Ryan Joseph Anderson — The Weaver’s Broom
If you check out one track on Ryan Joseph Anderson’s new album, listen to “When the Bees Went Mad.” It’s truly the standout of an accomplished album: it’s the kind of tune that makes you sit up and listen —…
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Tattletale Saints — How Red Is the Blood
“Kathleen,” the lead track off of the Tattletale Saints’ debut album, is love at first listen. The duo have an uncanny chemistry, not unlike the Civil Wars (though hopefully with much more longevity.) The New Zealander duo actually met in…
Teenager — The Magic of True Love
Just in time for the summer, Bevan Herbekian (nee Teenager) has delivered us an ice cream sundae of a power pop album. You’ve actually heard Teenager’s work on here before — he plays bass for M. Lockwood Porter. However, Teenager’s…
Caleb Caudle — Paint Another Layer On My Heart
It seems to me that there are two songs about being happily in a relationship. The first type are happy love songs — uncomplicated, simple, the perfect summer song. The other type is the kind where the narrator rips him…
Another Dead Clown — This May Not Work.
I don’t think an album has made me want to see a band live more than Another Dead Clown’s This May Not Work. This band has a manic energy and crazy inventiveness that oozes through the speakers. There’s no way…