The Ram - Warmth of Fire
August 13, 2024
Hemingway’s famous iceberg theory says that great writers don’t need to spell out their stories. They don’t need to get a body, have it shot full of clothes and make it land in the middle of the room for readers to get the picture. They should be trustful that if…
Casey Frazier and Hide and Shine Reviewed
June 13, 2024
Casey Frazier – Evil Man
No matter how many times blues riffs have been played through arenas or its grooves borrowed for pop music hits, this music will never become pretty. It’s not designed to be. And that’s not simply because this is, by default, a type of…
Julian Taylor and Pat Berlinquette Reviewed
June 11, 2024
Julian Taylor – Running Away
Familiarity and nostalgia can be powerful weapons in the hands of those who know how to wield them. A picture of a smiling, happy family helps sell plenty of presents around Christmas. And, the sound of Elvis’ voice could move movie…
Bad Flamingo and Kraig Durco Reviewed
April 18, 2024
Bad Flamingo – Numb
Genre: Indie Rock
Bad guys always do their business at night when nobody can see them carry out their plans. And they tell their plans to whoever needs to hear it in a whisper. They don’t just climb a hill in broad daylight and shout out all…
Dewey Kincade & The Navigators - Standing on a Rock
February 13, 2024
The pop music world is obsessed with trends. It only makes sense that they would be. The folks that have to sell the music depend on knowing what’s hot and what’s not to keep their business running. For artists, however, having a sense of what’s going on outside of…
Possumwulf and Mike Borgia Reviewed
December 14, 2023
Possumwulf – Tel Megiddo Blues
Similar artists: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Smile
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
If you’re an admirer of anything, you’re a frequent customer. And if you’re that, surely, you must hope that you…
Smoke Fairies and Blue Beam Reviewed
November 27, 2023
Smoke Fairies – Carried In Sound
Genre: Folk, Indie-rock
Genre pieces are hardly ever entertaining. They are made to resemble something else. Their creators do their very best to adhere to a set of rules, and anything that could be added which does not fit those…
Songs of Wanderlust by The Ram
October 30, 2023
It’s all fine and good to imagine that the world will consider you a rockstar if you get a guitar and learn how to play it. It’s a whole other thing to start believing that the world won’t ever make sense, and that you won’t ever get to fully engage with it unless…
Bootleggers and Baptists – Take Me Home
Genre: Southern Rock / Red Dirt, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
When you’re about to tell someone something that is about to really shake them up, you let them know that they’re about to be surprised. You don’t start…