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Ryan Smith — Better Days (Video)

ByRachel CholstApr 17, 2014

If you’re reading this, it’s cuz I’m in muthafucking Disneyworld! But Ryan Smith, whom I said nice things about a few weeks ago, will make you forget about your intense jealousy with this music video: Ryan Smith – “Better Days”…

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The Library Is On Fire — Halcyon & Surrounding Areas

ByRachel CholstApr 15, 2014

The Library is on Fire does not have an official website but they do have a Wikipedia article. Here’s what it says: The Library is on Fire is an American indie rock band formed by singer/guitarist Steve Five in 2007.…

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GuiGuiSuiSui — A Cult of Bipolar Personalities

ByRachel CholstApr 14, 2014

Guiguisuisui has been amusing and bemusing me for nigh on a year now. This neo-colonial (I sure hope he doesn’t mind my saying that) bluesman is a British expat living in a dingy industrial city in the bleak steppes of…

George Taylor — Rain or Shine

George Taylor — Rain or Shine

ByRachel CholstApr 10, 2014

If there’s justice in this world, George Taylor will become a household name as a singular bluesman. The Tennessee native’s Americana roots pairs nicely with whiskey (or, in my class, aged rum that tastes like whiskey when I close my…

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Banded Stilts — Little Village

ByRachel CholstApr 9, 2014

I’ll just start with this one: Little Village is a thing of beauty. The opening track, “The End of February” is a stunner and it only gets better from there. The intimacy of the first few lines says it all:…