The Hills & The Rivers’ BANDCAMP: https://thehillsandtherivers.bandcamp.com/ A pastoral string arrangement slowly opens the rustic gates that protect the ancient gardens where singer/songwriters have come to craft and cultivate their sound for centuries in just the first few notes of The Hills & The Rivers’ The Fool and The Magician. First we get to meet the […]
Lord & Lady – The Lift SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/37fJ2QD1jR5zJcru9GZsJr With an affectionate charisma that is equal parts biting and inviting to listen to, indie pop duo Lord & Lady fire on all cylinders in their latest single, “The Lift,” an enigmatic foray into their spacey, relentlessly creative soundscapes and pop pleasantries. You don’t know it yet, but you’re already familiar with these two […]
Mark Rogers’ – Qualifiers BANDCAMP: https://markrogers1.bandcamp.com/album/qualifiers With a glowing organ and a swanky guitar lick, Mark Rogers’ latest release Qualifiers doesn’t waste anytime kicking into full swing with its opening track “No Bigger Fool,” an easy-listening blues rock number that is bound to put a smile on your face and a swing in your step. In […]
Trevor Drury – Jealousy URL: https://www.officialtrevordrury.com/about/ If you’re looking for fresh pop music that will kick off the summer with themes other than fast cars and overpriced liquor, look no further than the stylings of rhythmic indie pop star Trevor Drury, who’s new single “Jealousy,” is out now everywhere music is sold. A Tucson, Arizona […]
Scott Smith “I Will Love You” SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/scottsmithband/sets/i-will-love-you With an easy going strum of a set of barley-blowing, golden strings, Scott Smith eases us into his new acoustic love song “I Will Love You,” a carefree slice of heaven hot off of his new summer release Igniting the Flame. Dedicated to his wife, Smith joyously […]
Mike Ra Dogs single INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/waytoora/ Out of the darkness and into the light, Mike Ra is ripping through the surface of pop music to lay some incredible grooves on us in his latest sizzling set of rhymes “Dogs,” out now through his exclusive burgeoning logo DXB Studios. Featuring a cryptic, mystical synthesized haze that […]
The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Act 3 BANDCAMP: https://themerrymakersorchestrina.bandcamp.com/releases Modern day experimental music has come quite a long ways from the humble yet violent atonality of the Velvet Underground. Technologically, who could have predicted the kind of sonic capabilities that the digital age has yielded us? For the first time in history, there’s an endless plethora […]
Honest Men release EP SPOTIFY: http://open.spotify.com/album/6wGPa4HRyGB9iEmZyRhfQG Other than mathematics, music is unquestionably the universal language of planet earth. Through its lens we are able to communicate an endless amount of emotion, from love to hate, anger to affection, joy to sorrow. It is remarkable when the stewards of this medium are able to grasp a […]
T.C. Crosser – The Book of Arius Act I SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/tccrosser/sets/the-book-of-arius-act-i Experimental, classical artist T.C. Crosser’s triumphant work, The Book of Arius Act I, is comprised of four different chapters. These sonic victories all make heavy use of strings and airy blends. On the surface they have a solid common thread – they are all […]
D.L. Byron releases new EP SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/dlbyron/sets/satori If you’re looking for roots rock that flirts more with college radio than it does with the pomp of country music, New York’s own D.L. Byron has a new EP that you should probably listen to. Satori, out via Byron’s Zen Archer imprint, is not the extended play that […]