Washington, DC psych/post-punk artist Binding Spell, aka producer and songwriter Roger Poulin, out July 30, is preparing to release his new LP, English Basement, a nine-track collection of genre-blurring post-punk that finds Poulin reflecting on himself, his relationships and the world at large from the confines of his subterranean home studio in Capitol Hill. READ MORE…
GoldenOak released its second album, “Room to Grow” on June 24, and it’s already in the running for one of my favorite local albums of 2021. They’ve hit their stride in every way possible: lyrically, vocally and musically. READ MORE…
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon I met with Santa Barbara-based Indie Rock artist Alexandra Riorden. With a selection of new singles and her debut LP “Angel City Radio” releasing on June 25th, I’m eager to get into the details of her creative process leading to this project. READ MORE…
Listen to this week’s Captain Americana Spotify playlist featuring:
GoldenOak – Paradise
Allison Russell – Montreal
Two Cent Revival – Happy Hell
Hiss Golden Messenger – The Great Mystifier
Lake & Lyndale – Worth Saving
Billy F Gibbons – Desert High
Ditchbird – Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Sonja Midtune – October
Joshua Radin – Goodbye
Katie Jo – Good Luck Enough
Tré Burt – Sweet Misery
The Armadillo Paradox – The Thinker & the Sage
Spencer Burton – Lonesome Dove (Dine Alone Records)
June Star – Afraid of the Fall (Whistlepig Records)
Simona Smirnova – Abjuration – Original soundtrack to The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928 French silent film directed by Carl Dreyer)
Molly Parden, The Brook & The Bluff – Wallflower
John Smith – Hold On
Dale Ann Bradley – Lost More Than I Knew
Rod Gator – For Louisiana (Blue Elan)
The Vegabonds – Juke & Jive (Blue Elan)
Cedric Burnside – Pretty Flowers
Vincent Neil Emerson – High on the Mountain
JP Harris’ Dreadful Wind & Rain – Closer to the Mill (Going to California)
Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones – Stop, Drop and Roll
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver – I’ll Take the Lonesome Every Time
Dana Sipos – Swallows Call
Grant Maloy Smith – The Coal Comes Up
Texas Hill – Easy on the Eyes – Live
Jason Eady – Best Friend
Tim Easton – You Don’t Really Know Me
Jim Lauderdale – The Opportunity to Help Somebody
AJ Lee & Blue Summit – To Mine (Live from Happy Valley)
The Wandering Hearts – On Our Way
Rodney Crowell – Triage
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
Alexandra Riorden – The Barrier
Faye Webster – Cheers
Giovanni Carnuccio III – Everybody Just Calm Down
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Yours
Georgia Feroce – Baby Blue
Modest Mouse – Fuck Your Acid Trip
The Wirelight – Bend
The Front Bottoms – Voodoo Magic
Dylan Chambers – I Can Do It Myself (Live at Jam in the Van)
The Shins – The Great Divide
Stretch Panic – Surf Song
Danny Elfman – Insects
Simona Smirnova – Abjuration – Original soundtrack to The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928 French silent film directed by Carl Dreyer)
Mykki Blanco, Big Freedia – That’s Folks
The Head – French Girls
Scout Durwood – Luv U Like (Blue Elan)
Nodfather – Elric
Pepper Said – Suburban Riot
Rostam – These Kids We Knew
Wesley Joseph – The Bloom
Vacation Manor – You
Squirrel Flower – Hurt a Fly
Deap Vally – Give Me a Sign
Tim Ayre – Mexican Holiday
Jeweler – Betrayal
Natalie Bergman (of Wild Belle) – Shine Your Light on Me
TEKE::TEKE – Barbara
Flotsom & Jetsom – Grey Dragon
Cadence Weapon, Jacques Greene – SENNA
Sons of Kemet, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid – Pick Up Your Burning Cross
Moor Mother – Zami
