Obey Your Guns is an anthem to youth and seizing the day. It takes up a marching, celebratory tone, and cautions listeners to follow their dreams before they are too old to do it. Matrimony combines Americana and Folk influences to create, if not a unique sound, then at least a fully textured one. Lead vocal duties are shared by husband-wife team Jimmy Brown and Ashlee Hardee Brown, with the former playing lead guitar and the latter providing keyboards as needed. The remaining…
Read MoreThe pulsating intro (guitars and drums) is instantly a contagious and continuous element in Midnight Avenue from the latest long-player (November 2012), Measure Of Progress, by the Canadian five-piece, Wool On Wolves. Add some great textured horn fills within the body of the song, and the emotional vocal delivery, and you have a first-rate indie rock offering. Check out Wool On Wolves by visiting them at their web site, (yep, all the usual links are there) and consider a purchase. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Read MoreAlone is a video single from I Am Not Lefthanded’s June 2012 long-player, The Fire And The Sigh. “This is not the darkest night I’ve known, alone” sings lead singer Kathryn Williams, while parading through all manner of monsters, ghosts and freaks in not so monstrously, ghostly or freakish ways. There is more than a little humor here. Given all that, you might think that the song craft here would be cheesy, but nothing could be further from the truth. I…
Read MoreIn the genre of indie folk, the practitioners are plentiful, but none more talented than The Year Of The Buffalo. This Columbus, Ohio four-piece features tight harmonies, electrifying lead vocals and masterfully played instruments. You can hear this all for yourself, here on Vagabond, from the band’s six song, October 2012 released EP, Darling Laney. You can connect with The Year Of The Buffalo, by visiting their Facebook page. To purchase the EP, visit the band’s bandcamp.com site. Check out this great…
Read MoreFloridian four-piece indie-folk troupe Chasing Jonah is fronted by the beautiful voice of Ashley Dudukovich and explores life and living in this troubled age. Here on Run, from the 2012 4-song EP And The Clocks Moved, Ashley’s expressive voice slips neatly in front of the story but never over shadows it. This is indie-folk music in its finest form. You can pick up the entire EP or the single from i-tunes by visiting the band on their web site. Here you will also find…
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