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Roland Dixon and Abe Loomis Reviewed
November 26, 2023
Roland Dixon – Fire Behind The Breeze
Similar artists: Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Tyler Childers
Genre: Alt Country, Alternative Rock
We are naturally wired to want to hear stories. But lately, we haven’t had much time for them, and our time is…
Burn The Ladder and Aaron Rizzo Reviewed
October 30, 2023
Burn The Ladder – The Rabbit & The Crone
Similar artists: The Crane Wives, The Decemberists, The Mountain Goats, Jesca Hoop
Genre: Folk
Folk music is much too terrifying to be included on regular Halloween playlists. This happens because traditional…
The Blaze Velluto Collection – Aligned
Similar artists: The White Stripes, Blitzen Trapper, The Nude Party
Genre: Folk rock
There are seemingly a million rock film biographies that have been made or are in the works. While all of them feature certain familiar…
Large Brush Collection and Esme White Reviewed
October 4, 2023
Large Brush Collection – Better Be
Similar artists: Haley Heynderickx, Big Thief
Genre: Indie Folk
All the old rock biographies read the same. They’re all about ambitious people who decided making music was going to make them rich and famous. They all form…
War Violet and Rum for Breakfast Reviewed
October 3, 2023
War Violet – Different Formations
Similar artists: Angel Olsen, Fleetwood Mac, The Zombies
Genre: Folk, Americana
New problems have old solutions. War Violet’s music is weighed down by modern melancholy and questions that demand difficult answers. The best…
Shaken Up: DINNERSWORTH and Swallow The Rat Reviewed
September 29, 2023
Swallow The Rat – Cave
Similar artists: Protomartyr, FACS, Metz
Genre: Post-Punk, Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
There are some people who never learn to trust others. It’s rare that these people end up in rock bands, but when they do, the results can be…
Deep Down: Swamp Music Players and Birds are better
August 22, 2023
Birds are better – The Plan
Similar artists: Fleet Foxes, John Grant
Genre: Indie Folk, Indie Rock
Birds are better makes pop-folk about wanting to escape a better, more peaceful world.
Meditation apps are all the rage these days. The companies that…
Philip Bowen – Lightning Bugs
Similar artists: Zach Bryan, Charles Wesley Godwin, Josiah and the Bonnevilles
Genre: Americana
Philip Bowen makes gentle pop music, but it would be unfair not to acknowledge his considerable gifts.
I used to find it very…
Dreamt Away: Hoagie and Cooper T Reviewed
August 7, 2023
Cooper T – Original
Similar artists: Baxter Dury, Sleaford Mods
Genre: Alternative Rock
Cooper T may hide his visage but acts as the ideal modern rocker – someone for whom reality’s problems don’t matter much.
It’s easy to get upset with…