VIDEO: Stephen Chopek — “Systematic Collapse”
You may remember Stephen Chopek’s Things Moving on Their Own Together. Here’s the video for one of the harder-driving songs on the album, “Systematic Collapse.” Stephen Chopek — Facebook, Twitter
MUSIC VIDEO: Homer Marrs & The Excellent Adventure — “It’s Amazing”
Not much to say about this one… I mean, who doesn’t love a good drag queen mosh pit? Homer Marrs & The Excellent Adventure — Facebook, Bandcamp
State Champion — Fantasy Error
If a science experiment is all about getting the same result after reproducing the experimental conditions a number of times, then I have scientifically proven that State Champion is best listened to at 2 AM when you’re sobering up on…
Tedo Stone — Marshes
Tedo Stone could not have picked a better time to release his sophomore album (which, spoiler alert, is a grand slam.) Between the Alabama Shakes’ ascendance with Sound & Color and Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires‘ incendiary southern…
The Bottle Rockets — South Broadway Athletic Club
The Bottle Rockets have been a band for almost as long as I’ve been able to read, but I’ve listened to their music for the first time when reviewing South Broadway Athletic Club. It took me a little while to…
PREMIERE! Aja Warren — “Misbehavin”
Aja Warren’s new single, “Misbehavin,” brings the best of country, blues, and jazz together, wrapped with the bow of Warren’s singular voice: delicate and arresting. The band stretches itself out as it explores the corners of the song’s musical space,…
Alabama Shakes and Thunderbitch
So I know Sounds & Color is way old news. I’m not writing about it as a new discovery. I’m writing to try to convince those who, like me, were nonbelievers. The Alabama Shakes were literally the first band I…
The Paisley Fields — Oh These Urban Fences
Is it considered payola if the Paisley Fields’ lead singer, James Wilson, gave me a lift to Riis Park? Sometimes you hang out after shows at Queer Country Monthly, and sometimes somebody and his band shows up even though they’re…