Born in Memphis and raised between Los Angeles and Nashville, Angie spent her childhood living in two very distinct and distant worlds. “My parents split up, soon after we moved to L.A. for my father to train with the surgeon…
Rachel Angel doesn’t pull any punches on the title track of her new album. Digging in with country rock grooves, Angel leverages country musical tropes — hard distortion counterbalanced with a wistful slide guitar and wailing organ — to evoke…
There’s nothing like an excellent band with incredible chemistry, and Effie Zilch have that in spades. Lead by Steve Wyreman and Evanne Barcenas, teenage friends who have been playing together for years, the band’s confidence and skill have the power…
On “Fluid,” The Quite Smiles’ latest single, the band meditates on the nature of life from the unlikeliest of sources — and gets folk-rock-funky with it. The Quiet Smiles have a poetic way of doing things, so I’ll let them…
Alright alright alriiiiight! I’m sure you missed these reviews! I know I did. I love writing album reviews for other publications, but it means I have to take on a slightly more formal voice to do so. I don’t keep…