Goldenchild — Bridges
If you’re in Nashville, you should make the time to go see Goldenchild. Wiley Gaby, who’s relocated there from Brooklyn, is a real spitfire of a performer. I got to see him play with Paisley Fields and Mercy Bell up…
HEY! LISTEN: Alicia Blue — “Incognito”
“Growing up as a ‘passing’ Mexican-American taught me that being a working class Mexican was not cool, at least to upper class suburban white kids,” Alicia Blue writes. “My friends made that apparent with comments like ‘do you have an…
Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 48
Rachel drives solo-ish, Von tries keto, there’s a lot to say about Star Trek. Also, which band should be shorthand for your lowest expectations and what is emo, anyway? Ryan Bingham – “Jingle And Go” (American Love Songs) Jeff Przech…
Abigail Lapell — GETAWAY
I am desperately in love with this album. I’ve already added Abigail Lapell’s Getaway to my album of the year list. I’m that stoked about it. Lapell’s self-styled “prairie noir” has all the things that grab me about Canadian country…
HEY! LISTEN: Asher Brown — “Wash Me Clean”
I keep getting all kinds of great music sent to me but, as has been the case for the past five years, the amount of music I want to get to is far greater than the amount of time I…
Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 47
Von’s Irish bar escapades, “brawlers and boozers episode,” Green Day side projects, interview with Jamie Lin Wilson. Japan tourism tips. Find Caleb Caudle’s IndieGoGo here! Pete Mancini — “DUI Blues” (Single) St. Louis & The Walking Dead – “Supernova” (Blue…
Adobe & Teardrops Episode 46
Happy New Year! Von and Rachel divulge their NYE adventures. We also discuss making the cut for board games and proper wedding behavior (hint: it includes open bars.) Quaker City Night Hawks – “Better In The Morning” (QCNH) Neville Jacobs…
PREMIERE — Saddlemen — “Indiana”
If 2018 was any indicator, country music looks like it’s going to bifurcate into some truly spacey and avant-garde stuff — and into ultra-traditional. Brooklyn’s Saddlemen fall solidly into that second camp. “Indiana” is a truly gorgeous song that feels…