Sometimes you just need some meat-and-potatoes music to go with amazing songwriting. Ryan B Case has that talent in spades. Case revels in the sort of heartland rock that, if you’re reading this, I know you can’t get enough of.…
A student just walked into my office and remarked that I’m always listened to the same song. I laughed and observed that yes, I listen to a lot of music that basically sounds exactly the same. But Nathan Bell stands…
I am very late to this party but hopefully that means I can persuade any stragglers. Spoiler alert: The Navigator is top contender in my heart for album of the year. The Navigator is a semi-sci-fi semi-autobiographical re-imagining of lead…
Mode Atlanta starts the set off with “I Don’t Miss Then” — a sober yet sunny look at childhood and acknowledging that it’s time to move on. In “Cake Time,” Lily Avram gives us a lovely song about a relationship,…
Fea is what my high school self imagined a punk rock band would be, and that’s not a bad thing. I first learned of the San Antonio-based on NPR’s alt.Latino, which I can’t recommend highly enough. alt.Latino covers an impressive…