Album Review: A Yawn Worth Yelling – Play Pretend Imagine the most infectious, courageous, and powerful pop rock hook you’ve ever heard… maybe it’s from U2 or some big arena rock band, right? Then add a nice sort of slick pop punk vocal …
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Album Review: Canyon City – Refuge EP
Album Review: Canyon City – Refuge EP The opening song of Canyon City’s debut EP is “Fix You,” a cover of the Coldplay hit. That might sound like a run of the mill place to begin an acoustic EP, but it immediately shows …
Album Review: Darlingside – Bird’s Say
Album Review: Darlingside – Bird’s Say Hey let’s not mince words; I really like Darlingside. In fact, when I got the submission, I put a little star beside it with my initials so that I’d remember to personally cover it. It’s exactly the …
Three Awesome Pop Rock Bands for Your Weekend
Three Awesome Pop Rock Bands for Your Weekend “Pop” has such a negative connotation in this indie world and I mean to change that. Pop can just mean upbeat and major chords. Pop doesn’t mean trashy or bubblegum. It just is a way …
Three Introspective Singer Songwriters
Three Introspective Singer Songwriters I’m not quite sure of the historical roots of the term “singer songwriter,” but it has definitely morphed into a catch all phrase that considers quite a wide range of performers these days. Around here, we often mean a …
Artist Interview: Tradiio’s own Texas Singer Songwriter Andrew Sullivan
Artist Interview: Tradiio’s own Texas Singer Songwriter Andrew Sullivan The first time I heard Andrew Sullivan on Tradiio I wanted to meet him. I mean you can just hear this wonderful amiability in his music. I noticed his music was not doing well …
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled Modern Diet’s brand of indie rock is just about as cool as possible. Jake Cheriff’s lead vocals are crisp and cutting. The layered tracks on Modern Diet’s self titled album show a sophisticated familiarity with rock’s …
Artist Interview: Walking Guy – Art’s Fishing Club
Artist Interview: Walking Guy – Art’s Fishing Club There are a few crazy musicians doing a walking tour right now. Marking out a pace of fifteen miles per day, these intrepid musicians are calling themselves The Walking Guys and they’re making quite an …
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled
Album Review: Cicada Rhythm – Self Titled If you’ve been reading ETTG for a long time, you will recognize the name Cicada Rhythm. In fact, we still have an old recording of these two on our YouTube channel. But Cicada Rhythm have been …
Album Review: Tanner Swift – I’m Losing Friends
Album Review: Tanner Swift – I’m Losing Friends First, let me say that this is one of my absolute favorite new finds this year. Tanner Swift is the real deal. He also changed the name of his “act” recently to Jvdas. That’s how …
