Like Honeyhoney itself, First Rodeo is hard to classify. It simmers then boils; it whispers then howls. Throughout, Santo delivers stunning performances that will make you wonder why the hell you haven't heard of her yet.
He’s one of Nashville’s most gifted songwriters, equally adept at penning heart tuggers and barn burners.
"We’re together, like two names carved in an oak tree. And we want to be together for a long time."
"Modern country music has become like McDonald’s. Yeah, over a billion served. But is it the best cheeseburger?"
It's as warm as it is unhinged. The Foos show off every aspect of their sound, yielding hard-core metal, snotty garage rock, pop-punk and straight-ahead burners.
Steve Earle is nothing if not adaptable. In the 1980s, he harnessed his youthful defiance to craft a rough-and-tumble sound that was sturdy enough that even mainstream...
There’s no rule against bands re-forming years or even decades after their heyday, nor any script detailing how they should go about it. Inspiration can come...
For a bunch of Brooklynites playing noise pop, Crystal Stilts has been pretty quiet since their critically-acclaimed debut album, Alight of Night, dropped in 2008. Their...
In the absence of an Animal Collective album since 2009′s post-Merriweather EP Fall Be Kind, it’s tempting to compare Noah Lennox’s latest release with his bandmate...
Washington DC’s Red Line: awful. Redline: Awesome. Rockville five piece Redline Addiction has released one previous full length album and a handful of EPs since 2008. Newest album Letters (released...
In “America!” Bill Callahan lays out some of his main influences over a lite-porn guitar riff: “Captain Kristofferson, Buck Sergeant Newbury, Leatherneck Jones, Sergeant Cash… what an...
Transatlantic duo The Kills have made quite a comeback with their fourth LP, Blood Pressures. Known for their garage-edged, claustrophobic sound, American singer Alison Mosshart and English...
Jason Isbell has more soul than the next three alternative country singers put together. The grit of southern rhythm and blues has permeated his sound since...
It’s been two years since California garage pop outfit Hunx and his Punx released Gay Singles, which was more of a compilation of singles than an original...
Peanut Butter is Paul Bugala and David Diaz; the band has been together since 2009, but this is their first record. Incorporating rock, folk, punk, and...
