As if blessed by Harmonia, London chamber folk quintet Liz and the Lofty Things create a unity of sound on their debut album, Confessions of the Seasons. From the elation of “Your Waltz” to the derision of “Twilight Birdsong,” Liz…
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Lingering feelings and pointed blame tug at hearts far adrift on “Lost at Sea,” the call and response duet from Brian Carpenter & The Confessions. Steeped in rock, jazz and fringe art, the Boston-based Carpenter is a trumpeter by trade….
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Stream or download the September 2015 Feel Bad for You Mixtape featuring The Lemonheads; The War on Drugs; Crow and the Canyon; Table Scraps; Eric Andersen; Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats; Have Gun, Will Travel; Beach Slang; Kathleen Edwards;…
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First off, congratulations to newlyweds Rebecca Bortman and Bryan Garza. The duo behind Love, Jerks tied the knot this weekend in San Francisco, performing a marital rock opera for family, friends and a select number of fans of the band…
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To commemorate today’s release of Swan City Vampires, the mesmerizing new solo album from Will Johnson, Bucket Full of Nails is giving away CD copies of the album to the first four people who can correctly answer the following trivia…
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Positing hypotheticals, Toronto synth-pop trio For Esmé unleash “Make a Sound,” a danceable indictment of the narcissistic nature of today’s Instagram age, where spurious identities and highly-edited reality will forever reside online. “Make a Sound” is the third single from…
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An art-school pastiche of cinematic influences (see: Friedkin, Hitchcock, Zinnemann), the Super 8 video for “Legends of My Own” from Los Angeles transplants Gun Outfit is a hazy jaunt from Washington State to old Hollywood. Featuring stilted storylines apathetically narrated…
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As we continue to mourn, toast and revel in the music of Centro-matic after the four kings of Denton, Texas called it a day following a span of 17 years, a modicum of solace can be found in Swan City…
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Imagine Lou Reed thumbing a ride from the E Street Band, traveling from Lexington and 125th in Harlem to Texas, to catch Townes Van Zandt. Kissed by all three, Austin singer/songwriter Justin Fallen and his Angels affect the affability of…
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Shimmering guitars and vocal harmonies reminiscent of the best ’90s alt-pop dot “Glow Like Crazy,” the new single from Melbourne, Australia’s Postblue. Postblue will be playing two dates in October in support of their new single. 15 October | Shebeen…
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Bearing many story lines, Athen, Georgia-based renaissance man Adam Klein is set to release Archer’s Arrow, his follow up to 2013’s Sky Blue DeVille. A decade-and-a-half in the making, Archer’s Arrow features songs penned by Klein during travels through Africa,…
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