Colemine/Karma Chief Records are re-releasing Kendra Morris’ 2016 EP Babble and adding three new tracks to mark the occasion. The record’s mix of soul, hip hop, and jazz all support Morris’s strong voice as Babble does more than just ambulate along
Death Valley Girls have softened musically with each release, adding more pop influences, and digging more into the spiritual hippy cosmos of the we-are-all-in-this-together vibe. They also have continually improved, as Islands in the Sky is their best album to date.
The Secret Machines’ newest release actually dates back to 2010 when the group started recording it in a unique, real-time fashion using a ‘first thought being the best thought’ rule for the session.
The New Brunswick, NJ-based trio Screaming Females have always straddled the genres of punk, indie, metal, and arena-ready jams, but on their newest album Desires Pathway, they deliver their most accessible musical offering with splashes of power pop and polished alt-rock.
Dreamy vocals and layers of fuzzed-up strings are the cornerstones of the newest release from Black Belt Eagle Scout on Saddle Creek Records titled The Land, The Water, The Sky.
Take a random handful of both early 80’s hard rock and power pop, toss that in a blender, garnish with a slice of Blink-182 and the resulting cocktail would be called White Reape
Having started his career as a garage-rocking party man, Kyle Thomas instantly transformed into his stage persona King Tuff. Now, deep into his solo career, Thomas eases back and luxuriates in the natural world and memories of his hometown, two vitally important pieces to this personal album, Smalltown Stardust.
The Oakland, CA-based Orchestra Gold combine afrobeat with psych rock, reggae and more on their third album Medicine. Singing in the Bambara language, the band delivers unique soundscapes over the course of these eight tracks. The seven-piece fuse a sixties garage/psych rock sound onto the afrobeat formula with mixed results.
Price has always been shifting, yet Strays feels like a clear breaking point where she is shaking off labels and trying to find a new/true voice.
The music town of New Orleans is awash in great artists and one of the longtime supporting acts is stepping out from the shadows as Ernie Vincent’s newest solo album Original Dap King, finds the guitarist/singer (with the help of some friends) getting loose over originals and covers alike.
