The Get Up Kids’ “Satellite” locks onto social struggle with visual storytelling
Kansas City’s The Get Up Kids may have gotten back together in 2008 but as far as full length releases go, the reunion hadn’t led…
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Rhiannon Giddens says “I’m On My Way” to a new album this spring
Looking at the recent goings on of multi-instrumentalist and roots musician, Rhiannon Giddens, it’s only fair to wonder how she managed not only to put together new…
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Welcome the fun and friendliness of Foreign Ghost’s debut single
While releasing a “single” is pretty much the trending bread and butter for up-and-coming bands nowadays, it’s not as common a practice to see a brand new band pursue…
There’s not one “Odd Thing” about the love in Cloud Caverns’ new single
If there’s one thing that state-split experimental folk rock duo Cloud Caverns (Brandon Peterson, Dan Bouza) has made abundantly clear over the years since its spin-off…
Judah & the Lion’s “pictures” provide interpersonal perspective
A band like Nashville, Tennessee’s Judah & the Lion doesn’t need much in the way of an introduction the way a band fresh out of the neighborhood…
A “Downpour” of bold brass is unleashed on Aberdeen’s debut album
Big band music and big band brass music: if one were to take either of those arrangement styles and then ask someone to name a…
BOXER hold tight to what feels right with “Principle & Heart” (Premiere Play)
It’s always fascinating to see what comes about when two or more people are taking in the visual intricacy of an illusionary picture. One image…
Origami Button fold new factors into math rock’s equation on debut EP
Math rock, somewhat like free jazz, and neo-classical atonal compositions, is one of those genres that has the potential to scare people away if they…
Music: It just gets you right (in the heart)
Music. The universal language. An outlet for human emotion. An art that can even transcend the deterioration of the brain due to disease. This…
Fort Gorgeous takes an emotion-laden journey to the “Bottom of the Sea”
January means we’re back at the top of a year but The Bottom of the Sea (independent, 2018), the debut record from Fort Gorgeous, is actually a…
Yvette Young puts personal perspective to piano in the new year
Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer, Yvette Young, is hardly an unfamiliar face in the musical landscape. Though a single contributor within the three person band, Covet,…
10 musical thoughts to remember into 2019
Here’s a shorty-but-a-goodie of some worthwhile things to take into the new year: Word of mouth is still the best way to get…