Shoot the Moon
Shoot the Moon, the latest EP from Brooklyn-based Gabriel Miller-Phillips, quietly showcases the talent of this promising singer/songwriter while breathing fresh air into today’s emerging…
Almost the Mayors of Laser
If We Wrote the Book on Connectors were your little brother, you’d want to pinch his cheeks, get him in a playful headlock and proceed…
H is for Hellgate
Although I pretty much agree with the line (which I think came from Elvis Costello) that an artist has twenty years to make his first…
Traffic and Weather
A few years ago, rock writer Michael Azerrad wrote a book that profiled several underground rock bands from the 1980s to early 1990s. It's a…
Falling Apart
Falling Apart finds itself walking a pencil-thin line. It isn’t poppy enough to whet the thirst of mainstream country fans, and it's tainted with enough…
The Enemy Chorus
It is a fine, fine line, my friends, between psychedelic genius and, well, a boring ol' time. This can be especially dangerous when you love…
Sinner's Gold
Richmond VA’s David Schultz departs from his bare bones debut with Sinner’s Gold, adding a full band and much more ambition this time around. With…
C’mon Already, Start A Fire
Chicago’s The Saps have made one heck of a record with C’Mon Already, Start A Fire. The band has only four members, but their sound…
Afrikan Majik
Je Suis France, AKA the France, seems like a fantastic concept. Although based out of Athens, GA, the band is comprised of a group of…
The Good the Bad and the Queen
I must confess, I have an unnatural fascination for what happens after successful bands split. What they do next? Who do they work with? What…