Emma Hill — The Black and Wretched Blue
It is difficult, Dear Reader, to stay inside and listen to music (much less blog about it) when you are a young buck and it is springtime in New York (as my friends know, I don’t really do mp3 players.)…
FREE MUSIC: Lance Howell — This Town EP
Rabbit, rabbit, friends! Spring is indisputably here, and that’s why I’ve been scarce lately. Sorry I’m not sorry. Here are some tunes I’ve been sitting on for a while, and you won’t be sorry to hear them! Lance Howell hails…
Quiet Hollers — I Am the Morning
Quiet Hollers is the perfect band to listen to if you’re giving your life choices a serious think. Or maybe not, since it’ll make you cry. Depends on what you need. I Am the Morning is a series of…
The Dustbowl Revival — Carry Me Home
There’s just something inexplicably charming about The Dustbowl Revival. A umpteen-piece traveling roots collective based out of LA, the Dustbowl Revival is indeed reviving gospel, swing, and bluegrass in the best way possible. They’re making it fun, not hollow. They…
Adobe and Teardrops on Homoground!
Yours truly has been featured on the world’s premier queer music podcast, Homoground! (See the link list to the left.) I’d say it’s a pretty boss mixtape, but you’ll have to see for yourself. #MIXTAPE080 – Adobe & Teardrops by…
William Pilgrim and the All Grows Up — The Great Recession
William Pilgrim has been through a lot, and his songs show it. Raised in foster homes and homeless as a youth, the guy’s a fighter. Now, I’m about to make a comparison that will not seem flattering at first. William…
Woody Pines — Rabbits Motel
It’s difficult to get more retro than Woody Pines. Pines’ lyrical and musical swagger calls to mind early rock’n’roll — fun and a little edgy, but before rock became mired in grit and seedy territory. According to his site, Pines…
Ben de la Cour — Ghost Light
We talk a lot about “voice.” Usually we’re referring to a person’s perspective, or their style of expressing themselves. But god dammit. Ben de la Cour has a Voice. Men just don’t come like this anymore, it seems. Combining the…