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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…
Shake Your Bones: Cuvier and Ben Cutler Reviewed
September 28, 2023
Ben Cutler – Break the Ice
Similar artists: Blackberry Smoke, The Black Keys, The Rolling Stones
Genre: Classic Rock, Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
“There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” That’s a phrase that undoubtedly has rung out of the office…
Rebels for Hire: The Heavy North and Shady Oaks Reviewed
September 25, 2023
Shady Oaks – MAD
Shady Oaks are the kind of band that hopes to drag everything that’s wrong, bad, and dangerous to know about rock n’ roll and bring it screaming to the attention of modern audiences.
There was a time when many people would just accept the…
The Rolling Stones are rock n’ roll royalty. The band is responsible for advancing the rock album format, popularizing blues-rock, and turning stadium tours into a corporate-sponsored art form. Yes, the band and its albums are ranked very highly indeed.
But, having…
The BJ Bevy and Jeff Washington Reviewed
August 31, 2023
Jeff Washington – Goodbye Mr. Beck
Similar artists: Jeff Beck
Genre: Blues, Jazz Fusion
There haven’t been a lot of guitarists throughout history who could simply touch a six-string and make it ring out in an entirely unique way. Jeff Beck was one of those…
Deer Park Avenue – Strut (feat. Gregg Bissonette)
Similar artists: Jack White, Royal Blood, The Black Keys, The Raconteurs, Emily Wolfe
Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock
Like the proverbial childhood best friend that you haven’t heard from in years, grimy rock…
Call me old fashioned: Damon Smith and Lapdog
July 19, 2023
Lapdog – The Demon
Similar artists: Grateful Dead, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Mac DeMarco, Good Morning, Babe Rainbow
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Lo-fi Rock, Garage Rock
Lapdog takes a queue from the psychedelically-tinged modern guitar bands and…
Hard truth: Elle E and The Endless Mountain Derelicts Reviewed
February 10, 2023
The Endless Mountain Derelicts – The Ditch
Genre: Folk rock, Southern-rock
The vast majority of modern music is created so that it will not interfere too much with your day. This is the very recipe that radio and television stations apply. As a consequence, most…