You know that moment when you find a band that you can tell is gonna be your next favorite? You’re welcome. Little Chief just released their debut (its on Noisetrade, check back tomorrow) and it’s phenomenal. Enjoy!
Category: Indie Rock
Desert Noises–making me want to move to Utah.
My musical habits are mostly situated in the folk and bluegrass realms (aside from the constant stream of Disney/Julie Andrews playing at work because I am a nanny and we sing “Let it Go” a hundred times a day.). Over the weekend I …
Nathaniel Rateliff – “Don’t Get Too Close” – Just the track for your summer playlist
Nathaniel Rateliff’s music is indie rock or singer songwriter with an occasional touch of sounds I might even call “pop,” but no matter what the critics call it, his music is good! Rateliff’s voice is unique. The band fills in just the right …
The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men – Trouble Town
Here’s some good old fashioned Southern Rock music. The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men and their debut, The Wrong Side of the Road, are absolutely jamming with a groovy, toe tapping sound. This is our first “summer, window down driving” album of the …
Marshall McLean Band – Glossolalia – Alternative music with lyrical sophistication and musical complexity
The drums, the vocals, the guitars… they were made for each other. The balance, the sound, the feeling is all there for a totally put together work. Although this album released at the end of 2013, I’m going to cheat an allow it. …
Johnnyswim – Diamonds – New folk duo may be the best in years
A few months ago, Johnnyswim, the moniker of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano, released their EP entitled Heartbeats and immediately captured everyone’s attention. With perfect harmonies, impressive songwriting and an energetic and unique sound, they garnered praise from nearly everyone who heard their music. …
Free Music Friday! Hem
Happy Free Music Friday everyone! I absolutely love when we find a band that sort of fits in with no other bands we know. When I reviewed Departures and Farewells last year, I was really impressed with Hem and their mellow, female-vocal led stylings. Funnel …
Thoughts on Ray Lamontagne’s Supernova
While we generally eschew the bigger names in the folk music industry (and are there any bigger than Ray?) for the smaller acts for a lot of different reasons, there are times when certain high profile artist merit some attention. Ten years after …
NeedToBreathe – The Heart
While NeedToBreathe’s newest album, Rivers in the Wasteland, is all over the map in terms of quality and certainly not up to par considering their stellar past, “The Heart” it a song that had them going back to their roots. This acoustic, organic song …
Boy & Bear
My question is, how have I not heard of these guys? Here I have spent most of my adult life crawling through the musical underworld. I’ve heard of a lot of the bands who come across my path. Most of them I …
