Cloud Caverns contemplates the heights and depths of “A Banner Year”
It’s hard to believe how the span of time over which experimental folk band Cloud Caverns (Brandon Peterson, Dan Bouza) managed to reach its fifth…
Crash the Calm’s “Devils” trade community for chaos
In these days, weeks, and months where so much of daily life can feel crushingly difficult, it’s sensible to think that bands of the dynamically…
Stop and think on the “Kosciuszko” with Premium Heart
One would imagine, with Premium Heart’s debut album carrying the title Kosciuszko, that the record’s related semi-titular track, “How To Pronounce Kosciuszko,” would be at…
Pete Mancini’s new single aims to inspire “Millions More”
Certain blocks of time in history are known for their linings of protest music. The 1960s and 1970s are popular decades of recent 20th century…
Elevado elevate impactful insights with debut EP “Asheville” (Premiere Play)
When getting introduced to a new song or album for the first time, so often the ways in which the music’s opening impression gets described…
Katie Pruitt is too fired up and focused to “Look the Other Way”
Remember being in elementary school and, perhaps during the weekend, catching a glimpse or even having a full-on run in and conversation, with one’s teacher?…
Bottler breeze through the blending of styles on “Soft Winds”
It’s interesting that Brooklyn duo, Bottler, has named itself as such, given that the sound and flow of the music created by Pat Butler and…
Mike Huguenor is trying to hold out hope with new album “X’ed”
Known primarily for his presence in the punk community, providing guitar support to rowdy musicians like Jeff Rosenstock and playing in bands like Shinobu and Hard…
All is not exactly fair in EX OH’s “Love and War”
It’s nowhere near a new phenomenon for musicians to tell stories of the downsides to their forays with love, either through a song or even…
The Imaginaries won’t let life bring them down while “Walking on a Wire”
There’s no way that Norman, OK, bluesy roots rock duo, The Imaginaries, could have seen any of the chaos of 2020 coming. No one could have…