When I first listened to this album I emailed the band with excitement. This is honestly one of the best albums of the year, regardless of genre or label level. It’s breathtaking and incredible. There are harmonies on top of harmonies on this …
Yearly Archives: 2014
SPORTS- Sunchokes
SPORTS. Sunchokes. SPORTS/Bandcamp, 2014. http://therealsports.bandcamp.com Carmen Perry (AKA Addie Pray, whom we’ve previously interviewed and reviewed here at Ear to the Ground Music) clued me in to the new album by one of her artistic collaborations, SPORTS. Together with Benji Dossetter, Catherine Dwyer, …
Free Music Friday! The Likes of Us
Happy Free Music Friday! This week, we have an artist that we’ve featured before. The Likes of Us released an album of love songs that we absolutely loved, no pun intended. This new album includes some of those songs and others that weren’t …
Passenger – 27
Passenger has a new album out this week and I had no plans to cover it. But it quickly jumped to the top of my priority list when I heard this song. Though there are a lot of albums of review and songs …
James Bay – “Let it go” – High solo male lead with crystal clear intonation, the real deal
James Bay is the real deal. He’s been compared to a number of other artists, but honestly his sound is just really spectacular. He’s both intimate and arena-worthy. He could soar the highest heights or fill the cracks of the smallest room. There’s …
The Forty-Eight–Radio Symmetry and an Anthem Against Industrialized Art.
Alissa Beyer has been a solo act for a long time. The singer-songwriter recently decided that it was time to try, not something else, but something new. Now she has a band. A great band that supports her sultry rock-and-roll voice so so …
DA and the Jones – Sirens – Endearing, genre-defying independent music
They are a male and female duo, but if I say that you’ll start thinking about the Civil Wars and the like, but they are a completely different sound. Think timeless sounds with a fresh, crispness that makes them exciting and relevant. The …
Wussy- Attica!
Wussy. Attica! Shake It Records, 2014. http://www.wussy.org/ Wussy is another good Ohio band, not exactly new since they’ve been around since 2001, but probably not someone that you’ve heard about before now. They have an exceptional mix of psychedelic and folk wrapped up …
Joe Young–honest, nostalgic, and beautiful.
In highschool I always dreamed of some guy singing me to sleep, gently picking away at his guitar. I dated a musician for a while and he was cool, but never sang to me, mostly just to himself and sometimes to other people. …
Free Music Friday! Little Chief
As promised, here’s the debut album from Little Chief, Lion’s Den. If you like tight harmonies, beautifully layered music, and great lyrics, take a listen. It won’t cost you anything and I promise you won’t regret it.
