You thought the 60′s and 70′s psychedelic music scene was dead, right? Well, you would be wrong! Updated, yes, but not dead. In The Babe Rainbow’s Peace Blossom Boogy (seen/heard here), lies the evidence. That fact can also be heard in full on the band’s new long-player, Double Rainbow (July 2018). The band is the brainchild of percussionist/vocalist Angus Dowling and merges (currently?) with moniker-heavy bandmates, Kool Breeze and Dr. Elliot Love-Wisdom. (Look, you can’t make this stuff up.) At least that was the case. It looks…
Read MoreEmily Brown’s song Sometimes (seen/heard here) is a study of the play between consonance and dissonance, and how they can interact to pleasing results. On the one hand, you have Emily Brown’s sweet vocals which travel from the lower to upper registers with ease and carry the lyric delivery with moral conviction. On the other hand, you have the use of fuzzed-out guitar, which provides the dichotomy between. The guitars on Sometimes, start in as almost an afterthought, but by the time the final refrain is near the end, they…
Read MoreVodka is super excited to announce the upcoming (October 1, 2018) release of the latest Sinnober long-player, Projection. Angels Of Fire And Snow (seen/heard here) is the first single released ahead of time, and it is magnificent in typical Sinnober fashion! Also included in Projection, is the previously covered When A Knight Won His Spurs, a cover of the old children’s hymn from the 1930′s. What is missing in the pre-order section of the duo’s bandcamp.com site so far, is a CD pre-order. I’m hoping this is…
Read MoreIn your face bluegrass-tinged, alt-country, folk fun! That is the white-hot feel of Rattler, from Black Horse Motel. It’s the first single release from their new six-song EP, And Then You Were Gone (July 2018) out now! This is a song that builds to an emotional frenzy without ever losing the beat. It’s a rhythm that will keep you moving until the last stanza fades. And Then You Were Gone follows up to last year’s Parable, a 5-song EP that saw Black Horse Motel moving a little bit away…
Read MoreKelly Oliver has been making excellent folk music for a couple of years now with the focus being on folk stories and a decidedly indie-pop delivery. It is an inspired sound and worthy of anyone’s turntable/CD player or digital list. You be the judge. Here is Rio from Kelly’s second full-length, Bedlam (March 2016) to give you a taste of that style. In the past, Ms. Oliver has written mostly her own material, but later this year (in September) she will release her junior effort, Botany Bay, which will…
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