Silver Lake Radio – “First Gray Hair”-This is a great tune that straddles the line between rock and country music, right in the realm of what folks call alt country these days. That said, I think it fits nicely here as a chill …
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Three new Americana tunes keeping hope alive in 2021
Paige Shannon – “This house”-This is a sad song, admittedly, but it gives me hope for the genre. It’s about living in a house that doesn’t have the same feeling of home anymore after a major change. I suppose it’s about a breakup, …
Three unconventional rock jams that’ll make you pay attention
Brian Dale Allen Strouse – “Shot of something”-This song probably seems like it’s about a drink, but it’s about a relationship. It’s about falling for someone who can give you that special boost that no one can. I appreciate the vocal harmonies on …
Book Review: C.M. Kushins, Nothing’s Bad Luck: The Lives of Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon’s life was one of patterns. As a person with OCD, patterns were knitted into the fabric of his daily life as well as his life overall. Some of the patterns were creative and inspiring, as one of the 20th centuries most …
Album Review: Drawing Blanks – Take It Or Leave It EP – Real, gut-busting rock n’ roll
Album Review: Drawing Blanks – Take It Or Leave It EP – Real, gut-busting rock n’ roll “I won’t try to analyze what you want…” is one of the main lines in the opening track of this album, which seems to embody the …
Album Review: The Bellfuries – Workingman’s Bellfuries
Album Review: The Bellfuries – Workingman’s Bellfuries The Bellfuries have created a vintage rock n’ roll sound that will make you think you left the Oldies station on your radio. What I love most about this band is that they make the late …
Artist Interview: Hollis Brown – Can’t touch this indie rock
1) For those who haven’t heard it yet, how do you describe the “Three Shots” album? Straight ahead American Rock. It’s what pop music should be. It’s a record that conceptually touches on a lot of things through the eyes of various characters …
Album Review: The Blue Cut Robbery – Coquette – Phenomenal rock EP ready to be called “classic” already
It’s evident that songwriter Matthew Mayfield listens to and expresses a wide variety of musical influences. But there’s no confusion in his background on this Coquette EP. Mayfield is letting Guns n’ Roses, ACDC, and Led Zeppelin shine through on every track. There’s …
