Between the end of the school year and recent current events, I’m fairly exhausted. To the extent that it’s my place to comment on Orlando, I maintain that queer visibility in all aspects of American life — including country music…
Frequent tour mates Sonia Leigh and Daphne Willis teamed up to create a driving rock’n’roll track. While there are many songs warning us of dangerous women, this one stands out for its powerful vocal performances. “Spider in the Roses” is…
Though Sugar Teeth was released in February, Tangerine’s bright guitars and airy vocals are ideal for blasting during a languorous summer twilight. The trio is comprised of sisters Marika and Miro Justad and Toby Kuhn. The three had a band…
It’s a curious hobby, this blog of mine. I’m shouting into the ether, waxing pedantic about bar bands. So when I was approached about writing a review of the 33 1/3 series’ book covering Dig Me Out, I could hardly…
Nick 13’s 2011 solo release, Nick 13, still pops up in my mind palace and remains one of my favorite albums that I’ve reviewed over the past five years. A gentle, haunting mix of 60s pop and rockabilly, Nick 13…
I’m just going to put it on the table: Heroes Waking Up is one of the finest albums I’ve reviewed on this blog. (For reference, this is post number 817.) While I enjoyed Tivel’s debut album, I have to say…
Austin Lucas went to hell and back — almost literally — for this album. We were supposed to have Between the Moon in our hands two years ago. Following the success of Lucas’s Stay Reckless, New West Records was prepared…
Al Scorch brings a whole new meaning to folk punk. At least in my conception. I generally think of Frank Turner’s gentle but aggressively frank songs. Scorch, on the other hand, lives up to his name. These songs spit hot…