As villagerrr, Mark Allen Scott’s patient songs are mesmerizing and unmistakably Midwestern. On his latest record, Tear Your Heart Out, the prolific Ohio artist pinpoints quiet, mundane experiences and imbues…
Amid the excitement and ambiguity of a new start, Paige Anderson of Two Runner poses poignant questions on Porchlight, her resolute and tenderhearted new record. Beautiful string arrangements, intimate confessionals, and rollicking…
PawPaw Rod, the Hawaii-born, Oklahoma-raised rapper and singer, discovered his passion for music and writing during his upbringing as a military brat. Moving frequently, he found solace in the familiar…
On their second album, Leaving, Fran finds us at a crossroads of loss and possibility, borne from the grief of isolation and the existential drama of a warming planet. In…
The dB’s’ debut album Stands for deciBels will be reissued on CD and vinyl (its first time on vinyl in the US) on June 14, 2024 and all digital platforms…
Bay Area punks GRUMPSTER released their self-titled third album on April 26, 2024 via Pure Noise Records. Speaking about the new album the band said, “Grumpster is an album mostly about…
2020 was going to be a big year for the Mad Caddies. The Santa Barbara, California, sextet had reached an impressive milestone: 25 years as a band. Had you asked any…
Thom Jurek at All Music said it best, “Only Gram Parsons’ term “Cosmic American Music” begins to touch her mercurial, changeling roots aesthetic, … McNally is a Zen-like, post-Beat song…
Minnesota’s Clayton Ryan is made of a different soil. His music isn’t available on streaming services. His albums are entirely crowd-funded, with zero use of kickstarter sites. He has built a…
Lou Roy’s debut album Pure Chaos might well be a little magical. The LA singer-songwriter, 29, had been getting deep into chaos magic, and she found that embracing the forces…