Who: American War
Sounds: Rhetoric
Where: Kent, Ohio
How: Self-Released
What: Amazing Ohio folk-punk from Matt who also plays in The Sidekicks who are fucking amazing too. Download the entire Rhetoric album for free here.
RIYL: Defiance,Ohio, The Sidekicks, etc…
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Sounds You Should Hear: American War – Rhetoric
Sounds You Should Hear: Tim Barry – 28th & Stonewall
Who: Tim Barry
Sounds: 28th & Stonewall
Where: Richmond, Virginia
How: Suburban Home
What: Another amazing album full of soul-stirring Southern folk-rock from the former Avail frontman.
RIYL: Chuck Ragan, Woody Guthrie, etc…
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Rocky Votolato – True Devotion
In my mind, Rocky Votolato has always been severely underrated when it comes to the wide-open genre of singer/songwriters. His last three albums, Suicide Medicine, Makers, and The Brag & Cuss are great as is the just recently released True Devotion. All of Votolato’s songs bleed with honesty even if sometimes to a [...]
Juniper Tar – The Howl Street EP
If the sporadic posting around these parts isn’t at least a little bit of an indicator, I’ve been a little burned out on music blogging for the past few months. No reason other than just relaxing and doing nothing has seemed like a much better option than wading through the piles of stuff littering [...]
Jeff Caudill – Had To Be There EP
Everyone that reads this blog should know that I’m a big Jeff Caudill fan and if you don’t then you haven’t been paying attention and I need to ask, “What are you even doing here?” How’s that for disclosure? Anyhow, last year Jeff released the full-length Try To Be Here and has “officially” followed [...]
The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
I do believe that The Low Anthem may be the first band from Rhode Island that I’ve ever heard and if they are any indication what that state has to offer musically, we’d all better start looking for more. On Oh My God, Charlie Darwin The Low Anthem starts off sounding like an amalgam [...]
Micah Schnabel – When The Stage Lights Go Dim
I’ve been a fan of the Columbus, Ohio band Two Cow Garage for a few years now and, thus, was excited (but apprehensive) at the prospect of the band’s frontman, Micah Schnabel, releasing his solo debut this year. We all know how solo records can turn out, right? Anyhow, the record is called [...]
Chuck Ragan – Gold Country
Former Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan has been nothing if not prolific since he started his solo career a few years ago. He’s released a live album, Los Feliz, a ton of 7” records, a collaboration with Austin Lucas called Bristle Ridge, and two solo studio albums, including his latest, Gold [...]
Cabinet Of Natural Curiousities – Searchlight Needles
I’ve been meaning to write a little something about this album for what seems like forever now. Searchlight Needles is the latest full-length from Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities, a group founded by Jasmine Dreame Wagner and based in both Missoula, MT and Brooklyn, NY. Searchlight Needles is a fairly quiet and peaceful album [...]
Billy Wallace – The Road Spit Me Out
I’ve never heard of an indie folk collective called The Wading Girl nor was I familiar with it’s frontman, Billy Wallace. I’m still not sure how that pertains to Wallace’s solo debut, The Road Spit Me Out, but it’s a cool little album full of what sounds like almost vintage sounding folksy old-timey country [...]
