independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
Us The Duo, of viral #6SecondCovers fame, recently released a brand new album, Just Love; the pair is touring to support the record, which will bring them to Nashville on August 1st to perform at Cannery Ballroom. The band became social media sensations in 2014 with their #6SecondCovers, and have amassed 10 million followers across... Continue Reading →
“Yeah, I guess it’s kind of creepy,” laughs soulful songcrafter Matt Brown about naming his baby blue Fender Telecaster. “I have lots of guitars, but ‘Stella’ and I have a special bond. I think every player has that ‘one’ guitar. She’s irreplaceable.” The Washington native with an old soul got Stella at the turning point... Continue Reading →
Anonymously-fronted emerging pop band Republican Hair makes 80s-tinged tunes with a playful smirk; rumor has it that the band’s voice and fearless leader is Luke Dick, a highly sought-after songwriter in my neck of the woods who is the mastermind behind popular cuts on albums by Eric Church, Charlie Worsham, and Dierks Bentley, to name a... Continue Reading →
Until a month or so ago, Nashville underground rock outfit Ranch Ghost had two songs out in the digisphere, that they had posted in 2012. Devotees, and believe me, there are a multitude of us, had to be satisfied with “New News” and “The Water” on repeat. You do what you have to. I met... Continue Reading →
"I listen to grandparents music,” The Explorers Club's Jason Brewer admitted to the Austin Chronicle, “I was like, ‘I want to be on the Lawrence Welk show'.” While the Explorers Club has more in common with the Beach Boys than, say, an all-female polka group, they are heavily influenced by the work of Burt Bacharach,... Continue Reading →
Nashville-by-way-of-St. Louis singer-songwriter and Season 4 constant on The Voice, Caroline Glaser, will release her self-titled debut album on Friday, June 24th. “I’ve always loved music but never pursued it fully until after my experience on The Voice,” she says. After the show wrapped, Glaser hit the road to tour, and two years ago, decided... Continue Reading →
“The stars just kind of aligned for us,” says Harpooner co-founder Max Mullen, who met bandmates Scott Schmadeke and Josh Morrow while attending college in Bloomington, Indiana. “We were all playing basement shows together in different bands, started hanging out almost every weekend, and Harpooner was born,” adds Schmadeke. A desire to expand their horizons... Continue Reading →
After 14 years in Los Angeles, songcrafting specialist and self-described pizza aficionado, Meiko, decided it was time for a significant change. “I felt very stagnant there, and I didn’t feel like I was growing,” she explains. “It was scary to move to a new place, but it sparked new emotions and inspiration. It was the... Continue Reading →
Lonely The Brave released a live session (recorded at their rehearsal studios, The Glasshouse) of their stunning single “Diamond Days”, a track that has been a live favorite and is featured on the UK band's forthcoming album, Things Will Matter, released Friday, May 20th. Things Will Matter marks their first full LP featuring second guitarist Ross Smithwick; the interplay between... Continue Reading →
Everybody has one…that collection of favorites situated on one record that rides shotgun as you're driving down by the beach, through the city, or in the wide-open country—the soundtrack to your summer that blares through the rattling speakers of your car stereo. Maybe you thought you had already found that record and placed it firmly... Continue Reading →
