East coast punk-meets-ska hybrid Keep Flying reinvent their sound on their latest EP, Revival. The six-track EP is a follow up to 2020’s LP Survival and reimagines previously released tracks across their discography, while welcoming in the new. This fresh take finds the band exploring more vastly and playing with …
Read More »Single Review: Robert Hunter – “Permanent”
Many people displaced by the lockdowns and restrictions of the last several months have taken up music or reacquainted themselves with art forms they may have neglected. However, in the case of Robert Hunter, the pandemic was an opportunity to reflect on society, health issues, and general mass fears to weave …
Read More »Single Review: The King James Boys “The Devil’s Not Afraid of a Dusty Bible”
Bluegrass gospel is one of the mainstays of the genre and many of the style’s finest songs boast a spiritual inspiration. The King James Boys are a devout quartet who never envisioned taking their music to the larger public when they first formed. 1994, however, is a long time ago …
Read More »Single Review: The Roughhousers “Baby Brother”
Whether you’re calling them a children’s act or just a rockabilly duo that happens to appeal to kids of all ages, The Roughhousers’ credibility as an indie band is impossible for anyone to debate at this point. In their latest single, “Baby Brother,” we’re once again reminded why they’ve been …
Read More »Single Review: Neil Nathan “Be Still My Ever Beaten Heart”
When we encounter Neil Nathan in the music video for his new single “Be Still My Ever Beaten Heart,” there’s something rather dark about the setting – and the lighting of the backdrop behind his is only accounting for half of the shadow. URL: https://www.neilnathan.com/ Nathan is casting something much …
Read More »Single Review: “Sweet N Sour” Jojo Engelbert and Yetibear
From the moment we get started in “Sweet N Sour” forward, there’s never any denying the venomous undertow Jojo Engelbert and Yetibear are unleashing in this track both melodically and physically via the drums. There’s no big build-up or lead-in to explore here, but instead an urgent crunch that only …
Read More »Single Review: “The Ballad of Elvis Presley” Josie Cotton and Kevin Preston
Much like the legend of Elvis, rockabilly’s popularity comes in and out of fashion with the times, and Josie Cotton and Kevin Preston are looking to give it a much-needed shot of life with the release of their new single “The Ballad of Elvis Presley.” Rather than overstating the groove …
Read More »Single Review: Ricci Bamboo “Papa”
Rap is one of the more theatrical genres in pop music, particularly on the mainstream side, but Ricci Bamboo doesn’t need a lot of bells and whistles to get his point across to the audience in the new single “Papa.” Whether we’re looking at the song’s music video or listening …
Read More »Single Review: IZ.M.B. “Recover”
“And oh God, I’m starting to discover / How it is to recover / Even a shred of dignity / When it takes everything I’ve got to fix the spot / You broke my heart,” tells a passionate IZ.M.B. in her new single and lyric video “Recover,” with not a …
Read More »Single Review: Sp8ce Owl “And So It Begins”
We’re off on a cosmic journey through the ethers in the new music video for Sp8ce Owl’s “And So It Begins,” and while the visual searching we enjoy here is quite spellbinding, it takes a combination of music and imagery to really feel the intensity of what this composition is …
Read More »Album Review: “Midnight Choir” The Long & Short of It
Hailing from Down Under hasn’t been any sort of problem for The Long & Short of It to compose and play convincing American country music. They are far from purists. There’s an ample blues sound present in the duo’s music, but David Baird and Patsy Toop’s long collaboration under this …
Read More »Album Review: Kimberly Morgan York’s “Keep On Goin’” (LP)
If you browse around the underground at the moment, you’re going to find a lot of melancholic Americana just about everywhere you look and listen. The aesthetic has been influencing just about every scene in the country lately, and with all of the rather self-aware songwriting coming out of local …
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