Jeremy Squires’ first album, When Will You Go, made a huge impact on me. Detailing struggles with depression, it was the medicine I needed at the time. Squires has no difficulty taking difficult subjects head-on. In Collapse, Squires unflinchingly guides…
Things are so overwhelming these days. I’m never one to advocate ignoring the news cycle, but there are times where you just need to drown yourself in massive swirls of sound. Vassals’ new EP, Halogen Days, should be listened to…
Defiance, Ohio is one of those bands that I should listen to, given how much I love their side projects, but haven’t gotten around to. Theo Hilton’s new album, Ursa Minor, is a much-needed album for these days. Nana Grizol…
It can be a little intimidating to review music by a band that’s as old as you are. But the folks at R. Mutt are as nice as they come. The Dash, the band’s fifth album, is an adrenaline rush.…
The Pinkerton Raid’s new album would seem to have sociopolitical commentary, but it doesn’t — at least not directly. Written in the notebook of ex-crime reporter Jesse James DeConto’s while his own relationship fell apart, Tolerance Ends, Love Begins is…
Heath Underwood’s previous project, El Cantador, periodically resurfaces in my internal radio years after listening to their album. Underwood’s new project, Bunch, is re-entering the Southern psychedelia market at just the right time. From hip hop to country, there’s no…
Levi Petree’s debut album will feel familiar to fans of this blog. But to one of his friends, Petree’s blend of punk, honky tonk, and country pop perplexed her so that when she asked Petree what his music was, he…
If the haunting harmonica hook that kicks off “Black Gold Blues” doesn’t grab you, I’m not sure what well. I’ve highlighted Quinn’s work in the past, but Black Gold Blues is his best work yet. Quinn pulls off a neat…