Trails and Ways: Mtn Tune
Today’s featured single is from last summer’s release by Oakland’s TRAILS AND WAYS. A note about the track from the band: “The song is about a rock climbing trip our singer KBB took last fall with a girl he promised…
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Ha Ha Tonka: Colorful Kids
Colorful Kids is from the Missouri band’s new Bloodshot Records album ‘Lessons,’ out earlier this week. For those new to the band, they are named after Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Camdenton, Missouri – their home state. They’ve got…
Policy: In a Huff With Tantrums
Today’s Irish spotlight was a tip off from the fine people over at Fat Cat Records, a nice follow-up to yesterday’s feature out of the Dublin area. Policy are a four piece, also near Dublin who recorded a debut four-track…
FIGHTs: Beginning
The new song by Lafayette’s The Formal Institute of Great Hit Tunes (FIGHTs) off their upcoming album ‘Music by Villains’ definitely stands out from the norm. ‘Beginning’ has some flavorful Louisiana signature sounds lacing the mix, the type of smile…
Shearwater: You As You Were
Austin’s Shearwater have a new album called ‘Fellow Travellers’ on the way delivering in late November through Subpop, which we are all anxiously awaiting. However, before that arrives I’d like to reach back to their seventh studio album, ‘Animal Joy’…