Just another normal episode of Adobe & Teardrops, which means we talk about hair care and totalitarianism. Dad rock bands can get kinda weird. So do witch flash mobs. Max Garcia Conover and Haley Heynderickx – “Mother” (Among Horses 2)…
Dan Conn is a man after my own heart. He picked up guitar as a teenager, inspired by John Mellencamp. That love of strong melodies and shoot-from-the-hip lyrics has followed Conn over the decades and into his new album Shine…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…