Just or a change of pace, I wanted to hep you to jazz revivalist band The Ladybugs. The band gives the Fats Waller an airy treatment that gives the song a light, whimsical touch.We might be preparing for our Thanksgiving…
When The Wildness showed up in my inbox, the subject line instructed me to leave room for it on my year-end list. Whatever — most of solicitations will say that this time of year. Somewhere about halfway through the second…
A small grab bag of odds and ends today. First up is Tapes & Tubes’ latest release, Man in the Window. As always, the three tracks create a mystical atmosphere that is slightly creepy (Austin Potter’s hoarse sing-whisper half-submerged in…
It’s impossible to resist the deep, power-pop grooves on Ona’s debut album. But you get the sense that the band’s members know a thing or two about swaying hips. American Fiction is replete with songs of tragic women who keep…
You don’t need to know anything about Sam Gleaves’ backstory to hear the truth and power in “Working Shoes,” the lead-off track on Gleaves’ masterful Ain’t We Brothers? To judge from the powerful lineup on the album, I’m not the…