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 this EP will be in my top 5 this year. The clean production makes … Continue Reading
Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes “The Way You Are (ft. Ruby Amanfu)” Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes are Daniel Ellsworth (lead vox, keys), Timon Lance (guitar), and Marshall Skinner (bass). These never grown-up Peter Pans make great music … Continue Reading
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 Kids are a great, emo type/post punk/punk pop from Nashville that are just kick … Continue Reading
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 EP. Jake Fields has one of those voices that really gets to you, and, … Continue Reading
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 way beyond that to create beautiful music. Living in Nashville, he drenches his music … Continue Reading
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 can be ’emo’ and hard hitting as hell at the same time. Consisting of … Continue Reading
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 country stamped to them. Hell no; this is rock and roll. Comprised of Parks, … Continue Reading
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 a tidal wave, you realize you’re in for a punk treat. And then those … Continue Reading
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 (bass), Jordan Tice (guitar), and Dominick Leslie (mandolin). They have created a sound that is … Continue Reading
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 flipped side, is a great sludging song worthy of Dinosaur, Jr. Comprised of Chris Probasco: … Continue Reading
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 Pop bands of the early turn of the century. Of course there are your … Continue Reading
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’ missionary team in Mexico. They traveled all around the country living in old re-purposed … Continue Reading
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 music that cannot be ignored. Formed in 2017 by acclaimed guitarist, vocalist Rett Smith and … Continue Reading
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 one’s shoes (not that there’s anything wrong with that, LOL), but just rock and … Continue Reading
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 of the best I’ve heard since Robin Trower), he has produced a powerful song … Continue Reading
*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 60’s pop updated to the 21st century. Andy Warhol would love them. Think of … Continue Reading
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 Grom can proudly stand in that group. I love this woman; her music, her … Continue Reading
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 to Nashville, but sound like they were born and raised in the Appalachians. Frontman Cy … Continue Reading
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 from Dan Kirschen on drums. They come from that crazy art world of NYC, … Continue Reading
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 voice that has this slight twang to it. I love the way Elder sings … Continue Reading