Listening to The Grand Prospect is the musical equivalent of drinking whiskey: it makes your ears tingle and you have the vague sensation that maybe this is what gold would be like if you could hear it. Or maybe I…
If you’re reading this, you’ve contributed to making the past year really great. I’ve been telling all sorts of new acquaintances (dates, coworkers, students) that I have a music blog. I act like it’s a pretty dorky thing (I mean,…
The District Attorneys have gone and done it again. They’ve created a neat little package of power pop for you to consume at will. The free EP, Jr., was recorded in the band’s home studio between tours promoting their debut…
This Friday will be Adobe & Teardrops’s first birthday! It seems fitting to kick off the blog’s birthday week with The Creak. They were the first band to send me stuff in the mail, which made me feel like a…
Lately, we’ve been blessed with a sudden wave of Scandinavians adapting Americana (I’m looking at you, Of Monsters and Men.) But First Aid Kit bring something new to the table. They have a much earthier tone than what I typically…
If someone had described Mike June’s music as “heartland rock with a sharp political bent” I would have been sold before I even listened to the album. This album is an instant favorite and I’m so glad Von featured it…
This isn’t so much a review of Bristle Ridge as it is some meditations about Austin Lucas. To be honest, I didn’t really like his music at first. I was mostly annoyed by all of his songs about how he…
If the volumes of text praising Our Lady of the Tall Trees were stretched end to end, we’d have a bridge to Mars. Here’s my little snippet to add to the bridge. This is beautiful, breathtaking acoustic music and it…