Inspired by her youthful days in Clowns for Christ, Hayley Thompson-King presents her “Sodom and Gomorrah concept album,” Psychotic Melancholia. As metal as that sounds, these are in fact the basic ingredients for a rich and complex “psychedelic country” album. …
I really, really wanted Rocky Bottom to be the nom de plume of a militant queer folk punk singer by the consolation prize — a collection of smart songs delivered with charm to spare by Alex Hernandez — is excellent.…
1. Andrew Whitman’s “Things To Come” is a mellow and sincere look at the future. 2. Mark Mathis‘s “I Will Love You Forever” hits a little close to home, dedicated to Mathis’s son as he and his mother went through…
Listening to Blank Range is like scratching a particularly annoying itch: sooooooooooooo refreshing and, more importantly, sooooooooooo satisfying. The band’s got a clear hodgepodge of influences: a little bit of Gaslight Anthem, a little bit of Steve Earle, a little…
1. “A Chance to Fly” by Scott Jackson is a warm song that suggests that, even though it’s off of Jackson’s debut album, this isn’t his first rodeo by a long shot. 2. John Dominy‘s “Bootstraps” reminds me of the…