Longtime friend of the blog, Pete Mancini, was kind enough to give us insights on his fantastic new album, Foothill Freeway. Thanks, Pete! — Foothill Freeway is a really impressive body of work. So where, exactly, are you from and…
If John Moreland’s latest album paints in bold scarlets and golds, Matthew Ryan’s Hustle Up Starlings paints on the same canvas but with silver and blues. This is an album for a twilight in the summer, that murky ten minutes…
The new normal is a smorgasborg of music from SubmitHub! Penny’s got a surprisingly upbeat spins on people like yours truly, the classic curmudgeon. Penny — Official Veltlite has a captivating song that straddles Gothic Americana, industrial, and pop. Come…
Here’s another round of singles through SubmitHub! This has been a good way to find out about a wide range of artists and genres that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise. Hope you enjoy! First up, Ashlee Cain hails from the…
This is the John Moreland album I’ve been waiting for. I still maintain that Everything the Hard Way is my favorite album, possibly ever, but Big Bad Luv is certainly in a close second (at least in terms of his…
It’s very clear that the likes of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez are huge influences on Tulsa (by way of LA)-based singer Lauren Barth. (Indeed, May 5th was a pretty big day for the Tulsa music world, it seems, and…
I wrote a little about the Jerry Cans a few months ago, and I’ve been sitting on my hands ever since so I could tell you how excellent Inuusiq is. The album is almost exclusively sung in Inuktitut, the band’s…
I’m back with another music roundup from SubmitHub! First, a couple of songs from Mark Blacknell. “World We Can’t Get Out Of” has a a 90s rock thickness accompanied by a Dylanesque trill. It makes for an intriguing combination, and…