Thanks to a tweet from The High Divers (seen recently on Vodka) who have shared some tour dates with Edan Archer of late, I took a listen and was simply blown away by this powerful voice. Six Wing Angel (seen/heard here) is from Edan’s debut long-player, Journey Proud (August 2019) and again, that voice will stop a person in their tracks! Steeped in a version of Americana that could easily be part and parcel of New Orleans, Archer hails from Gainesville, Florida, and tools around Nashville as much as…
Read MoreMolly 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 MoreI 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,…
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…
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…
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