Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 162
I won the Self-Made Indie Podcaster Award for Best Female Host and Best Music Podcast! Thank you so much!!! I was super busy this week what with applying to grad school and learning how to be a social animal again!…
HEY! LISTEN: Jon Randall — “Moving On”
Sometimes you just gotta get away, even if you’ve won a Grammy. Jon Randall returns to the other side of the recording booth for the first time in 15 years with his song “Moving On,” a song that’s as much…
HEY! LISTEN: Joel Schwelling — “Greenwood Drive”
Joel Schwelling’s got it locked down on that sun-faded Americana vibe. Whether it’s a hard-hitting rock song as on his 2019 album The Getting Up, or the more gentle “Greenwood Drive,” Schwelling captures a sense of reserved detachment. On “Greenwood…
HEY! LISTEN: Max Garcia Conover — “world war 3’s gonna be so dumb”
Whenever I see a new song from Max Garcia Conover, I get super excited. His music has a wonderful, consistent, insistent pulse with lyrics that are a rapid-fire wellspring of truth. On “world war 3,” Conover is struggling for answers…
Adobe & Teardrops: Episode 161
Arr, matey! Sling some skilly’n’duff and grab a tankard of October Ale, because this episode features a sea shanty by Brian Jacques, the author of my beloved Redwall books. Which, by the way, Rosa and I are going to make…
HEY! LISTEN: Bailey Callahan — “Bitter”
Looks like somebody in Nashville has decided to put the guitars back in country music, and it’s a nice change! With Bailey Callahan’s new single “Bitter,” it’s also clear that there are a few people out there who can’t wait…
MUSIC VIDEO: EVVAN — “I’m Not Done Yet”
If you’ve spent any amount of time on queer social media, you know there’s a lot of gatekeeping. Lots of people struggling to define terms that are really in fact flexible — something that is at times liberating and at…
HEY! LISTEN: Addison Agen — “My Kitchen Floor”
There’s no mystery to Addison Agen’s “My Kitchen Floor.” It’s a great fucking song. Agen, a contestant on The Voice, has an arresting voice that lands somewhere between Carole King and Courtney Marie Andrews. The song’s strong central image evokes…