Nashville artist Jax Hollow is an untameable force of nature. Her new single “Wolf in Sheepskin” has echoes of Jimi Hendrix and Melissa Etheridge, plus some killer lines like “Sunrise, waking up with my .45” – and the best wolf hat ever worn in a music video.
The work of Portland, Maine singer-songwriter Whitney Walker inhabits dark, rain-soaked landscapes where back-alley transactions, secret affairs, and the underbelly of society is brought out for public inspection. He doesn’t shy away from the parts of the world, and himself, that feel ragged and voyeuristic, peering into the void of past decisions regardless of their result. His insight into these often-nightmarish themes is due to his past proximity to them – he has fought his own demons involving addiction and mental illness and found the strength to rise above their terrors.
Drenched in summery melodies and images of coastlines stretched wide across the horizon, “Golden Girl” is a scruffy, laidback indie-pop miracle. It’s the kind of song that can soundtrack any mood and comes pouring out of your car stereo just when you need it the most. The guitar shivers and shakes before blossoming into a shimmering pool of liquid sunlight. There’s just enough fuzz to keep it grounded without losing focus. Roll down your windows and let the day wash over you as Midtune offers this gem of late summer radiance.
For well over 20 years now, musician and SeepeopleS bandleader Will Bradford has kept his eye fixed firmly on the future, obsessing over what’s to come and what we can hope to leave for future generations. READ MORE…
However Mimi Oz was feeling when she made “Caroline,” she was certainly feeling a lot of it. “Caroline” explodes into a rampant euphoria even after its jubilant horn and key passages are established. Critical to the song’s success are Oz’s talents as a vocalist and songwriter, moving through different registers, from forceful growls to awestruck croons, to tell the story of a wayward American spirit trying to find herself, domestically and abroad. We can’t wait to see where Oz’s musical journey takes her next.
If you didn’t know that Giovanni Carnuccio III was a drummer, then you sure as hell will know by the end of “Requiem”, the 65-second opening track to his new album, A Matter of Time. Hi-hats chatter rapidly, elastic-sounding toms warble quickly as drums sticks skip over them, cymbal crashes splash about the mix, and snare hits roll out so fast it’s like the sound of a river flooding on by. “Requiem” is a mass flurry of drums, polyrhythms aplenty, and an almost dizzyingly virtuosic display of percussive talent.