When Peoria, Illinois natives Austin Thompson and Collin Krause joined forces with John Williams on bass and vocals, John Merikoski on drums and percussion, and Travis Kowalsky on banjo in 2013, they
Out of the indie-punk bomb shelters of Birmingham, Ala., came the inevitable union of The Ohms and now-defunct Merge Records Verbena—purveyors of cult-favorite records that inspired scores of Southeastern kids
Life in 24 Frames formed in Sacramento, California with one mission – to share the honesty and purity of their musical creations with as many people as possible. Since their
Sometimes bands happen to play in bars and sometimes bands are made for bars. Chicago outfit The Black Oil Brothers are the latter. This quartet seeks to draw that age old
How much can you say you know about Northeastern Ontario? Chances are, not much. But here in this corner of Canada is where you can find the hard-hitting blues rock
Jared Deck seems to fit the profile of a workingman’s troubadour. He was raised on a family farm in an Oklahoma town with a population of 1,200 and grew up
The first thing you probably wonder when you hear the band name SHEL is, what does that even mean? It may seem a little odd, but it is actually the
When Billy Kingsborough put together a band that carried his last name back in 2011, his goal was to re-create the kind of big rock and roll sound that was commonplace
Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Anna Tivel classifies her music with her own mash-up word “folkmericana”. Give her a listen and you’ll find this is a pretty damn accurate descriptor. Tivel’s voice
Maybe I’m out of touch with the reggae scene these days, but if there is one thing I can note it’s the lack of acts embracing the legacy of the
