The Only Sons – Steel Hearts
Formerly known as Ribbonpigeon, Murfreesboro, Tennessee’s The Only Sons have a new album called Steel Hearts that is full of boot-stompin’ roots/alt-country/Americana just like its predecessor, Young Lungs, was. So despite the name change, the band hasn’t switched directions on us, which is a good thing. There are two rippin’ electric guitars, the cry of (Read more…)
Abe Vigoda – Reviver EP
A few months back I wrote about the L.A. based Abe Vigoda’s full length Skeleton and just how awesome it was. Well, since then the band has also released an EP, Reviver, that is also quite good, but not really the same. The band mostly eschews the mutated indie tropicalia of Skeleton in favor of (Read more…)
Young Hearts – Nowhere Kids EP
Those crazy kids in Young Hearts are back with another self-released EP that they are (again) giving away as a free download (but, really, you should make some sort of donation). This time around it’s called the Nowhere Kids EP and features 7 songs of gritty pop punk that doesn’t stand out as being quite (Read more…)





