When David Horton featured The Miners on his blog, Popa’s Tunes, he needed only to say two words to grab my attention: alt-country and Philadelphia. As A&T favorites The Sparklers and The Tressels have shown, there’s something in the mighty…
Welp. I think it finally happened. The first album this year that I know will be on my “Best Of” list. If one were to read the bios of all of the artists Hearth Music represents, one would walk away…
Is there anything better than a world-weary bar band? I think not, says I, particularly when I’m feeling a little world-weary myself. Mud, Blood & Beer (what guys? No Oxford comma?) is the answer for your soul’s needs, whether you’re…
Mark my words: Great Peacock will be a name on everyone’s lips by the end of the year. That is, if they keep producing music that is as rich and fully-realized as the five songs on their debut EP. While…
If clever band names are gimmicky then call me a sucker. But it’s not just the Oakland Wine Drinkers Union’s name that sucked me in. Their music is (to borrow terminology from their coast) hella fun. “Work is The Curse,”…