Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones — Luck Maker

I was just talking with some of my friends over the weekend about whatever’s in the water in upstate New York. Hailing from Woodstock, NY, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones pack a rockabilly punch. Whatever my reservations about the changing…

Sweet Crude — Super Vilaine

I don’t think it’s quite right to say that the music scene in New Orleans has been “revived.” It’s not like it every went away. And it’s not newly “relevant,” because New Orleans is very much part of the fabric…

Christopher Bell — Fire

If the music posted in the last few days feels peppy and light, it’s because this is all music I listened to in June. At the end of the school year. And now I’m getting ready to head back. That…

Repeat After Me — Mapmaker

Jam bands and power pop aren’t two genres that seem like they would go together, but Repeat After Me Manages to pull it off. Repeat After Me is signed to Russian Winter Records, which has done an excellent job of…