Admit it, Santa’s a troubadour. Just like Mat D and the Profane Saints. As with the group’s Christmas song, “Christmas Caravan,” their latest single, “Angel of the Lost Highway,” could also apply to the man traveling the world this evening….
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The emotional scars of love we wear and often share over the course of a relationship are examined in “Common Mistake,” the debut single from LA-based duo The Bad Years. It’s a common mistake that I always make Wait for…
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Matt Sorum is nowhere to be found on “November Reindeer,” an original Christmas song recorded for the annual Arbor Christmas Show. Conceived as an homage to televised Christmas specials long past (think Bing Crosby), the show — founded by Jon Montague — is…
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Tempering their garage-blues stomp, Little Hurricane highlight the conversation on Frank Loesser’s 1944 pop standard, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Stream/download “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” and watch Little Hurricane perform the song in 2011 for Wilcox Sessions below. Purchase Little Hurricane’s…
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Announcing his arrival as a songwriter of note with 2014’s Empty Candles EP, a collection of 4-track bedroom recordings, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s John Calvin Abney will release Better Luck, his first studio album, on 25 January 2015. Produced by Abney, Jacob…
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Jumping the gun here as winter doesn’t officially start until this Sunday but thanks to London, England’s Jordan Reyne you can soundtrack the changing of the season with the pagan “Song for Winter Solstice.” Stream/download the multi-language “Song for Winter…
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Math rock without the histrionics courtesy of the seemingly anti-social media Atlanta, Georgia quartet Pinecones. There is no sleight of hand on “Sleep is Forget,” the first single from the band’s forthcoming LP, Sings for You Now. Repetitive, hypnotic and…
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Add a little glitter to your holiday tinsel and lights with “Glammy Little Christmas” from British DIY stalwarts Cleaners From Venus. Stream/download “Glammy Little Christmas” below and purchase Return to Bohemia, the latest release from Martin Newell’s brainchild Cleaners From…
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Looking forward to 2015, let’s revisit I Am the Morning, the unheralded gem from Louisville, Kentucky’s Quiet Hollers. Released in 2013, the band reportedly will begin issuing singles from their forthcoming album in January 2015. Quiet Hollers celebrate sad bastard…
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I’m not sure why modern Christmas originals deal with love and loss so readily. Unfortunately, “Next Christmas” by Earwig (no relation) does nothing to shed light on this quandary. By next Christmas baby, you will forget about me I got…
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Almost four years since its release, Dixie Electric Company by Chris Stalcup and The Grange never ceases to amaze. Overflowing with twang, horns and tales of failed relationships, brooding love and lulling heartbreak, the title track was recently given the…
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