Tag Archives: folk rock

Live At The Mattress Factory – Songs From The Land Of Pit Bulls & Poker Machines” is out now. It follows their 2020 album, “Undesirables and Anarchists. “I really want listeners to be drawn to the detailed lyrics (about) the lives of people in post-industrial river towns, turning the folklore …

Karl McCann is a Liverpool, England-based indie folk singer/songwriter currently signed to 72rpm Records. McCann’s penchant for thoughtful, cathartic songwriting has earned him sizable local clout, through his appearances on the Made in Liverpool TV program, as well as on BBC Radio Merseyside. On Monday, McCann released his latest single, …

Evocative language and insightful lyricism have been the hallmark of Bill Abernathy’s music in recent years, and his latest single, “More than meets the eye”, is no exception. After a highly successful No. 1 Roots Music Charts single “Goodbye Will Never Come Again” and his politically charged “Cry-Wolf”, the Kansas-based …

Psychopath Etiquette is literally a band of brothers. David Sprague and Paul Sprague are based out of Southern Maine, and the founding members have been playing music together for more than a decade. They formed the band in the summer of 2019 as a culmination of everything they had been …

Psychopath Etiquette is a band comprised of two brothers, who have embarked on a mission to record a catalogue of songs they have developed together over their lifetimes. Their single “When Anxieties Attack” is an acoustic-based song with a sincere, unrestrained melody. Taken from the EP Rough Draft, the track …

To say there have been scores of curious indie folk-rock artists coming out of the woodwork lately would be too big an understatement for this critic to make about the state of the Canadian underground, but few that I’ve personally come across this April have demonstrated quite as much efficiency …

Like the crack of a whip, strings as bright as the sun slice through stampeding percussion and welcome us into “Fast as I Can,” the first of ten new songs that Roses & Cigarettes have compiled for us in their album Echoes and Silence, due out this February 22nd. The harmonies …

Folk rock is always interesting to listen to, as the complexity of the songs come from the lyrics more than the music. It is an experience anytime it is played, and something calming to add to your daily soundtrack. It is even more interesting to listen live, and with Dallas …

On their debut full-length RIVAL, Austin, TX folk rock band HARVEST THIEVES dig deep within their own personal stories and offer up an enigmatic album of candidness and intensity. In lieu of visceral play-by-plays and detail-oriented specifics, they gather the most vulnerable message and wrap it in both coded and …