Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Alex Culbreth — The High Country

Alex Culbreth’s last album, Heart in a Mason Jar, was released in 2013 which, for me, is one apartment and almost all of my girlfriends ago. Like myself, Culbreth’s narrators aren’t necessarily less of a mess than they were three…

Heather Green — Clementine

Heather Green’s songs might be dominated by distorted guitars and layered harmonies, but it’s Green’s carefully observant lyrics that distinguish her. “The Wild Ones,” a song that exudes confidence — not because of the subject matter, but because of Green…

Feral Conservatives — Here’s to Almost

Here’s to finally updating this blog! I think I’ll finally have enough breathing room for this again. The Feral Conservatives blew me away last spring with their EP, The Feeling Noise Becomes. The EP was a cherry bomb of barely…

FREE MUSIC: Chris Hickey — “Langston Hughes”

This song came to me a while ago. Chris Hickey’s “Langston Hughes” is a mesmerizing, semi-spoken word piece about how we are all united by art and the universality of the human experience. Plus, Hickey gets extra points for being…

R. Ring — Loud Underneath

Just a brief public service announcement as I push through PMS-related insomnia and migraines (menoause is gonna be great!) If you missed it this summer, R. Ring — the garage rock lovechild of Kelley Deal (of Breeder fame) and Mike…