Music Roundup!
It’s been quite a week, as all the weeks seem to be. Here’s some peaceful music for a brief respite. Mary-Elaine Jenkins — “Hold Still” I can’t think of a better song to kick off this meditative list than Mary-Elaine…
Kevin Michael Thompson — Ghosts From Two Towns Over
It’s just a coincidence that I’m writing about this album on Halloween but it’s fitting nonetheless. You know you’re in for a good time when an album comes with an epitaph that’s a German proverb — especially this one: ““Love,…
MUSIC VIDEO: Bradley Wik and the Charlatans — “Let’s Go Out Tonight”
Bradley Wik is one of the few people who can point to a music video about zombies and call it semi-autobiographical. Wik released a strong debut album a couple of summers ago — including one of the few songs I…
Martha Spencer — Martha Spencer
I promise you — this album isn’t a reissue, rescued from dusty obscurity by an avid collection. Martha Spencer’s self-titled album is, in fact, her debut and it will, in fact, be released on November 2nd. The album is steeped…
MUSIC VIDEO: Fairbanks and the Lonesome Light — “Pieces”
Winter somehow always finds me with that itch to do something — anything — everything — differently. As if my life is somehow in a rut even though everything is running exactly as it should be. “Pieces,” the kind of…
Roof Beams — “In My Prime”
I’ve had a whole lot of nice things to say about Roof Beams in the past and it looks like that’s just going to continue. The DC-based band is prepping its next album and is giving the rest of us…
Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 36
Von and the missus have advice for warding off trick or treat extortionism. Rachel has an identity crisis but also a victory against rodent-kind. There’s a lot of heavy ranting, but you knew that. The Mulligan Brothers –…
David Benedict — Golden Angle
I am one of those strange people who legitimately enjoys square dancing having neither grown up with it as a tradition nor having hippie parents who turned into East Coast elites. (Fun fact — my parents met at the Metropolitan…