I first wrote about Butchers Blind two years ago but I only just managed to see them play live, where they completely crushed it. Lead singer Pete Mancini tends to be softspoken on his recordings, but there’s a real power…
Here are a couple of sweet odds and ends… As the school year looms on the horizon, I, too, am beginning to thin about the other side of June — 2016, that is. I kid, but Ona’s “Cassingle” already makes…
In spite of the title, Liam Corcoran’s solo EP is anything but cold. In fact, Corcoran gives us a heavily pop-tinged EP that is laced with casual lyrical brilliance. “July-eh, July-oh” sets the tone with a sunny song expressing the…
J Kutchma doesn’t make albums. He makes installation pieces — multi-media experiments. Blue Highways explores new space in so many ways. As a middle finger to our Spotify playlist culture, Kutchma made Blue Highways a single, 39:39 track. (This isn’t…
Beach Day for me and James of the Paisely Fields = a short post for you. I caught this single a while back from Boston’s Dan and the Wildfire. Look out for their album Bull Moose, which was released in…
Stephen Chopek’s debut album has an impressive story behind it. Chopek is a trained jazz drummer who has toured with a wide variety of acts, including John Mayer, Jesse Malin, Marc Broussard, the Alternate Routes, and the Pimps of Joytime.…
I have conflicting advice to give you on this one. If you’ve never listened to a Glossary album before, I’m tempted to see you should drop everything you’re doing and listen to Long Live All of Us. If anyone tries…
If you made it all the way down here, then you’re looking for tickets! The Shop Brooklyn is a new purveyor of fine barbecue and finger alt-country music. They’re giving away tickets for this Saturday’s show featuring the Cadillac 3…