With her lyrically driven songs, Rachel McIntyre Smith’s comfort twang music reminds listeners of the classics while also adding a relevant and fresh perspective. The Boot writes that she is “part [Kacey] Musgraves, part Phoebe Bridgers, all sincere storytelling and heartstring…
Daniel Nickels delivers powerful Southern rock on his emotional new song “Walls.” Nickels kicks the song off with a driving beat and never slows down as he opens about his struggles with his mental health. The song marries earthy roots…
Who hasn’t gotten a little carried away with the boys (gender neutral)? Then you get home and your partner is upset because all they wanted was to cuddle up and watch Farscape. You know you fucked up and the only…
Portland’s Mac Cornish is the uncomfortable protagonist of her bracing trad country single “Belle of the Bar.” Cornish’s deep affection for Laurel Canyon is obvious in her painterly lyrics and earthy rasp, but the twang in her rich voice is…
Swedish duo Old Amica will arrest you with their harmonies on “Everyone We Know.” That was the first thing that hit me as this dirge unfurls majestically. This isn’t a dirge for others, though — it’s about losing one’s sense…