Part Time Preacher – Walk A Little Stronger feat. Ricky Liontones
Similar artists: Alabama Shakes, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, The Dip, Leon Bridges
Genre: Blues, Alternative Rock
Just how well are all the businesses selling ancestry reports doing? Excellently, more are springing up every year. As it turns out, regular people are willing to spend big bucks to find out if they, indeed, are 3% Irish and even more to then travel to “The Motherland.” The fact that most of this is based on a bizarre fantasy that adults nowadays tell themselves does not concern anyone.
But, for the most, people do not resemble their ancestors. They hardly ever truly behave like their next of kin. One of the only things that can be traced back through generations is art. This is particularly true in modern music. The styles that were popular yesterday have left a deep mark. Those who choose to take note of it and use it to their own advantage are the ones who move the quickest toward their artistic goal.
Part Time Preacher’s “Walk A Little Stronger,” a song featuring Ricky Liontones, is a tribute to days gone by and magical music sounds. But there’s still life in this old thing, as Part Time Preacher wants to demonstrate. It’s a sound that richly rewards the soulful singer, the dependable musician, and everyone with a heavy heart willing to trust and believe in the slow, purposeful evolution of music.
MIND WOLF – Undone
Similar artists: Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Kyuss, Desert Sessions, Fatso Jetson
Genre: Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
Few great things happen during the day. And, even fewer great things happen in large cities during the daytime. This doesn’t mean that most people don’t choose to flood the cities or commit to schedules that involve them making the most of sunlight and their waking hours.
And while this is a constant all over the world, most folks dream of mysteriously drifting at night in search of adventure. That sort of fantasy requires a soundtrack, and it’s one built on the strength of a large-sounding electric guitar playing mysterious riffs. It’s the kind of sound that the desert-dwelling stoner rock groups embraced and one that speaks to the members of MIND WOLF.
MIND WOLF’s “Undone” makes it clear to the listener that where you are while hearing this is not the important thing. What is important is where you go to once you close your eyes and listen to this sludgy, confident, and, in places, even poppy tune. You’ll probably want to place yourself at the wheel of a fast automobile, driving through the wilderness, wearing a leather jacket and shades at night, of course.