Shawn Butzin’s plain-spoken country has graced these pixels before. I’m happy to say he’s got some more music coming out, including this song, “What Did I Mean To You?” Based in Traverse City, MI, Butzin was inspired to make a…
You ever have one of those moments when you look back on your childhood and you’re like, “Oooooooooooooooooooooh! Now I get it!!!” That’s the subject of self-described Neutral Good horse girl Lou Roy’s gorgeous “Ari Knew Before Me.” I’ll let…
A couple weeks ago I tipped you off to Left Arm Tan’s forthcoming album. The album marks the band’s 10th anniversary, and it also finds them in their best form. Left Arm Tan (yes, it’s self-titled, but by no means…
Western culture really likes to catalog things. Scientific taxonomies, historical periods, gender, music genres. It’s comforting to think that it’s possible to list and organize everything in the world. But nature isn’t like that — and neither is Mercy Bell’s…
I was really taken by this song on Episode 84 of the podcast. Lawrence’s melancholy vocals and hopeful tone brought to mind a sort of country-tinged Fountains of Wayne. Lawrence is the drummer for the Felice Brothers, so he’s had…