Author: Phil King
Briston Maroney “Under My Skin” Carnival Briston Maroney is one of those super-honest singer/songwriters that have taken notes from the Neil Young songbook but have gone…
talker “Intimidated” talker is Celeste Tauchar (a play on her last name). Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she grew up in Sacramento, California with a German Catholic…
Lil Peep “Life Is Beautiful” Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt 2 Released after the tragic death of Lil Peep, this song demonstrates why we all…
Jak Lizard “Quality Of Life” Shine To Rise What a voice. Jak Lizard reminds me of the soulful side of Van Morrison. The funky backbeat and…
Holy Wars “Born Dark” The best indictment of our society’s way of forcing gender behavior on our society since Hole, Holy Wars turns the whole beauty…
Jonathan Franco’ “18A” Swimming Alone Around The Room I love Jonathan Franco’s matter-of-fact vocals, whether they are the low, hang-over induced as on “18A” or the…
Toshi “The Fall (feat. SK) What a great hip hop, dreamy pop song, with a stutter drum background that really helps take Toshi’s voice and the…
These New Puritans “Into The Fire” George and Jack Barnett, those twins geniuses from Essex, are back after five years with a new song, and it…
Yuzima “Black Supremacy” POWER This is one of the best songs I’ve heard this year, and after what has happened in states like Georgia, no song…
Gabe Lopez “Lasso” God The Save The Queens Gabe Lopez is so amazing. He writes some of the greatest songs ever, his voice is tremendous, and…
Deerhunter “Death In Midsummer” Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared Deerhunter is one of the most intense bands. Sometimes they sound like the Byrds, then they get…
Sun Kil Moon “This Is My Dinner” Mark Kozelek is my hero. The way he writes his stories and sings them to you like you are…
Parks (fr. Boston) “Fools” Parks They often say heartbreak breeds beauty, and the new album by Parks proves that. Parks is Brian E. King, lead vocals/guitar,…
J Fernandez “Common Sense” Occasional Din The press for J Fernandez starts out “Occasional Din is a sunny shoebox diorama for the eternal pessimist”. I could not…
Holy Golden “Lost Island” Sleepwalkers In The Milky Way Holy Golden is the brainchild of Leslie Schott and Andrew Valenti, and listening to the beauty of this…
Ward “Slowfast” My god, I love this guy’s voice. As I’ve said before, he is this generation’s Richard Ashcroft. Again, he and his band have come…
Me & Munich “Knives Of The Sun” Knives Of The Sun What a killer band. Denmark has reached out to slay us again. This duo made…
Alias & Doseone “The Deadener” Less Is Orchestra Wow, this is one of the most complex, most emotionally thrilling, most important electronic music I’ve heard for…
Rachel Ana Dobken “Belief Beneath” When It Happens To You What a great album. Rachel Ana Dobken has that certain something that lifts this album above…
Jake Fields “The Other Side Of Waiting” Jake Fields’ new singe has finally dropped, and it was seriously worth the wait. As soon as it starts,…