Socially bright and sunny, Greener is the sixth release from Atlanta’s own, DOTS. Full of kinetic, lush and dreamy songs that owe a nod to Radiohead, Post-Punk, psych-rock and the more underground sounds of mid-80s and 90s synth-pop bands like MGMT, the 10-song, Greener finds the band continuing to intertwine vignettes of technology, loneliness and […]
Already garnering a strong buzz in their hometown of Atlanta, Georgia (USA), five-piece Dot.s aim to make their mark on the UK electro-pop scene with the captivating ‘Cardboard Queen’ and ‘Glossy’ double A-side release on April 21st via Rose Parade Recording Co. You can stream both songs here and here. Already spanning a discography of three […]
Indie’s dark prince graces us with a rare-for-2020 live appearance. By Kari Eisenhardt Live music has been a sad proposition in this foul year of our Lord, 2020. Sure — we started out great. We all booked our tickets, got our glad rags ready, and started cross-training our livers for unlimited nights out […]
Orville Peck – Pony Mixing musical genres without descending into either mediocrity or camp requires a deft hand, particularly in country music. Turn to any contemporary country station, and you’re most apt to find pop music with a touch of twang and nods to long worn out tropes. George Jones did it better, realer and […]
I recently got the chance to sit down with Midnight Larks, who just put out their self-titled debut LP and celebrated it with a release show at The Earl on March 31st. I had seen them on local and festival lineups, but honestly didn’t know a ton about the band. Before meeting up with them […]
John Doe – The Westerner – 2016 With 10 songs clocking in at 35 minutes total John Doe’s newest release, The Westerner, belies the singer’s punk rock roots. The instrumentation is sparse, the production simple. Recorded in Arizona, the influence of the desert is evident. This is John Doe’s first album in 5 years and […]
We humans store things in boxes. We take what we can’t hold onto or use at the current time and we stuff it into a box. People, places and things all fit into boxes. Ten Story Relapse titled it sixth album Boxes to illustrate this idea. But the band’s story started earlier, sketched out […]
I wouldn’t have called her “Trent Reznor with tits,” but the description piqued my interest enough to listen NLX’s “Burn,” the single off Luxury of Failure, the songwriter’s fourth album. “Burn” includes the elements that draw me to music: the song is dynamic in its structure and still uses simple melodies that give the lyrics […]
A band’s third album tells a lot about its career and whether or not the musicians will cave to pressure to write popular songs, wander off in a weird direction or write lethargically about life on a tour bus. Maynard James Keenan, singer and songwriter for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, contradicts himself for […]
Michelle Malone Stronger Than You Think SBS Records By Al Kaufman “Mature” is a tricky world in the music business. It’s often code for “losing your edge,” or “quietly slipping off into adult contemporary oblivion.” Michelle Malone’s last two albums, 2012’s Day 2, and 2014’s Acoustic Winter could both be considered “mature” albums in the […]
By Al Kaufman Like his friends Todd Snider and Hayes Carll, Will Kimbrough is a man who can tell a magical story about everyday people doing everyday things in four minutes or less. Sometimes the story is funny, sometimes it is sad. Sometimes it is both. But it is always insightful. It is always clever […]
By: Rosie Judd Tomorrow’s Hits may not be the most original record from Brooklyn’s The Men, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not packed full of ear candy. This record provides a great balance of pop sensibilities, garage-rock boogie and classic rock homages. Opening with the jangly, minor-key rocker “Dark Waltz”, Tomorrow’s Hits immediately puts you […]
By: Emily Jackson Bruce Springsteen’s newest compilation of songs sounds like a sonic scrapbook of sorts. That’s because it is. For his eighteenth album, the Boss has taken his most recent years of touring, reinventing and sometimes writing and corralled them together under the wishful title “High Hopes.” The album officially came out today, January […]
By: Emily Jackson A sip of PBR evokes images of sticky dive bars, red bandanas, ironic mustaches and hazy Instagrams. Its nostalgia-inducing white can (and, let’s face it, its affordability) has made it the drink of choice for the thrift store combers, the facial hair groomers, the tattooed and the irreverent among us. Another Great […]
By: Molly Segers On paper Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones’ new record Foreverly, a re-recording of the Everly Brothers’ record Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, from 1958, doesn’t exactly add up. The punk rock guy and jazz singer dueting on folk/Americana classics just doesn’t scream obvious. All that said, the resulting album is so […]
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