Switchback: Black Mountain
From Switchback’s 12th album Ghosts of the River Folk The indie Folk-Pop band Switchback, out of Chicago, has a brand new album coming out in January – Ghosts of the River Folk. Ghosts of the River Folk is the latest…
The Good Graces: Bad Driver
The Good Graces was formed in early 2007 when Kim Ware, founder of Eskimo Kiss Records, picked up a $90 guitar from Atlanta’s late great Lakewood Antiques Market and started fiddling around with some simple chords and melodies. It wasn’t…
Powderburn: Black Untold
From their 4th album One Fix Powderburn, a hard rock foursome that calls Austin, Texas home is; Ken Lockman on vocals/guitars, Eric Anthony on lead guitar/vocals, Greg Enkler on bass/vocals and Patrick Swift on drums. With classic head banging percussion,…
Tripping Hazard: Destruction
From the album Wron: Suicide Goat Tripping Hazard was conceived in a bathtub in downtown Toronto on February 11th, 2005, and born in the upstairs of the Poor Alex Theatre over drinks, conversations concerning Frank Zappa, Babes in Toyland and…
Derek Clegg: Cannot Change
Derek Clegg, a one-man writing, recording, and producing machine out of Chicago, had sent me a message over at Last.FM the other night – something about a free album. Naturally I’m always curious when someone contacts me outside the normal…