Sure, if you really think about it, everything… comes crashing down. Houses deteriorate, promises go out of date and everything you swore could last forever is short-lived. Map of the Woulds “Only For Today” hangs that bleak concept with music that would rather get you on your feet then quietly reflect on the brevity of
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First, a word or two about the ukulele: it has a reputation. Show-it-off-at-the-beach or throw-some-cover-songs-at-a-party-and-hope-somebody-takes-interest or buy-some-to-make-you-want-to-buy-a-car commercial mode. And, of course, Winchester 7 & the Runners decided to get into all that by plugging one in and starting an indie rock band. Somehow, though, it works. On No Worse For Wear, the electric tenor
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Have you ever listened to a record that feels so close yet distant at the same time? Like there’s a certain pull to it, like something just draws you in without ever letting you get too comfortable. That’s exactly how Small Talk in Stereo leaves you feeling. And it makes sense coming from a band
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Listen, when a band of raging UK indie rockers decides, “you know what, let’s turn it down,” you either get a boring filler track or something truly special. The Entitled Sons, a Somerset-based indie group of brothers, have given up their usual festival set of energetic anthems for something a bit more personal on their
You can dismiss the song before you’ve heard it as another nostalgic trip, or you can find out if the artist can convince you the old machine is still working. Maybe Love’s A Crime by Down Town Mystic sits somewhere in the middle of the two camps, and I mean that as a compliment. DownTown
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There are albums that aim to sound autumnal, and then there’s an album that sounds like it was recorded somewhere behind an abandoned farmhouse while the trees were secretly plotting your demise. Hoxsey’s Harvest Moon Sessions is very much in the latter camp. Over 13 songs the album is a mixture of gothic folk, alt.
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There are few things more dangerous in music than a song announcing that it is about the entire human experience. That is an enormous amount of emotional territory to cover in a few minutes, and it usually comes with an equally enormous guitar solo. Steven Luke’s Seasons (To Be Human) at least has the good
Once in a while, you’ll come across songs that sound insanely good, then you hear the lyrics and go, “Wait… there’s actually a lot going on here.” Today, that song is PRJCT MGR’s Capitalize (feat. Nora June). And it starts like a weird classroom exercise, with layers tiptoeing around one another. You can practically hear
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