Pickle Darling Laundromat Father/Daughter Records Is it something in the water or air way down under in New Zealand, or do they simply just love their left field, gently (or not so gently) quirky pop rock in all its shapes and forms? After the [...]
Far From Saints Far From Saints Ignition Records Quite a few decades ago, Fleetwood Mac proved that coming up with sophisticated pop is a specific art in itself where the artist(s) has to abide by the strict rules and formulas of a pop song [...]
Clara Engel Sanguinaria Independent Toronto singer-songwriter Clara Engel (they/them) says that they are not writing the same song over and over so much as writing one long continuous song that will end when they die. Dark? Sure, but the point [...]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation KGLW Here we go again. And again. And again. Here comes another King Gizzard & [...]
Sivu Wild Horse Running Square Leg Records Working as a singer songwriter, being there practically all by yourself is a daunting task, and often, adding something more than just your voice, lyrics, and a single instrument can not only help, but [...]
Certain Times Desire Double Phantom Are there any new developments in synth-pop music? Well, it depends how you look at it, some might say that the genre is in a perpetuating mode, artist recycling older ideas, others might say that recycling [...]
Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors Strangers No More Magnolia Records With all the new artists/bands exploring Americana/roots music, there is always a chance that not all of them will reach the heights of those that have been working the genre for [...]
Callum Pitt In The Balance Kaleidoscope Music Very often, it is quite a challenge for artists releasing a debut album, not only to come up with right music, but also with a title that would describe that music the best. Newcastle, England [...]
Laura Wolf Shelf Life Whatever’s Clever Back in the late 90s folktronica was all the rage. But somehow, and for whatever reason, the whole shebang seemed to have been lost, with or without translation, with most of the artists going one [...]
Rory McBride Sonic Lullaby Independent Keeping things short and sweet just might be a perfect way for an artist to introduce themself and their music to the world. That is exactly the route 29-yr-old American singer/songwriter/poet Rory Mc Bride [...]
Moon Blue The Moonlight Disco 777 Music There are two ways by which an artist can make the title of his record fit perfectly with the music within. One is to compose the music and then find a fitting title, the other is the have the title in [...]
Kassi Valazza Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing Fluff & Gravy Records Portland, Oregon artist Kassi Valazza defies the title of her latest album – Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing. She actually knows quite a bit it seems, and one of the things [...]
maud the moth + trajedesaliva Bordando el Manto Terrestre Time Released Sound Now, we’re talking about some serious dark stuff here. Yet, it is the kind of dark stuff that actually enlightens and makes the true darkness go away. Bordando [...]
Jeremy Tuplin Orville’s Discotheque Trapped Animal Records Can you label Jeremy Tuplin as a singer-songwriter? Not exactly an easy answer to that question, because, on one hand, sure, Tuplin is an artist who writes and sings his own songs. [...]
Terry Emm Wish You Were Here Azez Records/Shellshock British singer-songwriter Terry Emm, wasn’t around for a while (seven years to be exact, that is), at least in that role. Then, back in 2021, it was announced that his single “Gently” [...]
GracieHorse L.A. Shit Wharf Cat Records There are so many artists these days that are working in the Americana/roots/country rock domain, that it is often hard to distinguish between them, no matter how good and assured their music is. What [...]
Sister Ray Teeth Royal Mountain Records Sister Ray is Edmonton’s Ella Coyes (they/them), whose melodic touch, lyrics, and vocals simply stand out on their latest EP Teeth. It is no wonder that here they are supported by ginla, the Brooklyn [...]
Nick & June Beach Baby, Baby Independent It was about time that some other artists would be inspired by the Hollywood film/music combination of the 50s and 60s as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of Lana Del Rey, but inspired in the [...]
Esben And The Witch Hold Sacred Nostromo Records There was always a dark streak running through dream pop, with or without shoegaze touches, that made that dream element acquire some nightmarish tones, while still leaving that pop element [...]
Alien Eyelid Bronze Star Tall Texan Records For a band hailing from Texas, it might seem simple to travel in the sometimes clear, sometimes murky waters of roots rock/Americana. Whether those waters go clear or stay murky certainly depends on [...]
Rocky Roberts & Friends Pieces Of Time Wolfe Island Records Being a touring guitar technician for the likes of Wilco, Patti Smith, CSN&Y, Paul Simon, Lucinda Williams and My Morning Jacket can actually make you quite a select group of [...]
Laura Reznek Leap Year Birthday Cake Records These days, the interpretation of what consists of an EP has become quite an elastic thing. It can run from a single (albeit long) song to something that lasts as a full-fledged album for some other [...]
Dex Wolfe Vestiges Independent Back in 2020, we had this to say about Dex Wolfe’s music: “Brief musical notes conjuring all the better sides of David Byrne, Sparklehorse, and Sufjan Stevens work some real polymath magic.” Ok, [...]
Annie Blackman Bug Father/Daughter Records Being vulnerable and introspective is often one of the qualities many listeners look out for in singer songwriters. The problem can be that sometimes such artists go a bit too far in ‘barring the [...]
