Last Kiss, the current single by Colette Kavanagh, is a touching effort that immediately draws listeners in with warm production and nuanced instrumentation. The rising and falling of Colette’s voice during Last Kiss builds upon the framework established by Sheryl Crow and Natalie Grant.
On break from doing co-lead vocal duties in the Brooklyn-based San Fermin, Allen Tate doesn’t stray far from the musical territory of that band with this solo effort Though this first go alone is less intricately orchestrated than his main band – with a focus more on the poetic lyrics than the minimalist music – Tate’s fever dream vocals are the trademark which he carries into anything he does.
Today, we are speaking with Mike Vaccaro. Can you give us a little background information about yourself? How did you get into music? I started in 4th grade like most California students on clarinet. Added the sax in 8th grade, the flute in 12th grade and the oboe at around 24 years of age.
For fans of disco and early dance music, the name Anita Ward will bring fond memories. Ward’s Ring My Bell was a massive hit in 1979 and still garners radio play. Not content with the fame brought by Ring My Bell (and Don’t Drop My Love after that), Ward released her Another Big Mistake. This 2016 single showcases Anita staying true to her roots with a bold, bouncy beat and inimitable…
June Is the Coldest Time is a haunting, expansive track that immediately requires listeners to focus on each movement that Alien Skin includes. This bold gambit provides listeners with some semblance of where Alien Skin is going to go on his latest release. The sound of this first single is reminiscent of Spandau Ballet and The Smiths. Hints of electronic fuzz bring a bit more ambient and techno into the…
The straight-forward, fuzzy punk music that Lexington’s Rampancy At Midnight create during Spooky and the Karoushi is tremendously catchy. The guitar work present at this early part of their current EP Late is the Hour will immediately draw listeners in, while the frantic and haunting vocals that play at the top of the track further very the track. Hints of surf, psychedelic, and desert rock all can be discerned with this opening…
Janey Street creates a tender and complex track with her latest single, (I’m Not) The Girl I Used to Know. The stripped-down instrumentation that represents the backing beat is assertive with little more than a guitar and set of drums.
Paper Pilots craft a unique form of electronic-infused alternative rock. A distinct set of vocals shine above the track, building off of the style of R.E.M. and They Might Be Giants. A bit of California rock from the sixties and the instrumental brilliance of the mid-nineties are the cornerstones of Paper Pilot’s output here.
We’re sitting down with California’s Overlord Gruff. Let’s get right to it – What’s your story? How were you raised, what achievements have you had in your life? “Well, first off let me say thank you for giving me this opportunity. I was raised in a militaristic fashion. My parents always had me involved in some sort of combat training. I didn’t allow myself to play team sports like football…
The short-lived Scottish jangle pop band Close Lobsters never really got the recognition of some of their peers like Aztec Camera or R.E.M., but damn did they deserve it. Around just long enough to put out two proper albums in the late ‘80s, the band disappeared soon after. They reformed in 2012 to play a handful of festivals and again in 2014 to play another festival and release the two-song…
