NEW SINGLE: Jo Wymer’s “Rearview Mirror”
Jersey girl Jo Wymer is back with the latest single from her sophomore album. It’s just as kick-ass and ’80s-tastic as we’ve come to expect. Rearview Mirror You can purchase the single for a cool dollar here.
John the Conqueror — John the Conqueror
There are only two words that come to mind when I think of this album: sexual frustration. And where else does the blues come from, if not our lonely crotches? It’s dripping off of every chord, every beat, every primal…
Seaway/Safe to Say — Split
One of the cool things about working with kids is that everything is new to them. It also means that you end up feeling really freaking old. My school has a program for at-risk students to help them not drop…
The Local Strangers — Left For Better
Sorry for the lack of updates, y’all. Apparently, if I don’t write these things over the weekend, they just don’t get written at all. To make it up to you, I’ll try to write a new post for every day…
Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys — Release Your Shrouds
Sometimes, the vocalist’s prowess is enough to elevate a band from the ranks of their contemporaries. But it’s not just Lindsay Lou’s vocals that will make Release Your Shrouds the latest addition to your music collection. The tight-knit lyrics and…
Paul Sanchez and Colmen DeKay — Nine Lives
I haven’t always been proud to be a New Yorker. It’s true. Mostly because I hadn’t really lived outside of New York until college. It wasn’t just that I hated living in suburbia (or near a city that has an…
Michael Cormier — Small Things
Blogging at work is totally kosher, right? Probably not, so I’ll make this quick. Michael Cormier, drummer and background singer for The Attic Stairs, is working on an album of his own in his Maine abode. An exciting and beautiful…
The Pollies — Where The Lies Begin
I’m still trying to get my ahead around what people mean when they talk about “that Muscle Shoals sound.” The Pollies’ debut, Where the Lies Begin, adds another layer to this ongoing project. Although it’s their first album, The Pollies…