I am very late to this party but hopefully that means I can persuade any stragglers. Spoiler alert: The Navigator is top contender in my heart for album of the year. The Navigator is a semi-sci-fi semi-autobiographical re-imagining of lead…
Mode Atlanta starts the set off with “I Don’t Miss Then” — a sober yet sunny look at childhood and acknowledging that it’s time to move on. In “Cake Time,” Lily Avram gives us a lovely song about a relationship,…
Fea is what my high school self imagined a punk rock band would be, and that’s not a bad thing. I first learned of the San Antonio-based on NPR’s alt.Latino, which I can’t recommend highly enough. alt.Latino covers an impressive…
It’s not often that I give singles their own post, but I was moved both by Marson’s blazing guitar work and the story behind it. Marson writes: I wrote the song about my 6 year battle with crippling depression that…
Bradley Palermo moved to California but, at least judging by his songs, he’s not having a great time. Fortunately, we get to benefit. Palermo contacted me a few months ago with his first single, “Deep Valley Blues,” and I chose…
Rust Dust is a one-man folk mystery. His twangy blues guitars give his songs a veneer of vintage with some modern mystery. If you’re in New York, you can catch him at the Jalopy this Friday at 9 PM at…
Round Eye has been cooking up Monstervision for quite some time, though perhaps the election of Donald Trump gives the album’s off-kilter alternative universe a more unnerving basis in reality. Intercut with monologues from the fictional Monstervision‘s host (and real…
Scott Hrabko, the Rabbits, and his excellent husky have returned with Summer. Hrabko’s got a penchant for mixing old-time-sounding music with 21st century sensibilities. Part of this is fate, I think — Hrabko’s voice is that silky baritone that’s as…