Sitting by the water as she drinks coffee in the brilliant California sun, Maddi Hawkes, who makes her gut-punching brand of pop rock music under the moniker Mad Hawkes,... Continue Reading →
“POWERFUL OWL” – NEW ALBUM from BELLE MINERS
Canadian/Australian trio Belle Miners released their debut album Powerful Owl on November 3rd and announced a string of tour dates in Australia in January 2018. The album was made while travelling... Continue Reading →
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with DONORA
“It didn’t seem different at the time," says Casey Hanner, vocalist for Pittsburgh-based alt-pop band Donora, who has music in her DNA. “When I was a kid, my dad was... Continue Reading →
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with SCREAMIN’ JOHN & TD LIND
Life is a funny thing, isn’t it? We make lots of plans, and they rarely work out the way we imagine—the shortest distance between two points is a straight line…but... Continue Reading →
ALBUM REVIEW: “THE WILD” by THE RURAL ALBERTA ADVANTAGE
Canadian indie-rock band The Rural Alberta Advantage has undergone some changes in tune in the past year with the departure of original band member, Amy Cole, but this loss sure... Continue Reading →
ALBUM REVIEW: “DEADBEAT GRAFFITI” by BLACK PISTOL FIRE
If you haven’t yet heard of Black Pistol Fire, you should—but even if you haven’t, that probably won’t be true for very much longer. From their energetic festival appearances to... Continue Reading →
“PLAY DEAD” – NEW ALBUM from MUTEMATH
We've had such a crush on alt-rock outfit MUTEMATH since we first heard their adrenaline-surging tune "Spotlight" on the swoon-worthy Twilight soundtrack back in 2008 (thou shalt not judge), and got addicted... Continue Reading →
LIVE SHOW REVIEW: PENNY AND SPARROW
At only the second debut of their new album Wendigo, Penny and Sparrow had a crowd full of eager listeners hanging onto every word, harmony, and strum recently at Marathon... Continue Reading →
PREVIEW: MY POLITIC ALBUM RELEASE at THE FAMILY WASH on 8/28/17
Nick Pankey and Kaston Guffey, who seem more like brothers than life-long friends, met each other in the Ozark, Missouri middle school equivalent of home economics class. “It was a... Continue Reading →
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with JASON WILBER
“You can put one of those records on and it casts a magic spell—you can be somewhere else in some other story. It was an escape,” says Jason Wilber, who... Continue Reading →