Author Archives: Michael Eades

261: Back into the Mailbag

Volunteer Department, Gee Slab feat. Namir Blade, Slow Pass, B. Stokes, Lord Goldie & Sweet Poison, Chico Rashad, Kara Frazier feat The Aquaducks, Ayanana Jahneé, Jyou, Richard String, Tedadore, Aaron Parke, Apollo Crier, Total Wife

Gee Slab – “Hand Grenades (feat Namir Blade)”

What happens when you put two extremely prolific artists together for a collaboration track? Gee Slab and Namir Blade aim to find out with the release of the single “Hand Grenades,” now streaming everywhere. For those not paying attention; Gee Slab’s been keeping busy recently with the release of his Because I Can EP, a […]

Jordan Lehning – “Drunk Dreaming” (Official Video)

We here at We Own This Town are big fans of Jordan Lehning. From our original introduction in 2007 via the band Eureka Gold, to his contributions on the sublime Make-out with Violence soundtrack to his plethora of solo albums over the years, he’s proven to be consistently enjoyable. He’s announced a new full-length album […]

Ross McReynolds & Juan Solorzano – Instrumentals

Instrumentals by Ross McReynolds & Juan Solorzano Ross McReynolds and Juan Solorzano are possibly not names you are familiar with but have contributed to recordings you have likely encountered. Both musicians are multi-instrumentalists that lend their input to a number of recordings – McReynolds most recently appeared with Lydia Luce and Jess Nolan while Solorzano […]

260: Familiar Songs

COVER SONG SPECIAL EDITION: cosmic collective, Dirty Fuss, Butthole, Trip God F’RF’R & Negro Justice, Tristen, Reno Bo, And the Relatives & Caitlin Rose, Nick Woods, Cheers for Fears, Jesse Noah Wilson, Nicole Atkins, Sean Nelson

Volunteer Department – “Cows of Tomorrow”

Cows of Tomorrow by Volunteer Department, Heaven Honey Volunteer Department has a deep back catalog of works stretching to at least 2017. The recent singles “Robert Downey, Jr.” and “Shitten” seem to denote a new era for the project. These tracks are clearly related to the prior releases but they contain a tighter production, a […]

SONATORE – “I’M A GH_ST” (Official Video)

For the uninitiated, Sonatore is a self-described “digital avatar” – a bend of an art project that mixes vintage aesthetics, analog photography and original musical compositions as an online entity. They often perform in a veil, a way of obfuscating themselves from reality and, from what we’ve heard of the music thus far, contextualizing the […]

259: A Sucker for Backwards Style

repeat repeat, Slow Pass, Les Ailes, Corduroy Clemens, Da Real A1yo, Rio Tokyo, Jess Hess, The It City, Jessica Breanne, Full Mood, Crowkeeper, Bendrix Littleton, Hikko Morri, William Tyler & Luke Schneider