Jesse James DeConto grew up in New England, with Dad’s guitar and Mom’s radio tuned to Soulsville, the Village, Liverpool and Laurel Canyon. Those inheritances mingle with foothills-folk in Durham, N.C., yielding songs Americana UK calls “anthemic.” Critics hear influences from…
Calling on the ghosts of outlaw country past, Arizonan Max Harms’ debut single “California” scorns LA for a more authentic life. I was taken by the lush steel guitars and Harms’ world-weary vocals. In our interview, Harms explains where that…
Since 2010, Arkansas outfit Sad Daddy has traveled down many a road–together and separately–at times focusing on their solo projects and then reuniting for a band project. The four members, Brian Martin, Joe Sundell, Rebecca Patek, and Melissa Carper, all…
RØRY keeps their bio close to the vest, but maybe that’s because she wants her music to speak for itself. The British singer-songwriter finds inspiration in ’90s power pop and pop punk. They tell us more about “Uncomplicated”‘s origins and…
A quixotic mix of American post-punk and ’80s post-hardcore, Aversions are modest East Vancouver work-a-days trying to live the axiom of art interlacing life. Muscular riffing, left-turn basslines and sledgehammer drumming provide the substrate for vocalist Sam Coll’s acidic takes…