With a band name like Red Rum Club, one can almost picture a supergroup of sorts with collaborations with the likes of Joe Strummer and Paul Weller. But instead, we have one of Britain’s (Liverpool to be exact) most promising post-punk acts with a dose of pop since Arctic Monkeys. READ MORE…
Adobe & Teardrops debuts the lead single and new video from Moon Shine, “The Promise,” calling it “a shimmering retro country confection of hope, doubt, and commitment.”
The Land In Between was overseen by acclaimed producer and guitarist Teddy Kumpel (Joe Jackson, Feist, Rickie Lee Jones) at Atomic Sound in Brooklyn, and together they assembled an impressive array of veteran A-list session players, including bassist Cat Popper (Jack White, Willie Nelson, Levon Helm), drummer Steve Williams (Sade, David Byrne, Keith Richards), keyboard player Todd Caldwell (Stephen Stills, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt), fiddler Charlie Burnham (Martha Redbone), with Mark Spencer on pedal steel (Son Volt, Lisa Loeb), Michael Blake on tenor saxophone, Bruce Harris on trumpet and the late Don Heffington (Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams), playing drums on “I Tried to Keep on Loving You.”
Americana Highways reviews the new album from Lara Taubman, Ol’ Kentucky Light, calling it “satiny smooth, elegant, distinguished and classy.”
Satiny smooth, elegant, distinguished & classy – at times a blend of Broadway with a stirring soulfulness & yet there’s a folky element in Lara Taubman’s tone, with a grain of noir that sneaks in when least expected. It’s evident in the opener “Darkness Before the Dawn.”
The Bluegrass Situation debuts “Old Wooden Floor,” the third and final new single from Matthew Check’s upcoming album, Without a Throne (out September 30).
In Their Words: “Just the other week on August 17, 2022, I celebrated eight years of sobriety and ‘Old Wooden Floor’ is the first song I’ve ever written exclusively about my life as a drinker before I got sober. Unlike some of my songs where I take liberties with things that have happened to me, or where I might obscure certain details with esoterics, the story in ‘Old Wooden Floor’ is basically an autobiographical recounting of what my daily life was like in the final months of my drinking.”
AFROPUNK debuts new LP, U Good?, from Atlanta’s Baby Baby
It’s been a few years since BABY BABY shattered expectations and ear drums with their massive Semifamous record. But the downtime has clearly been good for the Atlanta legends. READ MORE…
VENTS Magazine debuts new single and video “Make Me Sick,” from Nashville duo Flarelight, comparing it to “the more driving and melodic Queens of the Stone Age cuts, like if Josh Homme worshipped Robert Smith instead of Iggy Pop.”
Leading off with single “Make Me Sick,” the album recalls the more driving and melodic Queens of the Stone Age cuts, like if Josh Homme worshiped Robert Smith instead of Iggy Pop. The vital drums and pronounced riffs rebel against the melody, creating a tension that finally finds release in the sweltering chorus as Warren intones “You are the drug that makes me sick!”