Scott Cook — One More Time Around
No joke, Scott Cook’s One More Time Around brought a few tears to my eye. We listen to music because it either gives us Feelings or helps us process the Feelings we have. But great musics takes those Feelings and…
Category New Music
Sioux City Kid — Minutes, Miles, Troubles, and Trials
Minutes, Miles, Troubels, and Trials is a 35-minute, in-your-face, set of blistering rock music. You’ll probably find yourself breathless at the end of the triumphant final track, “Low Down and Busted.” Singer Jared Griffin sounds like he’s got a jackhammer…
Left Lane Cruiser — Rock Them Back to Hell!
Gott damm this is amazing, hair-curling stuff. Left Lane Cruiser has been tearing up the pavement with their freakish garage blues for some time now. Today, they release their third studio album. At first I was a little dubious of…
Zachary Lucky — The Ballad of Losing You
Zachary Lucky’s new album is a stunner. The Sasketchawan native brings the lonely, wide open spaces to his music. He’s as lonely cowboy as you can get. The Ballad of Losing You is, in essence, a breakup album. It’s stark…
Buffalo Gospel — We Can Be Horses
We Can Be Horses, the first full-length album from Milwaukee-based Buffalo Gospel, is a stunner. Like a hit-you-between-the-eyes-and-you-didn’t-know-what-happened kind of deal. Buffalo Gospel’s work is a fine example of modern, minimalist Americana. Vaguely melancholy, cautiously optimistic, 100% moving. The band’s…