Conversing With Oceans x Nate Fox – “Long Shower” Regular readers of our site will no doubt recognize CWO. The act has been active since our infancy and continues to reinvent and refresh their sonic boundaries. For their latest EP “The Chaos”, CWO …
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The Music of Pretty Baby is Post Rock with a Heart
Pretty Baby – “8:25pm Greenwich Fucking Mean” The music of Pretty Baby is an emotional rollercoaster. We love the raw passion of the act which we believe perfectly soundtracks the smoldering chaotic times we live in. The wall of sound swells to a …
Jacob McCoy Beautifully Explores the Deep
Jacob McCoy – “Deep Deep Water” This track is incredible. The slow build of folk earnestness is met with smooth harmonies that wreck us. There is a spirit of longing but also of an enduring spirit not ready to surrender. The complexity here …
Hummer Bring the Soundtrack for our Times
Hummer – “Big Fish” From the eerie and distorted intro we knew we were hooked. The dark and brooding tone of this one is perfect for the dark times we currently find ourselves in. Hummer have a more mature rock edge with a …
3 Emotive and Must-Hear Tracks
Field Trip – “Make Your Mind” The US act Field Trip perfectly capture a modern dream track on “Make Your Mind”. Soaked in sun and surf rock guitar, the group blend ’60’s pop with a more current indie psych rock style, with the …
5 Reasons Reaper DAW is Perfect for Metal
In modern metal production, the demands on your computer are brutal. Between quad-tracked guitars running heavy amp simulations, drum samplers with massive libraries, and orchestral layers for that symphonic edge, your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) needs to be a tank. While Pro Tools …
Newly Released Woody Guthrie Comes When we Need Him Most
This Land Is Your Land (Woody’s Home Tape)It is rare to listen in on an artist at home. Rarer still is it to come across a legendary artist decades after their death. Thankfully, the estate of classic troubadour and social conscience Woody Guthrie …
Joe Holtaway – A Necessary Folk Prophet For Our Time
Joe Holtaway – “Death to the IDF” This is a striking song that left me breathless. The songwriting is incredibly heartbreaking and meditative, and although Holtaway has became my favorite songwriter, I wish his songs were no longer needed. Lyrically, it speaks for …
Three For Tuesday: 3 Buzzworthy Acts
Essential Machine – “Waiting” There is an interesting dynamic with this Pittsburgh rock act. They have an Arcade Fire quality to them in how they sermonize while still rocking. In “Waiting” we find the act pushing back on a world on fire. They …
3 Can’t Miss Artists
chAMBER LANe – “Lost & Found” “Lost & Found” is the perfect self affirming anthem for our current mess of a world. The track is the product of an artist who is coming out of a mentally challenging time, and listeners are better …
