VIDEO: Langhorne Slim — Animal

By the time you read this I’ll probably be heading up to the Campfire Music Festival in Lakewood, PA. Friday night has a killer lineup but I’m most excited to see Langhorne Slim. He released this song back in May.…

Blessed State — Head Space

If you’re waiting around for music that makes your pulse synchronize with the beat, wait no longer. Blessed State’s Head Space is a half hour of furious, dreamy punk in the tradition of Bob Mould, et. al. Blessed State’s sound…

Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones — Luck Maker

I was just talking with some of my friends over the weekend about whatever’s in the water in upstate New York. Hailing from Woodstock, NY, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones pack a rockabilly punch. Whatever my reservations about the changing…

Sweet Crude — Super Vilaine

I don’t think it’s quite right to say that the music scene in New Orleans has been “revived.” It’s not like it every went away. And it’s not newly “relevant,” because New Orleans is very much part of the fabric…

Christopher Bell — Fire

If the music posted in the last few days feels peppy and light, it’s because this is all music I listened to in June. At the end of the school year. And now I’m getting ready to head back. That…

Repeat After Me — Mapmaker

Jam bands and power pop aren’t two genres that seem like they would go together, but Repeat After Me Manages to pull it off. Repeat After Me is signed to Russian Winter Records, which has done an excellent job of…

Vintage Blue — No Going Back

I posted a video by Chicago pop(s) band Vintage Blue a few months ago. Upon further reflection, Vintage Blue reminds me of vintage Fighting Gravity. I know that’s an extremely cryptic reference — you probably only know Fighting Gravity if…