If it weren’t for Abby Holmes, she of much great taste, I would be blissfully unaware of the song “Ghosts” by The Head and The Heart, a band straight from Miss Holmes’s stomping ground, Seattle, Washington. Abby posted about “Ghosts” on Radio Free Chicago, the blog that takes up the majority of my internet-journalism-ing time,(…)
One of my very favorite songs of 2010 was “Oh, What A Time!” by Pearly Gate Music, a band I reviewed for Mezzic a couple months back. The reason I was so taken with “Oh, What A Time!” was because of how completely unexpected it was. Swimming in a sea of sincere folk, “Oh, What(…)
It’s a lovely thing when a band enters your life with little to no buzz behind them, barely any word of mouth, and they sweep you off your feet, going so far as to integrate themselves seamlessly into not only your listening patterns, but also your very existence, making their music a perfect orchestration of(…)
As 2010 draws to a close, it seems that Justin Townes Earle‘s year will be remembered for one thing: His well documented troubles at Indianapolis’s Radio Radio that resulted in his arrest and subsequent entry into rehab. That’s a total bummer because it ends up that Earle released an album that was nothing short of(…)
It’s no secret that I love free music. I mean, who doesn’t? The only problem with “free music” is that there seems to be a stigma with it that… Well… If you’re giving it away… What’s wrong with it? In most cases, nothing. In the modern age, the best (and perhaps only) way to get(…)
Nine times out of ten, when I discover a band, it’s via their record. My first impression of them, whoever “they” might be, is of their time spent in the studio, with the wizardry of a good sound engineer behind them. Occasionally, however, I’ll be exposed a band in their live form and when I(…)
Few musicians are as beloved to me as Josh Ritter is. Sure, his music borders on adult contemporary at times but is there a better songwriter than Ritter? I’m beginning to think there’s not. In fact, I don’t think it’s too bold of a statement at all to say that Ritter is the best lyricist(…)
It’ll come to the shock and dismay of a number of my peers that I’d never listened to John Vanderslice before today. I knew who he was, of course. I mean, who doesn’t? I’d just never listened to him. I know at least one friend who is probably going to go slack jawed when they(…)
