It was a long time ago (January 14, 2014) when Vodka first met Vera Jonas Experiment, which was right around the release of their 2013 long-player by the same name, Game. Since that time, Vera and the band have been busy, releasing an EP, two additional long-players, and a couple of singles to date. One of those singles, Last Song (seen/heard here), was released in May 2018. The band is preparing to embark on a tour to Asia in September and a European tour in November. The plan…
Read MoreYou 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,…
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 MoreBack in November (2017), Vodka posted the review for When The Sun Comes Up, from the all-woman pop-folk band, All Our Exes Live In Texas, and their long-player When We Fall (March 2017). I noted then the unfortunate name of the band but heralded the great music that these ladies make. Nothing has changed my opinion. Boundary Road is the fourth single release from that long-player and if anything, adds exclamation marks to that earlier review. What I always love is melodies with tight harmonies and…
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