Sweet Crude, is an seven-piece Louisiana drum-pop band that alternates between English and Louisianan French lyrics, represents full on energy and most of all, fun! The band recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund their first long-player. The music speaks for itself and there is some available for you while you wait for that long-player. Back in 2013 the band released a five-song EP, Super Vilaine, full of that rhythm based high energy. Little Darling (seen / heard here) is from that…
Read MoreI’ve been following the alternately plaintive and raucous alt-folk compositions of The Oh Hellos for some time now. They have a cohesive, textural, yet simple sound that always pleases. Here on Dear Wormwood, the title track from their forthcoming long-player by the same name due out in October 2015, you get a glimpse of the plaintive side. Remembering back to 2012, I listened to a sampling of their debut long player, Through The Deep, Dark Valley, and went looking for a video. At…
Read MoreJohn Bassett is a phenomenal multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, most notably for progressive rock troop KingBathmat. He has released seven long players since 2003, but the acoustic long-player, Unearth (March 2014) marked his first release under his own name. Stay Away From The Dark from that long-player is a study in acoustic-based progressive rock. Minor key flourishes are everywhere. The music builds on a simple piano melody, adding acoustic guitar and drums, adding in John’s pleasing tenor vocals, mixed in…
Read MoreNOTE: The original video stopped working. It appears to have been pulled by the band. No explanation that I know of. This is a replacement for that video. – Vodka Folly and The Hunter are a great indie-pop band. My only complaint is that there is no biographical information out there on the band. Even though the band has a great web site, which includes musical purchase options, tour schedule and more, there is no bio information up there. The closest thing…
Read MoreA few weeks back, Vodka featured Violette and All My Life, from her latest long-player, Falling Strong (February 2015). Here, again, is Violette from that same long-player with the title-track, joined by Louis Cato, best known as a multi-instrumentalist, but proving here that he also has great soul vocal chops of his own. If you have not as yet checked out Violette, get over to her web site now! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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