Bishops frontman Tucker Riggleman is a busy guy. Having released his own album recently, he’s loaned his talents to Azores’ debut full-length album, Copper Beach. If Dream Easy was a tsunami of id, Copper Beach is a study in anxiety.…
Sara Rachele made jaws drop last year with her heartrending EP, Madison County. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to “Rebecca,” do that, and then when you’re done, come back here. Cool. So in the intervening year, Rachele…
Now that I’ve had a number of Life Things resolved I am very excited to get this blog back on track. In honor of my birthday, I’m giving YOU a present in the form of the Paisley Fields’ newest music…
When I took the record out of its sleeve, it was badly warped and had strange, rune-like markings along the vinyl. I threw it on my record player anyway. The sound came out herky-jerky, like an old recording from the…
If you’re looking for a pick-me-up, Fire Hot Opera will cure what ails you. The neo-“Broadway Soul” of the six-piece band is truly unique. The album is meant to be played as one continuous track (though you can listen to…
Mount Moriah has come a long way from its scrappy punk days, though the seeds for How to Dance were always there. How to Dance is truly monumental. It amps up that engrossing feeling the band pioneered in Miracle Temple;…
Von over at Americana Rock Mix likes to start off his (excellent) podcast with that quote from Freaks and Geeks: “Rock’n’roll don’t come from your brain! It comes from your crotch!” That’s very much true of blues punk duo Vamanos.…
What do you do when the thing you love most doesn’t seem to love you back? That’s the central question of Bishops’ latest release, Dream Easy. The title seems to have a double meaning to me. Bishops’ wall-of-sound approach to…