This is one of those records that immediately struck us when we initially heard it (Single “Brotha” was on repeat a LOT when we first received that one) so we immediately started a draft… then promptly moved onto the next shiny new title in our queue and left the in-the-works [...]
There’s a reason why Boston’s Other Brother Darryl made it as far as they did in the 2024 Rock & Roll Rumble despite being the lone Country-adjacent artist across the massive line up. And there’s a reason why OBD won the Boston Music Award for “Country Artist of the Year” [...]
We managed to miss covering not one, but TWO, releases from Slower featuring vocalist/bassist Amy Tung Barrysmith. So, in regards to new music from Amy going forward, we vow this: NEVER AGAIN! Unless there’s a month where ATB releases, like, 4 different projects in which case we’ll try really hard [...]
We know there’s definitely not another MA/AZ hybrid outfit out there making the kind of modern Alternative Americana the way that Canyons and Locusts do. And we’re pretty sure there’s not an artist as prolific right now as CaD either especially with a concept album rearing to go barely a [...]
Some of the best reviews, we think, are spurned on by songs or sounds that immediately compel us to dive in with our notes and first impressions and then go back and try and formulate coherent thoughts from all the initial word vomit. If we had been writing back in [...]
There’s records out there that, when a single or two gets released and they’re just so fantastic right off the bat, it becomes a little suspect. Mostly because back in the days before instant grat releases and being able to hear something in its’ entirety right away some artists/labels/management would [...]
