Say I’m Pretty—the gorgeous new album from Los Angeles-based musical polymath Patrick Damphier (released 2/1/19)—is a collection of sun-kissed guitar pop that effortlessly glides across its 45-minute run time. But while each track seems deceptively simple, repeat listens reveal compelling nuance and depth. READ MORE…
Lexington, Kentucky-born, Los Angeles-based country singer and songwriter Nicholas Mudd has a new album out. The self-titled record carries 8 lovely songs that carry the musician’s signature upbeat sound, a style which is influenced by old school country and rock ‘n’ roll. Of highlight is the single “Sit Right Here”, which is shared above. The song features an engaging songwriting and a gripping vocal delivery as accompaniments to the beautiful music.
Following their 2018 LP Back to the City, Atlanta garage-psych outfit Gringo Star have announced their first live album Controlled Burn (Live in Atlanta), recorded at The Earl in September 2018 and out on July 12 via Baby Robot Records. Today, they’ve shared the first live cut “Get Closer,” taken from their 2016 album The Sides and in Between. READ MORE…
He was never born to lose. It just took some time to get here. A voice both angelic and born of the earth, the Nashville rabble-rouser breaks melodies over his electric guitar, letting them heave and soar. He unabashedly rides the line between classic rock and alt-country, and you could try to define him — but that’d be downright fruitless.
“A friend with weed is a friend, indeed,” Kyle Daniel sings on this dance-hall-worthy throwback, which preaches the benefits of cannabis-friendly companionship. Packed with Daniel’s muscular guitar leads and booming baritone, “A Friend With Weed” swaggers with the buzzed bravado of a classic outlaw-country song.
Like the mother find from an excavation effort into the burned out ruins of a vintage recording studio, exhumed from a rusted shut 2-inch reel-to-reel tape canister containing some lost and forgotten country music classic, David Quinn’s Wanderin’ Fool sets you back some 70 years in time as soon as it’s cued up on your listening device of choice. Whether your question is where country music came from, or where it has gone, the answer is contained in this record.