Charles Van Kirk steps out of the shadows collaborating with Sarah Jarosz
Shadows and producers, ubiquity and under recognition: take a moment to think about it and slowly a touch of poetic similarity will emerge between the…
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…
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,…
Melody and storytelling come out the winners on Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear’s new EP
Kansas City, MO’s Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear might be a duo that’s connected by way of a parent-child relationship but, in some ways, it…
Get “Two Bottles In” and you’ll think ‘This is good, thanks!’
You can take the singer out of folk but you can’t take the folk out of the singer. This somewhat futile-sounding declaration isn’t meant to…
Edison turns to fans to say goodbye with Lion’s Heart EP
In the midst of what is essentially the beginning of festival and concert season, for a band like Denver, Colorado’s Edison, this is the best…
From City Mouth’s lips to your ears: A Conversation with Matt Pow
Last week, “sort-of Chicago” band, (Really Chicago suburb, Evergreen Park, Illinois,) City Mouth, released a new EP via Take This to Heart Records titled, Hollows.…
City Mouth’s new EP “Hollows” has plenty to say
No musical genre is without stereotyping and a cliche attempting to embody its most devoted fans. Pop punk is one style that endures some particularly…
Necter want to bring excitement, not “Bruise Your Ego”
The completed and promoted release of any music, whether it’s a single song, extended play, full album, or recorded live set, is almost never a…