I keep coming back to the fabulous rocking duo, Little Hurricane. These two are bottled, energized, grunge story tellers. Each song is thick with emotional instrumentation but you can always hear and understand the lyric. There’s not much else to be said that hasn’t already been said about Little Hurricane in the reviews for Give Em Hell or Haunted Heart (all three of these tracks are from the great 2012 full-length, Homewrecker), but the music bears repeating. Here is the lead off-track to…
Read MoreYou may recall that Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three appeared on this blog about a year ago with So Long Honeybee, Goodbye. Now Pokey LaFarge returns rebranded simply as Pokey LaFarge but nothing significant has changed. He’s still playing and recording his brand of Americana induced fun. Check out Central Time, from the the 2013 self-titled release, and you will be swinging and swaying to the tune in no time. Pokey LaFarge makes Americana revisited in the same way that Squirrel Nut Zippers…
Read MoreTake a listen to the pristine vocal of UK artist Josephine, and you will be transformed. Simple pop melodies are the perfect framework for Josephine’s vocals. Here on Portrait, the title-track to Josephine’s October 2012 long-player, she asks that age-old question that we all ask of ourselves; In essence, am I the person that I’m supposed to be? Am I missing something that would make me more complete? You can find more information on Josephine by heading on over to her very complete web site….
Read MoreCombining a bit of ska, funk, reggae, jazz flavors and modern rock, Brisbane Australia’s Cheap Fakes create a party in your speakers that you just can’t help but move your feet to. Case in point is Sand On The Beach from the band’s January 2012 long-player, Hand Me Downs, which is so infectious it will have you hitting the repeat button soon after hearing it for the first time. In addition to Hand Me Downs, Cheap Fakes has just re-released (June 2013)…
Read MoreThe two part harmonies from Lily & Madeleine are simply stand out! This video, which has a “live from our living room” sort of feel, is Things I’ll Later Lose from the duo’s lovely EP The Weight Of The Globe (January 2013). There is a plaintive melancholy about Lily & Madeleine’s music, which is both haunting and beautiful. If Lily & Madeleine seem to look and sound a lot alike, perhaps it’s because the two sisters Jurkiewicz are, well,…
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