independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Andy Baxter, who, with Kyle Jahnke, comprises folkicana duo Penny and Sparrow. The pair released their delicious new album, Let A Lover Drown You, on March 11th via Single Lock Records, and were en route to a venue in Seattle: Andy: Social media has been kind, and people have... Continue Reading →
Wanderwild, the passion project of Athens-based Matt Martin, has released "Misty Morning", an ethereal indie pop/folk single from his debut EP, Fleeting, due out this Friday, March 25th. Martin says it's a song "about the cyclical nature of life, using season as a metaphor for change, process, and personal progress." I can assure you, if you... Continue Reading →
Music is something that we connect to and long for in good times and bad; it connects with something inside of us that longs to be explored and solidified. With Tim McNary’s new EP, Above The Trees, the singer-songwriter has dug deep into the well of the soul to find sounds that echo with my own personal questions... Continue Reading →
Atlanta folk singer-songwriter Ben Cramer, who performs under the moniker Old Sea Brigade, released his debut self-titled EP this January.  While Cramer was in town recently, we met at cozy local studio, Villain Place, where he played "Georgia", a ballad from the EP, with a transfixing tenderness that gave us a serious case of the feels.  SWOON. Without further ado, East of... Continue Reading →
Brooke Waggoner has music in her DNA; her singing brothers can play a multitude of instruments, and her mother is a pianist. Her great grandfather, a renowned classical pianist who fled Germany during the Second World War, started a piano company in New York, eventually relocating the family business to south Louisiana. Waggoner herself began... Continue Reading →
Nashville-based songcrafter Tim McNary has a life story worthy of a song itself.  Born on the southside of Chicago, he was raised in a strict evangelical environment without secular music, followed his wanderlust to tiny seaside towns in South America, and sang in a southern rock band along the eastern coast of the United States. Before moving... Continue Reading →
Austin-based indie folk band Wild Child released their third and latest album, Fools, this year; the record, which shows the group stretching the boundaries of what they've done before, is amazing in its entirety--and y'all, that's not something I say very often about a whole album.  It was difficult to choose a favorite for the list, but... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I hear an album that feels so genuine and unique, it refreshes my musical palate, bringing new flavors I didn’t even know I liked.  My musical experience had been missing something for a while, but I didn’t know what--until my first listen to John Fatum’s debut LP, Locked Up in My Mind, due for release... Continue Reading →
Formidable folk quartet Darlingside will be performing at The High Watt in Nashville this Thursday, December 10th.  The band released their latest album, the critically acclaimed Birds Say, in September; I had the chance to catch up with band vocalist and banjo maestro Don Mitchell right after Thanksgiving, and we began our chat by discussing our... Continue Reading →
"I didn’t grow up listening to folk music, but over the past seven or so years, I’ve been more and more drawn to it," says Austin Bisnow (a.k.a. Austin Bis), frontman of Los Angeles indie folk-rock group Magic Giant.  Several years ago, Bis, a multi-talented pop songwriter and producer who  has written and produced songs for... Continue Reading →
