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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Three Ways to Rock, Three Ways to Roll
Three Ways to Rock, Three Ways to Roll There are a lot of different types of rock music. There’s the head-banging, ear-bleeding, shake-the-room kind. There’s the hip-swayin’, blues influenced kind. There’s even the “I wanna hold your hand” super swag electric guitar kind. …
Three Excellent Indie Rock Bands to Spice Up Your Playlist
Three Excellent Indie Rock Bands to Spice Up Your Playlist I know, I know – indie rock is Matt’s deal. But certain bands are just Greg bands that aren’t Matt bands. And that’s totally okay. You’ll enjoy these three as melodic, harmonic, and …
Album Review: Hollis Brown – Three Shots – A fresh take on classic rock
Hollis Brown is the kind of rock band that shows versatility reminiscent of Eagles. They have great harmonies, solid songwriting, and a style that is frankly really easy to listen to. They are a rock band for folks who enjoy sitting back to take …
Make a Record with Matthew Mayfield – Loudfund.me makes music fans into investors
I had a chance to talk to Matthew Mayfield last week about his upcoming album. The investors are not a limited set of execs in a posh NYC skyscraper. No – the investors are the fans. Instead of merely donating money to win …
Matthew Mayfield – “Run It Ragged” – Mini documentary on touring as an independent musician
This is a phenomenal little documentary about the “grind” of being an independent musician. For those of you reading this wondering what it might be like… this is it, raw and real. Matthew Mayfield is releasing a new album coming this fall. We’ll …
Lissie – “Shameless”
There aren’t very many people that get rock music right. I don’t mean the sort of hum-drum alt rock outfits out there. No, I mean real rock and roll that captures the attitude of rebellion and angst that defined the genre. Lissie’s vocals, …
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 …
YouTube Gem: MuteMath “Odd Soul”
MuteMath are a rock band. They rock. Share with your friends.
The Sheepdogs – The Sheepdogs
Every once in a while you get a chance to hear an album that takes you places. The Sheepdogs debut salvo does that with remarkable form taking listeners to the early seventies. They sound like The Doors meet Kansas. It’s classic rock, but …
