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Crash Test Dummies – Sacred Alphabet
Genre: Alternative Rock
Preachers, cult leaders, and dictators have always fascinated rock songwriters and the people who make their clothes. These figures are captured in many songs and shows. Often they’re the ones on…
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…
Anyone but you: Langkamer and The Dust Collectors and Elijah Blake
February 10, 2023
The Dust Collectors – Murder, I Wrote
Similar artists: The Band, Crosby Still Nash and Young
Genre: Folk, Americana, Alt-Country
Pop music has been liberated. There is virtually no topic that is off-limits, as frequent readers of this blog will have noticed.
Precious relics: KOALA BAR & Shannon Clark And The Sugar
February 3, 2023
Shannon Clark And The Sugar – The Mountain
Genre: Americana, Alt-Country
One of the main jobs of a songwriter is to make the ordinary seem outstanding. A lot of the most important songwriters in the history of pop-rock have had a glorious knack for making the…
No detours: Luke De-Sciscio and Natalie Prauser
January 28, 2023
Natalie Prauser – Cocaine
Similar artists: Sierra Ferrel, Margo Price, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn
Genre: Southern-rock, Country, Folk
Country music is one of the last great “take it or leave it” genres. People either love it, or they are almost violently…
Fold-out visions: Hot Mustard and Plasticine
January 23, 2023
Plasticine – Psy-Clone
Similar artists: Snarky Puppy, Bokanté, GoGoPenguin, Bruno Pernadas
Genre: Jazz Fusion, World Music
Sometimes it’s hard to understand while people take drugs. I don’t mean this in a disparaging way. Sure, there are plenty of thrills…
The Secret Beach – IYDLMLMG
Genre: Folk rock, Americana, Alt-Country
Can anyone watch more than one interview of an old, famous rockstar? Unless you’ve dedicated your life to their work, you’ll notice that they tend to repeat their stories.
It’s a…
Steven Keene – Somewhere In Between
Similar artists: Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen
Genre: Folk, Americana
What eventually happens to the lion tamer? Few know, and even fewer people care. The lion tamer is there to do something most people wouldn’t dare…
No tension: Maja Lena and Paul Spring | Alternative music review
December 9, 2022
Paul Spring – Beetle On A Blade
Similar artists: Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, WHY?
Genre: Indie rock, Folktronica, Indie Electronic
Musical playlists are just as big a threat to alternative music as major record labels once were. Both of these sell one…