It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me) that Anna Tivel’s previous album, Heroes Waking Up, is one of the best albums I have listened to in the past five years. That album tells larger-than-life stories of regular people, some […]
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Madison Lewis’s artist’s bio says pretty prominently that she’s only 14 years ago. After listening to a few seconds of the album, I wrote back to her PR person and said something like, “Shut up. You’re lying.” Lewis’ alto has […]
Rust Dust is a one-man folk mystery. His twangy blues guitars give his songs a veneer of vintage with some modern mystery. Armed with his his century-old National Resonator guitars, Rust Dust feels a bit timeless. His gentle picking of […]
Georgia native Josh Bohannon moved from his small hometown to Los Angeles to play in rock and metal bands in pursuit of his musical dreams. Ten years ago, he followed one of those bands to Nashville for a yearlong gig. One […]
“Psychedelic country” is a term that PR people like to throw around these days. From what I can tell, it’s simply a catch-all for anything that has twang but is experimental, and calling it prog-country would be extremely alienating. Steev […]
The Sparklers’ previous album, Crying at the Low Bar, came out back in 2012 and has been living with me, in one way or another, since. Click the tag for the proof but that album has been one of my […]
Inspired by her youthful days in Clowns for Christ, Hayley Thompson-King presents her “Sodom and Gomorrah concept album,” Psychotic Melancholia. As metal as that sounds, these are in fact the basic ingredients for a rich and complex “psychedelic country” album. […]
Ever want to see Pete Mancini hang out on his porch? (Probably — he’s a handsome fella!) The video was directed by Jamie Frey and Joe Wakeman, SEEN YR VIDEO Productions. “Foothill Freeway” is a damn beautiful song to boot, […]
Dive bars are dying out in cities, but that doesn’t mean the music that accompanies them has to or should. Denver’s Hang Rounders know what it takes to make a damn good drinking song — a little bit of melancholy […]
Sara Rachele has impressed me from the get-go, and her upcoming album April Fool (out November 17) looks like it’s going to be her best yet. Already a master at baring her soul, the sparse instrumentation on “Anna” shows Sara […]
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