Author: Kim Muncie

Posted on: June 16, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Actor Linda Collins Entertains the Masses

Actor Linda Collins isn’t one for lying fallow. There’s something restless and yearning about her obvious constant involvement in one project or another, centering on film or music, that distinguishes her and others like Collins from mere entertainers. Make no mistake – the capacity to entertain the masses, even in part, is a blessing and increasingly so in the midst of the modern world’s struggles. We need respite, safe harbor,…

Posted on: June 14, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Panda Riot Releases New Album

Using size and sonic depth to tell us a story is nothing new in alternative rock, as the shoegaze movement has been teaching us for the better part of the last thirty-five years, but this isn’t to say that Panda Riot’s new album Extra Cosmic is lacking in profoundness – quite the contrary, truth be told. Where a lot of other alternative acts have abandoned indulgence in favor of a…

Posted on: June 6, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Leland and the Silver Wells Release New Music

Psychedelic themes became a prominent part of Leland and the Silver Wells’ sound with the release of their third studio album back in 2018, and through their new LP Straight to Your Town, they’re expanding on these themes in a manner that might surprise a lot of their listeners and critics the same. With songs like “The Blue Sea” and “What Comes Around,” they abandon the old school psych-rock model for…

Posted on: June 6, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Sitting down with The Roughhousers

How do your prior years and experiences in the entertainment industry shape The Roughhousers releases? What brought the two of you together for this rockabilly duo? I think the lockdown brought out the weirdo in all of us! I was writing a bunch of songs after a long hiatus from my music career because I was suddenly homeschooling my 3 kids and trying to keep them entertained during “Mama’s Music…

Posted on: May 23, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Little Wretches Release New Album

Little Wretches are part of a larger musical movement, indie folk-rock, but they don’t imitate anyone. Their embrace of retro songwriting styles, traditional instrumentation, and imagery common to such music isn’t pastiche but, instead, transmutes their individual experiences through a recognizable and time-tested vehicle. There’s a lot you’ll hear over the course of Red Beets & Horseradish’s thirteen songs that will remind you of other bands, artists, and singers. If you…

Posted on: May 19, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Psyclo Releases “Slaughter House” EP

Psyclo has released her new EP, Slaughter House. Now residing in Los Angeles, Psyclo is one of the most mysterious and intriguing artists on the scene today. Her music sounds both modern and futuristic, finding the perfect balance between accessibility and the avant-garde. Psyclo attempts to find beauty in dark spaces, playing musical hide and seek, while maintaining a vaguely protected emotional barrier. She is disturbingly authentic and her introversion…

Posted on: May 18, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 1

John McDonough Releases New Music

John McDonough’s songs are full of lessons learned from life, love, practicing psychotherapy, and a quarter-century of playing music in Austin, Texas. He makes his home in Chicago since 2020 and continues writing, recording, and performing with renewed vigor. The newfound vigor came ten years ago, in part, from McDonough’s decision to stop working as a practicing psychotherapist and, at long last, devote himself full-time to his art. He’s released…

Posted on: May 17, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

“Flame Of Truth” by Chalice Collective

“Flame Of Truth” is the new single from Chalice Collective. A beautiful, and almost spiral-like formation, Chalice Collective takes special care in making this track a spindle of light and magic. All the senses come alive, as does the old noggin’. This song gets you both thinking and grooving. Imagine being stuck inside a Light Bright (remember those!) with a whole motherboard of colors at your feet. “Flame Of Truth”…

Posted on: May 12, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

Ananda Xenia Shakti Releases EP

Ananda Xenia Shakti has enjoyed a long musical career working with some of the finest performers emerging in the late 20th century. However, it sounds like she’s discovered her truest self by exploring Indian music with Love Power the Band. The five songs on the EP Love is Where You Are roar with passion, never for the sake of hearing itself roar alone, but announcing to the world what it believes and holds…

Posted on: May 6, 2022 Posted by: Kim Muncie Comments: 0

“Sampati” From 148

The slow jam “Summer Breeze” might not have the same punch that a lot of its tracklist predecessors do in the new album Sampati from 148, but this just might be the main reason why it works so well as the closer for this debut LP from the acclaimed hip-hop duo. “Summer Breeze” brings us full circle from where we begin in the viral single “Topeka Vibe,” and while it doesn’t hit…