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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mariela.band An angst-ridden cry of an electric guitar is ready to come swinging out of the silence in “Shatter the Glass.” Graceful grooves make love with a vibrant lead vocal and the boldly stylish bass that shadows its every word in “The Funeral.” “Going Away” sparkles like distant car headlights on a dark highway, […]
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Slender but buoyant and mixed with a healthy amount of low-end tonality, the acoustic guitar that we find in the opening bars of The Stifftones’ “Midwestern Town” is splendidly organic in its earthy, melodic emissions, which isn’t something that can be said for most of the string play I’ve been reviewing in 2019. The Stifftones […]
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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/josepheid1?lang=en It’s a beautiful summer day, and Joseph Eid’s backyard is littered with friendly faces taking in the gorgeous weather with him. Eid sits in a lawn chair in the middle of it all, blue plastic cup in his hand, Hawaiian t-shirt draped across his back. The crisp chime of an acoustic guitar penetrates […]
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A Picture Made is one example of a Kansas and Missouri regional band that catapulted its live show success into road support for such bands as The Replacements (Minneapolis’ punk-alt rock pioneers) , The Call (Santa Cruz, Calif., rockers) and The Connells (Raleigh, N.C. ‘jangle pop’ rockers). Througout the 1980s, A Picture Made created a […]
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It isn’t easy to describe the haunting harmony that opens “Now I Am Redeemed,” one of LaTresa & the Signal’s most evocative and rousing tracks on their third official album, The Blood and the River. There are no drums. No guitar. No blustery bassline to frame this exquisite vocal melody. Voices, like those of some […]
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The six piece Holy Beach from Atlanta, Georgia is a side project of sorts for shoegaze band Sleep Therapy’s vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter John Lally, but the spectacular achievement he brings off with a band of like-minded musician friends may convince him to pursue this as something more than an one off. Let’s hope […]
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Integriti Reeves’ “Eu Vim Da Bahia” has appeal overcoming any cultural or linguistic obstacles. Integriti Reeves’ “Eu Vim Da Bahia” has appeal overcoming any cultural or linguistic obstacles. It’s a cover of forty plus year old track first recorded by Gilberto Gil, but Reeves makes the track live again for modern audiences thanks to her […]
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Some bands want to play the same music that the icons of their genre once did, only in present day. Others, California’s Wild Wing included, want to build on the blueprint that was set forth by those fabled legends, which is precisely what we hear in New Futures, a record that takes a couple of […]
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Country has been enjoying a massive spike in talent from its independent underground lately, and among the more intriguing acts to catch my attention this year has been Richard Lynch, a blue-collar country singer whose music can’t help but evoke imagery that is endearingly American, through and through. Lynch’s brand new album, Think I’ll Carry […]
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URL: https://www.bigtimegrain.com/music Big Time Grain Company’s latest single, the smooth-grooving “Sunday Morning,” sees the country duo taking a slight step away from the rock n’ roll tone of their EP 401k and embracing a brooding blues sound instead. “Sunday Morning” presents listeners with a far more robust collection of swing beats and sterling melodies than […]
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