Ainslie Wills has an amazing voice and an intensity about composition and dynamics to make you care deeply about her music. Fighting Kind was released as a single in 2012 and later appeared on her debut long-player, You Go Your Way, I’ll Go Mine (March 2013). Ainslie just released a new EP, Oh The Gold (September 2015) which can be aptly described as a six-song aural masterpiece. You may not always be in the mood to listen so deeply to music to get its inner…
Read MoreSweet Crude, is an seven-piece Louisiana drum-pop band that alternates between English and Louisianan French lyrics, represents full on energy and most of all, fun! The band recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund their first long-player. The music speaks for itself and there is some available for you while you wait for that long-player. Back in 2013 the band released a five-song EP, Super Vilaine, full of that rhythm based high energy. Little Darling (seen / heard here) is from that…
Read MoreI’ve been following the alternately plaintive and raucous alt-folk compositions of The Oh Hellos for some time now. They have a cohesive, textural, yet simple sound that always pleases. Here on Dear Wormwood, the title track from their forthcoming long-player by the same name due out in October 2015, you get a glimpse of the plaintive side. Remembering back to 2012, I listened to a sampling of their debut long player, Through The Deep, Dark Valley, and went looking for a video….
Read MoreJohn Bassett is a phenomenal multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, most notably for progressive rock troop KingBathmat. He has released seven long players since 2003, but the acoustic long-player, Unearth (March 2014) marked his first release under his own name. Stay Away From The Dark from that long-player is a study in acoustic-based progressive rock. Minor key flourishes are everywhere. The music builds on a simple piano melody, adding acoustic guitar and drums, adding in John’s pleasing tenor vocals, mixed in…
Read MoreNOTE: The original video stopped working. It appears to have been pulled by the band. No explanation that I know of. This is a replacement for that video. – Vodka Folly and The Hunter are a great indie-pop band. My only complaint is that there is no biographical information out there on the band. Even though the band has a great web site, which includes musical purchase options, tour schedule and more, there is no bio information up there. The closest thing…
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