Browsing: Nashville

Crooked Ghost “Black Rainbow” Colors Bleed Well, Colors Bleed is officially out, and now you music-hungry people will realize why Crooked Ghost is my favorite post punk/dreampop, and…

Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes “The Way You Are (ft. Ruby Amanfu)” Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes are Daniel Ellsworth (lead vox, keys), Timon…

The Pressure Kids “Team” What a great, fun band.  Imagine if Death Cab For Cutie were more fun, like the nerds have taken over.  The Pressure…

Jake Fields “For The Better, For The Worse” Someday You’ll Be Mine The greatest country/folk treasure Nashville has to offer is back again with a great…

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…

The Pleading “Lunar” My favorite alternative hard rock band has a new single out, and, as usual, it’s a killer.  The Pleading from Nashville prove you…

All Them Witches “Diamond” ATW This is one of my favorite bands.  No one sounds like them.  Coming from Nashville, you’d think the guys had some…

Telefones “Castle Factory” Alt Citizen (7 inch) From the very first guitar riff to the bass and drums and then that second guitar coming in like…

Hawktail “Unless” Unless There is literally nothing that sounds like Hawktail (formerly Haas Kowert Tice).  These musicians extraordinaire are comprised of Brittany Haas (fiddle), Paul Kowert…

Fine Lines “Floating” Floating/Stranger Nashville-based Fine Lines is a great garage, alt rock band.  This band is amazing.  “Floating” is a great rocker, while “Stranger”, the…

LOYALS “Hold On” LOYALS Revisiting the past (early 2000’s), hearing music the way we thought it sounded back then, LOYALS are actually better than the Indie…

Sierra Blanca “Broken Gun” Honorable Mention Jethro Gaglione, aka Sierra Blanca, is a self-taught, multi-instrumentalist, who began playing music as part of the worship group for his parents’…

SAENTS “Blood” SAENTS Roaring out in the blues-tinged tornado out of LA by way of Nashville, SAENTS is the new elephant in the room.  They make…

The Delta Troubadours “Stone Thrasher” Get Up And Go This is the hard rock band we’ve been waiting for.  No tricks, no gimmicks, no staring at…

Sam Lewis “One And The Same” Loversity What a beautiful song.  Sam Lewis has this great, world-weary voice, and, combined with his beautiful blues licks (some…

*repeat repeat “Plugged In” WOW!!!!!!  This is an unbelievable band.  No wonder this band is considered “you favorite bands’ favorite band”.  They’re bouncy, they’re poppy, they’re…

Kate Grom “This Storm” Heroine Emmilou Harris, Dolly Parton, June Carter, Kate Grom.  Strong women with strong songs and strong voices singing about being strong.  Kate…

Tattletale Saints “Big City Women” Tattletales Saints What a great alt country band.  Tattletale Saints come to us from New Zealand where they formed, and then…

The Henry Millers “Ready” Castle Formed in 2011, The Henry Millers consist of John MacCallum (guitar, piano and vocals) and Katie Schecter (guitar, vocals), with support…

Jameson Elder “Sinking Like A Stone” Prodigals & Thieves I love Americana singer/songwriters, and I really love Jameson Elder.  He has this wonderful, sweet but powerful…