I fell instantly in love with this track as soon as I heard it on Serious XM Alt-Nation. So it was time to dig up as much information as I could find on The Shelters. Enter You’re Different (seen/heard here) from the band’s latest long-player, Jupiter Sidecar (September 2019). This song is so much fun and the long-player has plenty of depth, good rock and roll, and nice harmonies with an abundance of danceable and foot-stomping moments as well. Jupiter Sidecar is twelve tracks of carefully produced rock, worthy…
Read MoreTo regular Vodka readers, it may seem that Flagship Romance posts are pretty frequent in the vast scheme of things, and that would be a fair assessment. I began reviewing and purchasing their music with their very first EP, The Fudge Sessions, and have continued to cover subsequent releases over the years. They’ve been a favorite duo, I won’t deny that. Their latest long-player, Concentric, is the most ambitious set of songs from the duo to date, notching up the intensity and building on their long-standing habit of writing from…
Read MoreA Strange And Wondrous Place (seen/heard here and released October 11, 2019) is yet another single release from Portland, Oregon-based Fox and Bones, and like the rest of their music, it’s no slouch effort! Combining lyrics with positive imagery, A Strange And Wondrous Place explores the meaning of life. For instance, “if you only had a moment left, what would you want to say?” That is something pretty profound if you think about it. What would wash away from you if you had but a…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since Vodka first visited Carsie Blanton with the review for Laziest Girl In Town back in 2014, and Carsie has continued to inspire with her down-home pop goodness. Shunning recording industry standards, Blanton’s philosophy on music as a commodity is fresh. Moreover, her views on the personal vs. political are more honest than most people who stand on the side of one party or another and scream the party line. More importantly, though, Carsie Blanton makes great music. Enter Buck Up (seen/heard here) the title track…
Read MoreAt least loosely based on the love affair between Frank Gardiner and Kitty (Catherine) Brown (Walsh) and the circumstances surrounding the Gold Escort Robbery of 1862, Lucie Thorne’s new long-player, Kitty & Frank (August 2019) touches on the gold rush that was happening in this area of Australia at the time, the robbery orchestrated by Frank and his incarceration, among other details. Wheogo Hill (seen/heard here) is a reference to what was sometimes called Mount Wheogo, where Frank had his camp. In short, you can consider Kitty &…
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