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Fans and friends of Nashville favorites, The Delta Saints, packed the always intimate Basement for the release of "California,' the band’s first single from their new album, Monte Vista. Even before the Saints took the stage, you could feel an excited energy from the members as they mingled with the crowd, waiting for their chance to show... Continue Reading →
If you're a regular around here (and if you aren't, you totally should be), you've noticed we've been drooling over Winstons, our new favorite New York-based blues rock duo. We literally, and I mean literally, can't get enough of their soulful sound, and we want you to be as excited about them as we are.... Continue Reading →
Fresh off last week’s release of their new album, Feel, New York-based three-member touring machine Wild Adriatic took the intimate stage of the High Watt in Nashville. Feel, inspired by a painful breakup, was written to highlight the band’s evolution both in life and music. With that theme on display, the trio focused on songs from... Continue Reading →
"Love should be enough," wails Winstons frontman Lou Nutting, in "Enough," the Brooklyn-based band's second single; the song follows single "Without You," which premiered last week. Both will be available on limited edition 7" vinyl or by download on February 17th via Grand Jury, which can be pre-ordered here. Winstons make the kind of rock n' roll that drills its... Continue Reading →
Brooklyn-based garage rock badasses Winstons has released "Without You," a howling blues tune with a touch of gritty nostalgia, via Grand Jury. The song is one of two from a 7" available on February 17th. We hear they put on quote a show, and from the sound of this solitary song, we might just be willing to... Continue Reading →
It was all about girl power last night at The High Watt for the release of pop-flavored soulstress Whissell’s debut EP Old Souls, Young Bodies with FJØRA and Fleurie providing opening support. The audience was crammed into the intimate space, with many familiar faces from Nashville’s burgeoning pop community there to support the success of one of their... Continue Reading →
I love Austin, Texas; the best chili and Tex-Mex I’ve ever had live there, and much like Nashville, people aren’t afraid to be who they are, a mentality that provides fertile ground for creativity to freely bloom. There’s also a particular sound I’ve come to expect from Austin—while while it’s a hub for country twang... Continue Reading →
Nashville-based bluesy alt-rockers The New Respects, having recently signed with Credential Recordings, are taking 2017 by the horns with a brilliant new single, "Money." “'Money' was written while we were in college, when we didn’t have much,” reflects the band's bassist Alexis Fitzgerald. “The chorus says 'life ain’t about money,' and that’s true; we found happiness... Continue Reading →
My first listen to the funk finesse of “Appleton,” the new single from Wild Adriatic that invokes the imagery of summer-time humidity and southern-tinged blues rock, I just knew this band and I were kindred Southern spirits. However, my script was flipped when I found out they were from upstate New York. Me: “I love... Continue Reading →
In case you had doubts, you should know that gingers have soul, and Los Angeles-based bluesy rocker Joe Marson is living proof. “I’ve always been very moved by music. I grew up listening to a lot of different things, and I feel like I understood it at a soul level very early on. I soaked it... Continue Reading →
