pickin’, gritty megaphone vocal delivery, harmonica, the layers provided by loop station programming, the catchy electric vibe of a keyboard, […]
Every once in a great while there comes along a tremendously talented singer/songwriter whose songs move us so profoundly that the visceral impact of each one is felt long after the final chord played and the last line sung trail off into the brief silence between. Folk troubadour Willy Tea Taylor is […]
Off Label Records has released what they are calling DM Bob & the Deficits’ “very long lost fifth album,” They Called Us Country. As the title suggests, the thirteen songs on this album are a rare batch recorded between 1999 […]
Now that blues legends R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough are no longer with us, I am certain most fans would agree that the North Mississippi Hill Country scene just isn’t the same. And this style as a whole would no doubt be in jeopardy of finding itself shelved […]
New Zealand native Nick Jackman, who also goes by the moniker Stomping Nick for his one-man punk blues project, entered the scene in the not too distant past like a sonic tempest furiously moving through the present musical landscape. With […]
If you have followed the punk scene to any degree for the past ten years or more, you are undoubtedly familiar with the name Chuck Ragan. If not, I would wager you have at least heard mention of the long-standing […]
Every once in a while there comes along a truly exceptional band whose sound utterly defies the already long list of genre terms with which we classify today’s music. One such band, The Goddamn Gallows, own a unique sound that […]
When it comes to today’s genuine country blues artists, there are only a rare and talented few that would truly do the old masters of the art form proud. One such singer/songwriter instantly comes to mind, with his heavily bearded […]
The Goddamn Gallows, underground music’s favorite roots rock heathens and vagabonds, have recently dropped their much anticipated third studio full-length album, 7 Devils, on Farmageddon Records. With sixteen all-new originals, one cover song, a new member in the lineup and […]
When I first became interested in the world’s one-man band scene I had no idea that I would spend so much time in the following months sifting through a myriad of solo artists and the seemingly endless information surrounding them. […]
