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…
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Moonage Shine — lord, i must be stoned
The Moonage Shine has released another delightfully weird EP. With three EPs/albums under their belt, it’s fair to say that these guys are consistent fantastic. Some people might be put off by the Moonage Shine’s willful flouting of folk and…
The Write Brothers — First Flight
What happens when a group of New Orleans songwriters at their primes sit around a kitchen table and shoot the shit? They create a Voltron of top-notch music. The Write Brothers consist of Spencer Bohren, Jim McCormick, Alex McMurray, and…
The Westies — West Side Stories
A word of advice about West Side Stories: don’t listen to it while you’re driving. The album is based on the real-life Irish-American that helped give Hell’s Kitchen its name. And while the songs themselves are about some pretty rowdy…
The Devil’s Cut — Antium
Last year the Devil’s Cut released the stunning No Salvation last year. Antium follows hard on its heels, though it’s not quite as bleak. In another change, the Celtic undertones aren’t as strong this time around, though the country-western feel…