The baritone beast that is James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers of the Black Diamond Heavies) is back with an eternally powerful offering of hypnotic, distortion gospel-blues and cement-hearted rock-n-soul. Working his trademark Fender Rhodes piano into a tizzy backed by […]
Denton, TX based Brent Best, lead singer and guitarist of the popular rock band Slobberbone, embarks on his first solo album with the release of Your Dog, Champ. Best agonized over the album for five years after he accepted donations […]
Bridging the gulf between the power pop for which Alex Chilton was forever searching and Whiskeytown-like jangly alt-country are Atlanta’s Quaildogs. The sextet has managed to keep their original lineup for four years — a proverbial lifetime in the music […]
Three things I love most in this world are catfish, cornbread, and the Delta Blues in no formal order. And I’m of the school of thought that CeDell Davis’ oft out of tune, butter knife fretted guitar playing and perpetual […]
Sad song poet laureate Michael Dean Damron’s latest offering, When the Darkness Come, is no respite for the weary. Here are 11 wistful permeations of creative rock and roll, each hardly peeking its head out of the proverbial cave of darkness. […]
The evening of Tuesday July 14, 2015 marked the sweatiest psychedelic rock show I’ve attended in years. An over packed Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ proved that the secret’s out on the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Not that there should have […]
It doesn’t at all outshine the quality of the music on the record, but the RedHawks’ cover art and band logo are about as cool they come in both simplicity and provocation. Not too shabby in its own right is their latest […]
Having placated quite a career on recording the likes of Richmond Fontaine, M Ward, and ssktda favorite Blitzen Trapper, Portland’s Mike Coykendall has resurrected his distorted garage, psychedelic indie rock for a new record, titled Half Past, Present Pending. Slated for […]
North Carolina’s Caleb Caudle joined local singer-songwriters and all-around solid guys, Brian McGee and Howie Cohen, at Asbury Park’s Langosta Lounge, June 25, 2015. Just some dudes pouring their souls out to a crowd that was at times self-involved. Whether […]
Unabashedly calling on virtually every musical influence across the south, Caleb Warren and the Perfect Gentlemen have rightfully settled into their own redaction of old timey soul. With their first release since last year’s EP, The River, the band is […]
