Am Taylor’s music is rich and contemplative, with intricate, dreamy guitar layers that mirror the lyrics’ multiple meanings. Formerly the lead singer of the Atlanta band Sexual Side Effects, Taylor recently took a hiatus to launch their solo project, and today, they’re releasing their second single, “Bright Yellow Sun.” READ MORE…
In the 2018 Coen Brothers’ film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, an aged gold prospector (played by Tom Waits) weathers the elements in search of “The Pocket,” a fabled mineral vein of limitless gold. He ultimately finds it, but not without incident. This scenario provides an easy metaphor of the music industry for Nashville’s Americana and indie folk band Lake & Lyndale whose new alternate video “Still Here – Live At the Cabin” premieres on American Songwriter. READ MORE…
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
Lesibu Grand – Jennifer, My Girl
Run the Jewels – walking in the snow
The Savants of Soul – Old Ways
Pink Siifu, YUNGMORPHEUS – Bobby Seale
illiterates – White Privilege
Terrace Martin, Denzel Curry, Kamasi Washington, Daylyt, G Perico – Pig Feet
Cloquet (Paper Tiger, J.Gundersen) – Breathing
YG – FTP
SP’s – Shift Status
Conway the Machine – Front Lines
JAMS The Flava Child – NO COW
Freddie Gibbs/The Alchemist – Something To Rap About
Young Antiques – Euclid Creeper
Trey Songz – 2020 Riots: How Many Times
Sara Rachele – Dugan’s Doorstop
Thetan, Kool Keith – Accolades
Cousin Dan – Young Man
Half Waif – Ordinary Talk
The Beths – Dying to Believe
Pure X – Middle America
Joyce Manor – House Warning Party
Alex Lahey – Every Day’s The Weekend (Laundry version)
Fever Blush – Tangerine
Stay Inside – Ivy
NNAMDI – Semantics
Cut Worms – Castle in the Clouds
Amine – Riri
Retirement Party – Old Age
Ron Gallo – You Are Enough
The Garden – Clench to Stay Awake
Vundabar – Burned Off
Circa Waves – Sad Happy
ShrapKnel, Curly Castro, PremRock – Ghostface Targaryean
Demob Happy – Mother Machine
Stro – Uninspired
Eliza & The Delusionals – Swimming Pool
Moaning – Make It Stop
YG, Nipsey Hussle – FDT
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Vents Magazine interviews Nashville indie-folk/Americana group Lake and Lyndale. READ MORE…
Radiator King aka Adam Silvestri, which also features New York City artist Brian Viglione (formerly of Dresden Dolls & Violent Femmes) has debuted the new single “Gospel” off Radiator King’s forthcoming release Unborn Ghosts, out Aug 21, on SoundEvolution Records.
The track is a pensive, bittersweet anthem. The song defies the idea that relationships are about ownership, that you belong to someone and someone belongs to you.
Nashville indie-folk and Americana group Lake & Lyndale’s “Still Here” is a song for anyone with a dream. The soulful track is about overcoming obstacles through tenacity and perseverance.
“I watch the flicker and the flame/I stay the same,” vocalist Channing Marie sings. “Doubters call me crazy, saying that it’s just a matter of time/ Waiting for the day I pack my bags so they can say there were right/ But I’m still here.” READ MORE…