Captivating from the first note with its zippering guitars, “Offering” from Denton, Texas quartet Relick only gets better once singer Amber Nicholson begins channeling the brazenness of Liz Phair. Nicholson, along with Matt Hibbard, Andy Rogers and Anthony Corsaro, will…
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Set to follow up 2014’s Strange Shores EP, London’s Crash Island return with “Animals,” a sweltering paean to perseverance. Cloaked in shadows, “Animals” is the first single from the band’s forthcoming EP, Dreamwaves. To be released on 1 March, you…
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No matter one’s occupation, once you reach a certain age existential questions begin creeping in to the psyche. Did you chose the right direction? What could you have done differently? Did that one decision alter your life? Dwelling on such…
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A portmanteau of David Cassidy-era fervor and today’s data-driven reality, new single “TigerBait” from Los Angeles-based duo Polaris Rose is an analog plea for physical contact and human connection. Peter Anthony and Madelynn Elyse are set to follow up Telescopes,…
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History. It permeates every song recorded by Alberta, Canada’s Coal Creek Boys. Focusing on the homeland of frontman John Paul Smith, the band’s debut LP, Hard At It In Old Town, was rooted in Canadian mining lore. 2013’s sprawling double…
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Releasing two albums and touring with the Delines as well as penning his fourth novel (The Free), Willy Vlautin has been a busy man in the five years since Portland, Oregon’s Richmond Fontaine issued The High Country. Set to return…
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Unlike the slow build of singles and videos that lead up to the band’s 2013 debut, Midnight at the Wheel Club, London’s Dead Flowers hinted at a new album back in March 2015 with a video trailer to only then…
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Filled with apocalyptic paranoia, Bible Belt ennui, survivor’s guilt and self-promises unfulfilled, Louisville, Kentucky’s Quiet Hollers teach us a thing or two about living on their self-titled sophomore album. Released in October following a successful crowdfunding campaign, the cautionary tales…
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Three years removed from her native Sweden, singer/songwriter Julia Meijer voices the allure of her new country on debut single “England.” The shrouded moors beckoning, the creaking folk of “England” finds Meijer at home and embracing her muse. Stream/download “England”…
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As we look forward to the new music coming in 2016, we bid adieu to 2015 by spotlighting albums that were released late in the year, we overlooked or simply didn’t have time to cover. Beginning with the September release of…
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If your resolution for 2016 is to rock more, West Virginia’s Bishops can help you stay on track deep into the new year. With their third album in the can, the Shepherdstown trio have issued “Inside,” a one-off single, to…
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