Best of 2015 – #4 J. Marinelli – Stop Paying Attention (Twin Cousins Records) A not-so-subtle reminder of why you fell in love with Guided By Voices in the first place, Stop Paying Attention from Kentucky’s J. Marinelli covers the…
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Ranking as one of my most anticipated releases of this year, American Fiction from West Virginia’s Ona has finally arrived. The waltzing title track sets the tone of the album, with airy but tight arrangements as on the weeping “Tornado…
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The ’90s lo-fi ethic owed more to a DIY ethic than any stylistic aesthetic. Birthed from necessity and a sense of urgency, the genre applies to today’s limited attention span of 140 characters or less. Kentucky’s punk poet laureate J. Marinelli…
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Two things closest to the heart of Bucket Full of Nails are baseball and vinyl. Major League Baseball officially kicks off the 2015 season this Sunday and Record Store Day is set for 18 April. Say what you will about…
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To the attention of: Julian Casablancas Exceptional fates for acceptable faces Age is a number, cool is a binary Acceptable rates for exceptional races Wealth is a ghetto, no less than poverty Sorry, the same rules apply It’s all cut-and-dry…
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Some 275 miles to the east of Dayton, Ohio is Morgantown, West Virginia. Both college towns, options in the latter are fewer, yet Goodwolf mastermind Tyler Grady channels the former’s DIY (drink it yourself) ethos popularized by Guided By Voices…
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A low-end hum lies under jangling guitars on the plaintive “Ides of July,” the a-side to The Other Side of June, the just-released cassette single from West Virginia’s Ona. Balanced by the brooding drone of the lonesome b-side, “Tornado Rider,”…
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Conceived as an outlet for Josh Erwin and Michael Paynter outside their other group (Packway Handle Band), Sans Abri strikes a jovial tone somewhere between the band in the Free Credit Score.com commercials and the bluegrass duo in recent Geico ads….
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