You may remember Lux Lisbon from about a year ago when A Little More Vodka featured Get Some Scars. Scars was an awesome track from their 2013 EP, and it doesn’t seem possible, but this band just keeps getting better! Enter Memento Mori, which doesn’t currently appear to be released anywhere as yet. It’s a little more up-beat than Scars but it keeps the full bodied feel that has made Lux Lisbon sound so fresh and full. You can find more information on Lux Lisbon by visiting…
Read MoreGriff’s Room Band is a friendly melding of bluegrass and pop that will have your feet moving and head bobbing here on Corner Booth from the band’s new EP, Shut The Case (June 2014). Originally loosely formed as a band of street performers in Colonial Williamsburg in 2011, the trio found that their music seemed to appeal to an wide variety of people. Since then, they have been gigging up and down the Eastern seaboard of the US. You can find more information…
Read MoreTorrelodones, Spain’s Elefant Records recording artists, The Yearning, are all about retro vibes. They are unapologetic about using 50’s and 60’s styled rhythm and blues and pop to paint a musical picture that could easily have appeared on a radio station in 1955. Now if that all scares you a bit, it shouldn’t. The Yearning make the whole experience seem natural and it is more than a little bit pleasing. In preparing for a new long-player, The…
Read MoreBack in April (2014), I purchased the wonderful debut self-titled album from Fauna Flora. It is full of delightful pop gems like Happy Hour (video released May 2). There are orchestral flourishes and grand melodies coupled with great vocal harmonies. Fauna Flora formed the four piece really recently (2013). At the helm, singer/songwriter Steve Ward provides the foundation for what become majestic pieces. Instrumentation and other vocals are provided by long-time Ward collaborator and bassist Joe Pisapia, keyboardist Matt Thomas and drummer…
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