Formed in Vancouver, Canada in 1984, post-punk outsider artists Jean Smith and David Lester have performed and recorded under the name Mecca Normal for the last three decades. To celebrate their 30th year together, the duo will release their 14th album,…
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Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Gloryhound have released “Loaded Gun,” the first single from their forthcoming June release. Recalling the melodic sensibility and sexual innuendo of ’80s arena rock, “Loaded Gun” is filled with pop hooks that fit like a well-worn leather…
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It doesn’t get any more forward than the message in “I Want You” from Chasing Summer. The opening song from the Nashville-based duo’s self-titled debut EP, “I Want You” is a paean to the love shared by band members Tammy…
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Just get me into your bed and out of the bar And I can run, it don’t matter how far ‘Cuz you’ll catch up every time Why can’t I make you mine? So ends “Morning Light” from West Virginia’s Bishops….
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San Diego blues duo Little Hurricane is set to release its sophomore album, Gold Music, on 29 April. Tone and CC will be touring in support of the album beginning in May. Dates are here. In advance of the album’s…
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Having watched Doug Gillard play sold out shows across the United States with Guided By Voices to just months later playing for a handful of people at a small Pennsylvania college, then years later performing on television with Nada Surf,…
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True to the title of their forthcoming album, Heavy Reverie, Cincinnati, Ohio’s Buffalo Killers have released “Dig On In,” the first single from their fifth studio album due out on 13 May via Sun Pedal Recordings. With its heavy riffs,…
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A busy soul during the recent South By Southwest Music Festival in her native Austin, Jess Williamson took time for a free beer or two by performing for BTR Live Studio. Having set up a backyard performance space stocked with…
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In the northeastern United States we are still waiting for spring to fully take hold after one of the longest and most brutal winters in decades. Were we to bypass spring’s blossoming, skipping right to summer’s heat and overgrowth, I doubt…
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If the Ramones had come after Jesus and Mary Chain it’s likely they would have sounded a lot like the UK trio Wild Smiles. Currently working on their debut album, Wild Smiles issued its first single, “Fool for You,” a…
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