Goodnight Texas
Goodnight, Texas – Jesse Got Trapped in a Coal Mine [T]his week, prior to Newport Folk Festival, we’ve got a group of really great shows, and the one I’ve got to put my stamp on is Thursday at the Middle East Upstairs. You’ve heard me wax poetic
Toy Soldiers
[A]t times buried within my inbox, is music that just isn’t right for this site, my readers / listeners, and well this is not the case. When this one opened up, my ears perked, my eyes opened wide, and I grinned from ear to ear, this is fucking magic.
Yuck
Yuck – Rebirth [P]urveyors of some of the finest retro 90’s era rock and roll music, Yuck, are back at it again with Rebirth, a reverb laden, shimmering, ambling rock tune that majestically flies across the sonic atmosphere. That was a lot of words to describe a tune that
Good Friend
[C]heck out Brooklyn’s Good Friend, a folk / pop band that evokes the folk pop of Buffalo Springfield and meshes it with the harmony-driven pop music of the Beach Boys. They’ve just released their first single, “Ships that Sink,” off their upcoming album, Bonfire, out in October on
Cloud Control
[B]een really diggin this new track from Cloud Control, which appears on their new record, Dream Cave, which releases in September. It’s got this super chill vibe, it has that amazing effect to slow everything down with a gentle elegance, and a bit psychedelia that you don’t
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Photos by Colin McLaughlin [B]y now it’s no secret: Portland is a place unlike any other. From a certain over-saturated television show to the New York Times’ ongoing love affair, there’s no denying we live in a quirky little paradise. Sometimes, though, a reminder is necessary to
Black Joe Lewis
[B]lack Joe Lewis is coming at us again with this retro/soul sound on “Come to My Party,” a song that more reflects their style than previous fuzz single “Skulldiggin,” which I posted a few weeks back. “Come to My Party,” combining James Brown soul era with a little
j roddy walston and the business
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Heavy Bells [T]his is one I’ve been waiting a damn long time to hear. The mega awesome rock outfit of J. Roddy Walston & The Business have the perfect rock sound. In fact, these guys put hair back on the balls of
Foxygen
[J]onathan Rado of Foxygen, just released this great little 60’s retro pop tune titled “Hand In Mine,” which will appear on his upcoming solo record, Law and Order. “Hand in Mine,” is in a word, simplicity, its a call-and-response 60’s pop tune that is simple, playful, and
Quasi
Quasi – You Can Stay But You Gotta Go [H]oly fuzzy hell, Quasi is back with a follow up to their 2010 record, American Gang, in Mole City, a record that lands this fall from Kill Rock Stars. The new track just landed in my inbox, and I felt it
Song Preservation Society
[O]ne of the most promising sounding bands that have hit my inbox lately has been Los Angeles’ Song Preservation Society, a band started by Trevor Bahnson, Ethan Glazer and Daniel Wright. They recorded their debut EP, Ready Room, back in 2012 and I’ve totally fallen for it. Ready
James the Giant
[I]’ve been really enjoying this raw song from folk troubadour James the Giant, his first single from his self-titled EP where he opens up about the loss of his younger brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Julian T. Brennan who was killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2009. It’s a