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250 word album review: Middle Western – When Your Demons Are Under Ground and You’ve Got To Dig Them Up
Middle Western is a lesser known band from the Iowa area featuring banjo wielding badass William Elliott Whitmore and key tickler David Zollo as the two headed monster singing songs. The two established singer/songwriters split the duty here with 4 … Continue reading
250 word album review: Monks of Doom – The Bronte Pin
Monks of Doom basks in the weird. The largely Camper Van Beethoven side project sounds like exactly that. “The Bronte Pin” is their first proper album since 1993 and you would never know it by listening to it. It is … Continue reading
Album at a glance: John Mackey – Chasin’ Dreams
One of the best things about country music is its bluntness. It never gets too cute or loses its listeners in a web of analogies and illusions. John Mackey’s latest album “Chasin’ Dreams” abides by this, it’s just straight forward … Continue reading
250 word album review: The Matchsellers – Bluegrastronauts
Bluegrass can be boring. This isn’t across the board but the skeletal structure of the music causes this. The Matchsellers found a way to make what can be a mundane, unflavored genre extremely intriguing. How? Send bluegrass legends into space … Continue reading
Album at a glance: Hurt Russell – Down // Cruisin’ For A Bruisin’
Hurt Russell’s first real coming out party is this two song digital EP. It’s about 7 minutes of sludge-phyche that really defines a band that is in actuallity pretty hard to define with words. “Down” is a slow burning song … Continue reading
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Tagged bandcamp, Cruisin' For A Bruisin', Down, EP, Hurt Russell, Missouri, phyche, Saint Joseph, sludge, St. Joseph, Trevor Rowe
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250 word album review: Nathan Kalish – I Want To Believe
Nathan Kalish has no problem embracing his country soul. The twangy guitars and vocals simply don’t lie. Kalish pops out a new record every now and then in between touring to check in with the non bar-goers and his latest … Continue reading
250 word album review: Scruffy & The Janitors – Modeling Is Hard
Scruffy & The Janitors wanted this one to be a gut punch; they succeeded. Clocking in at 14 songs and over 45 minutes they wanted to make sure no one got left asking “is this it?” The important thing is … Continue reading
Album at a glance: Mark Daniel – New Truth EP
It’s not hard to figure out how Mark Daniel’s sound formed. He wears a long history of classic rock education on his sleeve. You’ll hear the sound of a straight forward blues-rock trio on his “New Truth” EP. Its … Continue reading
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Tagged album at a glance, EP, Heart Stops Beating, Mark Daniel, New Truth, review, Slow Setting Sun
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250 word album review: Toward Space – The Bomb That Fell
Toward Space’s latest EP “The Bomb That Fell” is very informal. It’s unapologetic and raw. The seven lo-fi songs aren’t all cut from the same cloth either, each one sees the band spread their wings in a different direction. On … Continue reading
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