The Milk Carton Kids — Monterey
You guys, I haven’t eaten anything but rice in the last 72 hours. Well, that’s not entirely true. I tried to eat human food last night and this morning, but my stomach was very definitively like “NOPE” and I actually…
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Eric Peter Schwartz AND Campfest!
You may remember Eric Peter Schwartz as the guy with the delightful love song centered around Dungeons & Dragons. I was expecting more of the same on Schwartz’s latest release, Casual Ghosts. While Schwartz offers humble, humorous ditties like “Hot…
Pearls Mahone — Echoes From the Prairie
You know what the world needs? More rockabilly. Pearls Mahone delivers with a voice that they just don’t make anymore. With a velvety Patsy Cline-like purr and a sense of reckless fun, Mahone’s an unholy alliance of demure 50s pin-up…
Pops Staples — Don’t Lose This
The backstory for Pops Staples’ posthumous release is almost as interesting as the album itself. To be honest, I only really knew about — and appreciated — Mavis Staples with her “comeback” album You Are Not Alone. (My parents pretty…
Purple Hill — Top 40 Radio Dream (Oh Yeah!)
I feel like I’ve been posting a lot of…gentler…music on the blog than I have in the past. I’m trying to find more of a balance, and “Six String All to My Heart,” the lead single off of Purple Hill’s…