Century Club
Keep It In the Fairway
Free Download

Century Club is a band comprised of Todd Kemp, Ryan Ervin, and Sam Powers, three Southern gentlemen from South and West Nashville, respectively. Previously, they played in other bands. Now, they play in this one. They specialize in a brand of music that the critics like to call “white guy guitar rock.”

The above snippet of facts, taken from the bands own mouths, is the perfect summation of the new project. You likely recognize some of the names from many other Nashville bands – The Carter Administration being the most likely candidate – and the music they create is definitely of the rock variety. Though, to call it “white guy guitar rock” implies an aggression that isn’t present here. Keep It In the Fairway maintains a nice balance of melancholy tunes, sweet songs and the high energy pop goods. Make sure you hear their cover of The Wipers “Over the Edge” – so damn good.

Uncle Skeleton
All Too Human
Digital / Double LP

As has been established many times before, I am quite biased when it comes to the proper judgment of Uncle Skeleton. His albums are released under my hobby of a record label, yk records and, regardless of that, we’re actually just good friends. So, with that disclaimer out of the way…

The latest offering from Uncle Skeleton, All Too Human, manages to cover a lot of stylistic ground in it’s sixty-eight minute running time. Spread across the four sides of vinyl that it resides on it manages to tackle danceable electronic songs, pop, bossa nova, lo-fi explorations and the drawn out world of ambient. Hopefully the massive tracklisting won’t scare you off from trying it out, as it really is a properly consumable running time. At least dabble in with Berlin to Frankreich or Beeshie for a little variety.

Calicocat
Soup Du Jour
Free Download

Calicocat has multiple things going for it that I find appealing. 1) The cat reference that is their name. I am, admittedly, a sucker for such things. When you spend as much time on the Internet as I do, you kinda have to be. 2) Straightahead rock that finds that balance between fist-pumping energy and memorable catchiness isn’t easy but they nail it consistently. 3) Matt Robinson’s vocals have a languid nature to them that stirs up a feeling of genuine emoting – it’s a believable melancholy and I appreciate that. Soup Du Jour fits within these parameters and, therefore, I recommend it to you. Plus, it’s free. What have you got to lose?