As listeners, we are all too prone to consider any new artist who pops up on our iTunes hub as an overnight success story. Little do some know, though, that most of these folks have been putting in their dues…
Album | Justin Shapiro – Campfire Party
Category: Reviews
Album | Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
Melbourne songwriter, Courtney Barnett is back with new album, Tell Me How You Really Feel. Laid back and effortless, the opening track, ‘Hopefulessness’ is an optimistic confession of vulnerability and depression as Courtney sings that “It’s ok to have a…
Album | Aaron Allen and the Small City Saints – Judgement Day
There’s a revolution underway in country music, and Aaron Allen is doing his part. On his latest album, Judgement Day, the native of London, Ontario, Canada shows his solidarity with artists such as Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell…
Album | Keith Morris & the Crooked Numbers – Psychopaths & Sycophants
Going in blind with Keith Morris & the Crooked Numbers’ Psychopaths & Sycophants, this writer could’ve sworn he was going to be taken on an idiosyncratic death metal journey with a title such edge. What Morris and his crew have to offer…
Album | The Sea and Cake – Any Day
As hushed and diminutive as their music is, so has been the tone of the announcements of The Sea and Cake’s new record. A brief note indicating that Brian Wilson’s flutist would be playing in the record, and that this…
Album | Randy Steele – Moccasin Bender
As it continues to grow, Americana’s sound becomes less clearly defined. Evolving from the alt-country movement of the 80s and 90s, this genre was initially known for its soulful roots sound. For many, it was revolutionary, given its very conscious…
Album | Homunculus Res – Della stessa sostanza dei sogni
Admittedly, Italian pop and rock movements have often been a pale counterpart of the international scene. One of the few exceptions, which is extraordinary enough that many people outside Italy know about it, is the progressive music scene. Italian bands…
Live | Josh T. Pearson @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
The beard is gone. The hair, hidden below a trucker’s cap bearing the name of his new record, is an unfamiliar bleach blond. And the acoustic guitar is still in the back of the tour bus. At first glance, you…
Album | Strange Culprits – Self-Titled
Usually, when a band bills themselves as a mixture of genres, the tighter those individual sonic influences can be interwoven, the better their swipe at innovation comes across. More typically than not, this means a closer-knit collective of, say, two…
Listen | James Adkins – Don’t Say Goodbye
In just a few years, Americana entrepreneur James Adkins has already bubbled near the top of the Midwestern music scene. Offer an ear to his music and it’s not hard to hear why that is. In Adkins is an unsuspectingly…