Forest Grove Outlaws Give It Their All on “Damned Life”

Forest Grove Outlaws Give It Their All on “Damned Life”

ByRachel CholstJul 7, 2021

Forest Grove Outlaws, a self-described scuzz rock band out of the Pacific Northwest, probably has more to owe to Americana. But, like, the down-and-dirty kind of Americana that made me want to start this blog ten years ago. On “Damned…

INTERVIEW: There’s Only One Thing Dominique Pruitt Would Kill For

INTERVIEW: There’s Only One Thing Dominique Pruitt Would Kill For

ByRachel CholstJul 1, 2021

Born into a musical legacy — her father Larry Brown once played in The Association and Smothers Brothers before joining Engelbert Humperdinck in the ‘80s, and mother Anne-Marie Brown sang with The Babys and Jon Waite — Dominique Pruitt is charting a…

Queen Bonobo Faces the Music — And Channels It Into Hers

Queen Bonobo Faces the Music — And Channels It Into Hers

ByRachel CholstJun 30, 2021

Maya Goldblum, (a.k.a. Queen Bonobo) is a North Idaho native whose primary goal in relocating to Ireland in 2016 was to study the music of her ancestral roots. She lived abroad for three years, all of which lent to the creation…

A.M. Rodriguez: Former City Rat, Current Country Mouse — All Country Punk

A.M. Rodriguez: Former City Rat, Current Country Mouse — All Country Punk

ByRachel CholstJun 29, 2021

A.M. Rodriguez is a singer-songwriter currently based in rural Georgia, USA, where he farms with his wife. He plays a mix of folk, country, and Piedmont-blues and is known for intense live performances, poetic and lyrical story-songs, and a right…

INTERVIEW: Talking Garage Rock With Sour Ops

INTERVIEW: Talking Garage Rock With Sour Ops

ByRachel CholstJun 25, 2021

Price Harrison of Nashville’s Sour Ops has seen it all: growing up in Murfreesboro and attending Vanderbilt in the ’80s before heading to New York, he’s been steeped in garage rock since day one. With the band’s new album X,…