Ah, my twenties: I don’t miss them! Even though this blog is basically a diary of them! But if there’s one song I’ve heard recently that brings it all rushing back, it’s Russell Jamie Johnson’s quiet desperation in “First and…
The Grand Rapids, Michigan country band’s new song “Some Days” gets to the point: “It’s about hard work,” writes Big Jake Bootstrap. The song’s got a wonderful sense of grit while retaining the gentleness of bands like Glossary. Jake’s got…
I just can’t get enough of Chicago country guitar slinger Wild Earp. Earp’s committed to a classic country life, with the sounds of old honky-tonk seemingly emanating from his soul. I’m thrilled that Earp has a whole new album under…
Hey there, Teardrops! Hope you’ve been enjoying that brief preview of Spring we had as we slide on into summer. I’m super excited about Pride coming up, and I’m looking forward to having some good queer hangouts over Memorial Day…
Carbondale, CO-based Jackson Emmer’s got a big voice and a expansive wit. Emmer’s releasing a song a week on YouTube, and this ballad to old Toyotas is but one. I picked it out because of the song’s sense of fun…
Fall back into the pillowy clouds of Rachel Eckroth’s “You’re the Only Thing.” The song is a gauzy love song, comfortably inhabiting the neutral zone between jazz, indie pop, and soul. The soft synth textures, courtesy of producer David Garza…
As J.M. Clifford told us in his interview a few weeks back, he’s not really into benders. The title track of his new album On a Saturday Night, which was released as a single this past Friday, speaks to that…
Michal Bush is a singer- songwriter from New Zealand, best known for her award winning children’s music project Music with Michal. She gets a little more adult in “Ain’t That Worth More,” a folk song about proving her worth. In…