Bethesda and Mammoth Cave Studio and Cauliflower Audio, 2013. Bethesda: http://bethesdaband.com Starting in Kent, Ohio (the first reason to love them and listen) Bethesda will sound mighty familiar if you’re a fan of Ear to the Ground. And if you’re not a fan …
Category: Pop
Fear of Men – Early Fragments
Kanine Records, 2013. Fear of Men: http://kaninerecords.com/fear-of-men This whole music adventure began as an art school project for Jessica Weiss. When Daniel Falvey saw some of her ambient track and short film projects, his attention was caught and a friendship began. The two …
Daniel and the Lion – Death Head
Although most people probably don’t care how I “discovered” a band, I find the story with DATL to be particularly fun. They did a cover of Ray Charles “Hallelujah I Love Her So” that was so incredible I had to know more about …
Artist Spotlight: “Nicholas David” Nicholas Mrozinski and the Feelin’
My favorite contestant from season three of NBC’s The Voice was “Nicholas David,” the easier-to-pronounce name of Nicholas Mrozinski, a Minnesota soul singer who covered some fantastic pop soul classics on the hit TV show. I was excited to see what else he …
Free Music Friday! The Riverside, Griffin House Full Albums
Welcome to the latest installment of Free Music Friday!, where we provide you with the means to get yourself some great, FREE music, thanks to sites like Bandcamp, Noisetrade, etc. The Riverside Last week, we featured a great little 3 song EP by …
Great Divide – Great Divide
Pianos and horns, man! The Great Divide self-titled album is a stunner from start to finish. I stumbled across them perusing the weekly releases on Spinner a few weeks back and was just shocked to hear them. It’s a refined sound that will …
Fred Mason on Alex Goot
Guest Review by Fred Mason For Alex Goot’s Burger and Pizza Lifestyle Alex Goot is an important pop artist for several years. Despite his youthful style, he’s been “emerging” on the highly successful social media platforms like Last.fm and YouTube. His high-quality collaborations on YouTube …
Courrier – Cathedrals of Color
Courrier have a fantastic sound that is full of positivity and energy. It’s the kind of optimistic pop music that can power a listener through a rough day. More importantly, it’s music that I can’t wait to play this summer as loud as …
Free Music Fridays! The Oh Hellos, The Civil Wars, Trouvere
The Oh Hellos First up on Free Music Friday! is The Oh Hellos. Greg did a great review of their album here and also named this album #3 on his albums of the year list last year. This is an awesome chance to …
Haley Klinkhammer – Finding Myself
From the opening pop chord of Haley Klinkhammer’s album Finding Myself I was taken by the incredible production quality. Her voice sounds great! It’s energetic and fun. It sounds like the kind of album that a teen girl would love. And you know what, …
