A few weeks ago, I observed what seems to be a cresting trend of (female) artists incorporating the melodic verve of ’90s rock with twangy flavorings. Reina del Cid divebombs into that wave headfirst, and damn do they make it…
This past week I went on a road trip with my dad and my sister up to a place we went as kids. The whole trip was basically a nostalgia tour. On the way up, we blasted the music we…
The Leavelles’ Mostly True Stories is honest-to-goodness, back-to-basics country rock’n’roll. These guys are what speaks to me most in this corner of the music world: they sing humorous songs about serious subjects and don’t take themselves too seriously. That doesn’t…
Apparently the new cool kid thing is to “emulate” ’90s alt-rock (as opposed to begging, borrowing, and stealing from the ’70s and ’80s.) If you’ve been reading this noble publication for a while, you know that that’s the last musical…
It’s hot, but Honey and the 45s have enough cool emanating from them to ease your suffering. Or, in the case of this video, they might rev you up. Filmed in the swanky Powhatan Building in Chicago, the video’s fascination…