Month: May 2019

WHEN HORN ROCK RULED THE CHARTS (BRIEFLY): An Ongoing Series – This Episode: “GET IT ON” by CHASE (1971), by Rich Horton

INTRO In the artistic aftermath of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” pop and rock critics were speculating about what would be the Next Big Thing in Rock. Some bands spun off into art and prog rock, others went back to the rootsy basics, and still others were helping along the evolution of folk-rock as …

Birthday Girl – I Came Here to Eat

The new single “I Came Here To Eat” is out today on all digital streaming platforms via the band’s own Sweet Cream Records. Staying true to the noisy and aggressive nature of their debut release, with a slower tempo and groove, Fran wrote the song about the feeling of “wanting to completely devour someone to the point …

FENCES “A MISSION”

Seattle-based Fences, the alter-ego of musician/songwriter Christopher Mansfield, is debuting a new single titled “A Mission” off of his upcoming LP (his first since 2015’s ‘Lesser Oceans’), to be released this summer. Of the new track, Mansfield says, “1959 Jack Kerouac appeared on The Steve Allen show. In the interview he said it took him …

The Mystery Lights – Too Much Tension

60s tinged garage punks The Mystery Lights have released their highly anticipated album Too Much Tension! on Daptone’s rock-centric imprint, Wick Records.  To celebrate, the band has shared a lively and inventive new video for the album’s title track.rate   The video blends striking city imagery with the band shredding in a classic, lo-fi fashion. Sharp guitar riffs and blistering …

Lauren Ruth Ward – We Are Grown Ups

Reflecting on the song’s freeing integrity, Ward says, “A culmination of shifting relationships left me feeling winded at one point mainly due to the amount of energy I spent on understanding an opposing side of an argument. I’m always game to hear someone else’s reality, share mine, and find a common ground but life ain’t …

Fake Fake – Goodnightmare

If you have ever paused and thought to yourself – “Oh god, this is such a nightmare and I love it” – then let “GOODNIGHTMARE” be your soundtrack. The debut effort from R&B duo Fake Fake, “GOODNIGHTMARE” is an ode to the friendships and romances where you deeply rely on someone else: how that dependency is …

Jessiquoi – The Sentry

JESSIQUOI, the Chrome-Plated 21st Century Kate Bush of EDM,* is Ihe latest discovery to come out of Switzerland. In spring last year she won ‘Best Electronic’ at the M4Music Festival in Zürich, and then even took the main award ‘Demo of the Year’. The M4Music Festival is the largest music event in Switzerland and those …

Thoughts – Tethered

The Last Summer by Thoughts Dig these 3 kids out of West Palm Beach who call themselves Thoughts. They’ve got a get down soulful sound, Excelsior musicianship and tight pocket vocals. Ultra lush and breezy ~ the slippery lovechild of The Strokes and Jamiroquai. “Tethered” is the lead-off single from their forthcoming LP The Last …

Nathan & Jessie – Worse Than Worse

Here’s more bygone tunage from Nathan and Jessie. This time Nathan steps to the mic for a sweet and lowdown jam that evokes the delicate punch of Django Reinhardt as well as the pre-1950’s ragtime revival of Pokey LaFarge. These SoCal-based sweethearts warm and eclectic gypsy sway has been buzzed about in PopMatters and Acoustic …

Neil Anand – She

This music will calm and heal you. Literally. Intentionally. Neal Anand has shared his debut single, “She,” with The 405. They had high praise for the single, calling it, “a meditative, healing ambient masterpiece.” This is is the first song to be released off Neal’s upcoming three-track EP, Akasha, which is set to release on …