Author Archives: Michael Eades

New track from The Ettes set for release on Cassette Store Day 2015.

I love stumbling upon surprising gems like the latest from catfish. It’s a quiet affair but sets an excellent mood. The emotive vocals are pleasantly augmented by the pedal steel or well executed backing vocals. I’m not sure what more to expect from this outfit but I’m liking what I’m hearing – it seems a […]

 previously? Well, he enlisted the help of T Rust for one of the recent tracks, Society.  Less than 90 seconds isn’t much for a song but it’s just long enough to whet your appetite to hear more… 

There are lyrics inside this two track EP but they only register as additional noise and torment to the already massive wall of sound trudging its way towards you. Proud to have bands from Nashville creating music that sounds like the gates of Hell have been opened and the house band is working its way […]

Take a look at a sample of the lyrics from this Pornography track: these are my failures I do not want to get better I want to be so much worse I don’t look forward I only look back I am not present If you didn’t guess, the music behind those words is huge booming […]

Labeling yourself as Folk or Americana can be a tricky genre to pull off – as you run the risk of hurdling yourself off a cliff of pretentiousness and shallow performances. Damned Rivers manage to avoid the pitfalls and stay on the enjoyable side by embracing their slightly off kilter vocals. This kind of disaster […]

The (largely) instrumental, electronic explorations of BRLY are not something you encounter very often in the Nashville music scene. There’s hints of Prefuse73 influence – infusing hip-hop style beats and more chilled out electronica. In just a quick four tracks, it covers a lot of ground. 

Bet you haven’t checked out the offerings of Smyrna too often have you? Well, Pumpkinseed is bringing some riff-y rock with impassioned vocals to a beer bar near you. There’s plenty of promise in these demos and I hope to hear more fully fleshed out tunes from these guys.

I’m not sure I’m quite eloquent enough to give the latest from Jupiter Is My Hard Drive a proper review. The album blends a number of genres and styles into an enjoyable package that starts off with a dark, foreboding vibe and ends up somewhere rather optimistic.  The influences range from The Cure and Depeche […]

Album art goes a long way when you’re competing with, literally, thousands of other things to listen to. The doodled ghost in a sea of pink that adorns this single from Phoul is an excellent representation of the lo-fi bedroom pop within.