Molly Linen has just released Outside (October 2019), a five-track debut EP of thoughtful, breathy, folk-pop, and it is immediately a winner. The video for Away (seen/heard here) is definitely a low-budget affair, but the music wins out right away, and that’s what we are here for, right? The EP opener, When They Didn’t Care, sets the stage for everything that comes after. Its delicious minor key beginnings resolve into a beautiful refrain. This may be only five tracks long, but it is full of Molly Linen’s potential. There’s not 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 of…
Read MoreTaking on social issues in a quiet and thoughtful way isn’t new for one of Vodka’s favorite duos, Flagship Romance. They have covered many difficult questions in ways that are not in your face but gently reinforced. It’s a skill not many performers can pull out of their portfolios. Enter, Julie Wants To Go To War, a story of gender identity, desires, hopes, dreams, and tragedy, which sadly paints a not too flattering picture of our country’s battle to properly acknowledge and accept those…
Read MoreLike the feel of a rose petal, Bedouine’s (a.k.a, Azniv Korkejian) music is smooth, gentle, and like the flower itself, beautiful. The intricate weaving of the music and the lyric, posing a perfect balance to both, is no accident, for Korkejian has a degree in sound design. Her moniker reflects her nomadic existence to date, for the one constant in her life has been mobility and change of venue. Born in Aleppo, Syria, she spent her childhood in Saudi, Arabia, moved to Boston, then Houston, on to Los Angeles,…
Read MoreA quirky mixture of styles has always been King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s claim to fame, and they have done alright for themselves doing just that. Fishing For Fishies (seen/heard here) is the title track to the band’s latest (April 2019) long-player, and as always, the band does not disappoint. If you are looking for a group that takes themselves seriously, then you would be off the mark here, but the group is very accessible and fun and that’s the best part…
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