Rick Hart — Spiral

A few seconds of Rick Hart’s warm, honey-sweet voice will get you hooked. He also knows how to play to his strengths. A singer-songwriter in the tradition of the folk greats of the ’60s and ’70s, all of Hart’s songs…

Tinkerbelles — Fine Asses

I’ll admit that this time I judged the book by its cover. The Tinkerbelles’ definitely have a knack for packaging. Apparently the cover folds out, MAD-magazine style. Excellent. That weird, subversive sensibility has made its way into the band’s music…

Devin Sinha — The Seventh Season

I’m going to try to double up on posts for the rest of the year (two a day!) because I have a lot of amazing music to tell you about, but not enough 2014 to tell you about it in.…

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Before I start this post, I want to extend a congratulations to Billy Gilpin and Ty Herndon for coming out. I remain blissfully unaware of early 2000s top 40 country so I don’t know about their music. Coming out is…

Moonage Shine — Devil On His Tail

I will admit that it took me a few tries to really get into what can best be described as Moonage Shine’s psych-folk. But trust me — the effort is well worth it. “Moriartism” is a haunting rumination of mortality…

Dead Professional — Hard Hard Hard

Dead Professional has been dribbling singles here and there on the Internet for about as long as this blog has been around. I’ve found it a little unfair, though I understand. Perfection takes time, after all. I once heard someone…