by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | All This Huxley – Home, Stockholm
From the opening moments of the titular ‘Stockholm’s’ jawan brood, it’s easy to establish that All This Huxley present a form of raw indie presence perhaps last seen in as unvarnished a form when Wilco first hit the scene 25…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video | Damon Mitchell – ‘Elise’
Having recently joined America on-stage for an encore rendition of their hit song, ‘A Horse With No Name’, Damon Mitchell’s latest single doesn’t feel too out-of-sync with 60s and 70s-era folk-rock, either. Procuring elements of what made the likes of…
by Chloe Mogg • • Comments Off on EP | Liela Moss – A Little Bit Of Rain
A little bit of rain never really harms anyone. People portray rain as a negative thing, but Liela Moss understands that it really is something a bit more special. Dedicating a four-track EP to lists in her mind, she’s taken…
by Lorenzo Righetto • • Comments Off on Album | David Ian Roberts – Travelling Bright
Those who knew David Ian Roberts from his debut album, St. Roberts, may be taken aback by the strong-willed, one could say explosive Travelling Bright. The instrumental track ‘Carillon’, for instance, is reminiscent of the sunny jaunts by Balmorhea in…
by Chloe Mogg • • Comments Off on Album | Lucy Rose – No Words Left
If a songwriter is to draw you in, they need the ability to tell a story with not only their chosen instrument but their presence too. Lucy Rose has spent the time between her previous album Something’s Changing and No…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Luther Dickinson and the Sisters of the Strawberry Moon – Solstice
Under the light of the “Strawberry Moon” in 2016 (named for the time of year when the fruit is harvested), Luther Dickinson brought together a number of mostly female guests and recorded four days worth of music. The resulting collaboration…
by Pete Bate • • Comments Off on Album | Lambchop – This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You)
Kurt Wagner and his ever-shifting Nashville collective left alt.country purists on the hard shoulder years ago. Always influenced by Curtis Mayfield and other soul legends, Wagner and co have morphed into a brand new proposition in recent times – heralded…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Album | thinkbendy – Change
For a solid decade between 2003 and 2013, Adam Bendy toured and recorded with the New York quartet U-Melt, jamming amidst an ethereal blend of prog rock, funk, electronic, and jazz that eventually garnered the collective a national acclaim. Prior…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Jason Ringenberg – Stand Tall
It’s not often a punk from a hog farm in Southern Illinois gets a chance to escape and raise rock hell with a band like The Scorchers, but Jason Ringenberg believed he could “kick American roots music into the modern…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Single | Moe Green’s Eye – Who’ll Take Me Home
Vibing with the Heartland and pop-rock of the 1980s, Moe Green’s Eye are merging the lines between new wave and modern Americana with their forthcoming studio effort, After the Baptism. The soon-to-be quintet is rising fast amidst a bloated NYC scene,…