When I cam across Duane Hibbard’s single, my first thought was for Nick 13’s solo work. “Lookin’ For” is a sort of prayer to loss, with Hibbard’s lonely tenor rising to the heavens — backed, of course, by a good…
Get lost in the cosmic stream with “Dark Matter,” the latest single from Denver’s Verses the Inevitable. The song is a gentle folk rock reminder of our places in the universe. With a muted arrangement, the 7-piece deftly demonstrates how…
In this episode, there are two Rachels, three Zachs, and three songs by country artists who eschew Nashville. Rachel Hurley is my co-pilot on this one! Rachel is the headmistress of Sweetheart PR and co-hosts the Music Rookie podcast. She…
From the first ponderous plucked strings, you’ll easily hear that “Miss Tilly” is a different experience. The song feels like a sketch, a work in progress that’s beautiful in its own right: something that both is and is becoming. Among…
If the title doesn’t grab you, the jaunty guitar hook should. If all else fails, how about the first line? “The devil can fuck right off/And suck me dry/I’m going to Heaven when I die.” This is no grungy outlaw…
With a new site layout comes new features! We all love learning more about our favorite artists, but we don’t all love listening to 30 – 60-minute interviews! So with 5 Rounds, we’re gonna keep things quick and dirty. (I…
Hot from the streets of…Norway? That’s right — there’s been a big Nordicana push lately, and I&I is one of my favorites of the bunch so far. They lean into a vintage, sun-drenched sound that, by all rights, should be…
Is there anything better on a spring morning than a plaintive, lonely country song? Brooklyn-based Horse & Wells have perfected the art on “Going,” a sprawling composition of steel guitars and distortion — just the kind of alt-country we look…