Rollicking blues rock. Source: SoundCloud / Family Fiction Continue reading
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Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
sngalbums: It’s hard to set your expectations too high when it comes to Terra Lightfoot. Her sound can be easily compared to The Black Keys, with a mastery of guitars and pounding kick drums, and her new album delivers on all fronts. On New Mistakes, she reaches new milestones with her evocative songwriting, singing about heartache and emotional catharsis with an equal amount of her signature … Continue reading Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
It’s hard to set your expectations too high when it comes to Terra Lightfoot. Her sound can be easily compared to The Black Keys, with a mastery of guitars and pounding kick drums, and her new album delivers on all fronts. On New Mistakes, she reaches new milestones with her evocative songwriting, singing about heartache and emotional catharsis with an equal amount of her signature grit. … Continue reading Making New Mistakes with Terra Lightfoot
Fink’s Fearless Resurgam
sngalbums: Fearlessness is not just doing the extraordinary; often it can mean the exact opposite. One must know fear in order to overcome it, after all, and small, deliberate steps will still lead you out of the woods. Why not follow the rhythm of Fink’s new record Resurgam? This record is an ethereal rebirth. Each track is stripped back and played in seemingly half-time, fast … Continue reading Fink’s Fearless Resurgam
The single, “Underweight” is an excellent introduction to two relatively new Bay area artists. Social Work is producer Will Butler from Berkeley, who creates fun jams using non-visual and adaptive technologies due to his legal blindness. He has teamed up with Dreamqueen, formerly of Waterstrider. Enjoy their collab and look out for more from both artists soon. Source: SoundCloud / Social Work Continue reading
Úlfur Hansson is currently based in New York, but his music takes after his Nordic compatriots, such as Jónsi and Ólöf Arnalds. “Fovea” is the first single off of Úlfur’s new LP, Arborescence, named after the fractal-like possibility of random movement, which he specifies is “the phenomenon of branching out, following the path of least resistance, growing from a seed, or a bolt of lightning as it … Continue reading
Like their name suggests, Lean Year doesn’t come with any frills. And you won’t need them, given how thoughtful their new single, “Come and See” feels. It will appear on their forthcoming eponymous record, out 10/20 on Western Vinyl; pre-order. Source: SoundCloud / Western Vinyl Continue reading
Soulful alt rock. Source: SoundCloud / JOSEPH OF MERCURY Continue reading
Til Howl’s self-titled EP ranges from heavy alt rock to meditative psych, sometimes all in the same song. Give it a full listen on Bandcamp. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Ought’s Tim Darcy Pushes New Boundaries on Solo LP, Saturday Night
Read the full interview on Grimy Goods. Drawing from his deep reservoir of talent, Tim Darcy is a Renaissance man by any estimation. He is best known as the lead singer for the Montreal-based rock band, Ought, whose last album came out two years ago. It was around this time that Darcy began the process of writing for his debut solo record, Saturday Night, out … Continue reading Ought’s Tim Darcy Pushes New Boundaries on Solo LP, Saturday Night
Sawdust & Gin 