The gentlemen of Overland recorded a fantastic video to win the folk category in our YouTube Battle of the Bands earlier this year. For their prize, the band elected to answer a few of our question in an interview. We encourage readers to …
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The Milk Carton Kids – The Ash & Clay
It’s finally here. We waited patiently for the sophomore studio album from Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattingale, The Milk Carton Kids, after Prologue. They exploded in the last year and a half after joining forces and releasing a live album and Prologue within 4 months …
Free Music Friday! Langhorne Slim, Trampled By Turtles, Milk Carton Kids
Free Music Friday! today features a couple of smaller collections and a reminder about our favorites, The Milk Carton Kids. Langhorne Slim and The Law Langhorne Slim and The Law released The Way We Move last year and it was awesome. This small collection …
The Music Room. Wolves Without Teeth EP
The Music Room and Bandcamp, 2013. The Music Room: http://www.insidethemusicroom.blogspot.com/ The songs of The Music Room are given voice by Aimee Bellanca, while the writing and music is done by her brother, Dane Johnson. Together, the duo create a disquieting audio image that represents …
Those Willows – Rivertown (Free Download)
Those Willows is the kind of group that you look for when you’re searching through bandcamp. They have everything, a great folksy sound, great male/female harmonies, good songwriting, and a free download. While we always recommend supporting the artists like them that work …
Guest Review: Hannah and Maggie – Muscle and Bone
The mood of Hannah & Maggie‘s album ‘Muscle & Bone’ was set in the first lines of the first song, ”As You Wake”. This album is rife with delicate finger picking and dreamy vocals, but it kicks off a cappella, with perfectly tight …
Lucius – Lucius EP
Lucius. Lucius EP iLoveLucius and The Orchard, 2012. Lucius: http://ilovelucius.com/ Lucius is a band with a sound as eclectic as their beginning. While the quintet hails from Brooklyn, New York, the individual members come from all over, the US including one from our very …
The Lumineers – “Stubborn Love”
The Lumineers, in all their Grammy-nominated glory, have surpassed the “up-and-coming” label we’ve given our site. But when we first heard their self-titled debut, we knew they’d be the kind of band that put some new life into the music scene. Here’s a …
Fiction Family – Reunion
Often times, collaborations turn out to be much hype and excitement but very little execution. But sometimes, as if by magic, different artists come together after making wildly different music and produce something unique and incredible. Fiction Family is the moniker adopted by …
The Lone Bellow – The Lone Bellow
We’ve spent the last couple weeks trying to make up for albums that we missed in 2012. But it’s time for the first truly great album of 2013. The Lone Bellow’s self-titled debut is a work of genius, an album that blends vocal …
