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Ryan Spearman – Get Along Home

By Charlie Englar From St. Louis, Missouri comes an organic, naturally grown form of stripped-down musical spontaneity. A rich, textural throwback of a vocal accent brings songs meant for the past into the future of […]

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The Patti Fiasco – The Patti Fiasco

By Erik Myers The Patti Fiasco shows its heart at the halfway mark on their full-length debut: “Didja know, Wyoming is for lovers?” Hearing it from the talented Alysia Kraft, one is willing to believe […]

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Give 'Er Hell – Destroyinat'er

By Devin Morse In a number of ways, Destroyinat’er is the proverbial whiskey-drenched leather jacket that defined heavy rock two decades ago. Without fail, Give ‘er Hell sports the brand of old-school greasiness that justifies […]

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Driftwood Fire – How to Untangle a Heartache

By Lincoln Greenhaw There is a tradition in folk music of heart-breakingly clear female voices, from June Carter Cash to Emmylou Harris to Australian folk songstresses the Waifs. Those voices always work best when highlighting […]

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Post Paradise – The New Normal

By Dusty Ray A cello-driven pop/post-punk quintet that rocks out with an ear for the symphonic, Post Paradise is a tight outfit whose aspirations are far reaching but accessible. With The New Normal, they belt […]

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School Knights – All Dawgz Go to Heaven

By Erik Myers It’s still fashionable to rip on reverb, right? All signs point to yes, so long as the basement-dwelling, tape-recording, knob-addled guitar geeks keep it up. There’s a ton of it out there, […]

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Spring Creek Bluegrass Band – Hold On Me

By Charlie Englar For their fourth studio album, Hold On Me, Spring Creek deliver an excellent mix of free-flowing jamgrass and hard picking traditional bluegrass. Old West-style vocals and smooth and slow tunes are added […]

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Ariana Saraha – Live at Immersive Studios

By Dusty Ray Rarely is an artist’s full vision and talent captured successfully on a live cut, but Ariana Saraha’s Live at Immersive Studios does so with unabashed ease. The album opens up with “Phoenix”; […]

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The 23 String Band – Catch 23

By Charlie Englar To pick or not to pick? The 23 String Band would have no problem with the answer to that question. Cumberland Valley has been known to produce bluegrass nirvana, and there may […]

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Ape 9 – Ok, Yeah

By Conor Hooley OK, Yeah is nine tracks of underground hip-hop that pairs Colorado rapper Ape9’s gravelly flow with producer Dirtybird’s futuristic take on boom bap. The combination proves to be inspired, as Ape’s low-register, […]