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MANJA – Last Night’s Kiss
Genre: Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
MANJA know that there’s no quicker way to an audience’s heart and into their collective memory than through pop hooks.
We tend to overestimate our attention span and…
Eve of discontent: Paul Bergmann and Tribes
April 27, 2023
Tribes – Hard Pill
Similar artists: D.I.D, Spector, The Crookes
Genre: Grunge. Garage Rock, Alternative Rock
Guitar music is at its best when the songs created in this style attempt to reveal some kind of universal truth. There are a few things we all have in…
George Harrison never intended to be a solo star. He just had a lot of songs that wouldn’t get on The Beatles’ albums. A lot of really good songs, as it turns out, making for some terrific, highly-ranked albums by both the public and critics.
His interest in…
Old roads: Jordan Wilson Coalition and The Converts
March 17, 2023
The Converts – Maria
Genre: Folk rock, Alt-Country
Not sure how Bob Dylan felt about the pop music of the late 1960s. But he was responsible for it. No doubt about it! Sure, Dylan was famous, and most people had to have heard “Like A Rolling…
Silverado – Ricochet Love
Genre: Folk rock, Folk, Americana
Similar artists: Lord Huron, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, Gregory Alan Isakov
Luis Bunuel used to say that if given only a few more years to live, he would like to spend two hours…
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…
Wreckless times: Your Downstairs Neighbors and Justin Shapiro
January 29, 2023
Justin Shapiro – Giant, The King
Similar artists: Pearl Jam, O.A.R., Dispatch, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper
Genre: Folk rock, Alternative Rock
Most of the world is a dangerous, violent place. This is certainly true of countries affected by colonialism or by…
The mystery machine: Maximiliano and Vocabularies
January 8, 2023
Vocabularies – Alaska
Similar artists: Grandaddy
Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Rock
There aren’t many things left to hide behind. There isn’t much mystery left to exploit. Almost everyone seems to broadcast their lives on the internet, from…
Odyssey of the sun – Odyssey of the sun
Genre: Blues, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock
A lot of people are decrying the state of modern recording. You don’t have to be a world-class producer to hear it. Most music, even that played on live instruments, sounds as if…