This is my message to Young Beautiful In a Hurry–”please come and play in Cleveland. I’m stuck on you.” Every few days I sit down with the newest band or singer in my inbox and I think about the last one. I think, …
Category: Pop
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 …
Bombs Over Nowhere
Bombs Over Nowhere is a collaborative effort between artists busbee and Aaron Espe. The duo combines their haunting and introspective songwriting skills to create a quartet of beautiful songs available on soundcloud and on their website. These gems are really worth adding to …
Liza Anne – The Colder Months – Gorgeous vocals inspire authentic female singer songwriter
A little bit of steel guitar and a whole lot of clear female vocals make The Colder Months an absolutely stunning album from Liza Anne. While a bit more layered in its musical complexity than other artists in the singer songwriter genre, it’s …
Penny and Sparrow – Struggle Pretty out now – Featured track “Stoic”
Penny and Sparrow‘s sophomore release, Struggle Pretty has characteristic great vocals and includes much more production with backing strings, percussion, and sounds that fill the tracks beyond Kyle and Andy’s voices. There are a few songs on this album that will certainly contend …
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 …
Lewis Watson – Some Songs with Some Friends – Pop singer songwriter’s upbeat new EP
Lewis Watson‘s music seems to be all over the place these days. His style is infectiously pop, infinitely relatable, and the kind of music that keeps a lot of people happy. It works in commercials and TV shows. It’s streaming on multiple online …
Guest Review: Randy Texter on The Belle Brigade – Just Because – Great harmonies and blending from LA-based new folk band
Just Because might catch you off guard if you aren’t ready for it. The Belle Brigade’s sophomore effort is strong, if different. They still have their amazing harmonies. They still have some songs with a hard, driving beat, and some that slow down …
Cape Canyon – Bluebonnet EP – Classic, beautiful sound with sophisticated folk, rock, and country songwriting elements
Cape Canyon are one of my favorite finds of 2014. They have absolutely stunning harmonies and a truly unique overall sound. There’s a certain raw authenticity in their writing. It’s not to say that they are inexperienced so much as to say that …
