Black Vincent — Teardrop Deluxe
One of the most surprising facts I learned at the Country Music Hall of Fame is that the Everly Brothers are members. I don’t really hear it — in my mind they’re very solidly a part of rock’n’roll, even if…
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Stop Paying Attention — J Marinelli
Clocking in at 17 minutes, it might be easy to think that J Marinelli’s Stop Paying Attention is a paean to distraction. With his fuzzed out, distorted vocals and the music’s rip-roaring pace, it’s almost as if he’s challenging us…
Faster Stereo — Come On
If you’re not drawn in by the confident power pop swagger on Come On‘s titular track, then you probably don’t have a pulse. The rest of the album is like a Snickers bar — sugary but oddly satisfying (fun fact:…
The End Men — Terms and Conditions
If there’s one band I’d pick to listen to during the apocalypse, it’d be The End Men. Their bass and drumlines are nothing less than earth-shattering, a fitting soundtrack to the destruction of the Gomorrah I’ve chosen to surround myself…
Chuck Hawthorne — Silver Line
This may sound like an overstatement, but Chuck Hawthorne’s debut album, Silver Line, sounds to my brain like the platonic ideal of country music. This wasn’t a conscious decision. As I did the tourist thing in Nashville and stood on…