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AUDIO: Rainbow Cobra – “Asleep at the Wheel”

Rainbow Cobra have released their sophomore EP. It’s four songs of Americana and country-tinged rock sensibilities that tackle lyrical themes of aimlessness, feeling stuck and running away. “Never Turning Back” spans almost seven minutes long, reflecting that the band isn’t afraid to get adventurous with broader storytelling and songwriting. With a penchant for gritty guitar solos and a strong yearning

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AUDIO: Long Mama – “Corduroy Road”

Long Mama released their first new single since last year’s debut album “Poor Pretender” this week. Bringing the band’s delightful blend of folk, country and Americana, this tune details imagery of escapism off the grid and into wilderness scenery. Think dirt roads, no Wi-Fi, a warm fire and skies full of stars – that’s where you can find Long Mama.

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AUDIO: The Midnight Purchase – “The Hard Way”

Americana-folk rockers The Midnight Purchase released a new single – their first new music since 2018. The song is about tricky lessons learned and the long road that comes with that; you keep making the same mistakes over and over again and wonder if you’ll ever break the cycle. Built by a prominent sound layered with soaring guitar and dynamic

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AUDIO: Matthew Davies – “A Ship Called Blind Devotion”

Singer-songwriter Matthew Davies released a new album recently. With ten songs, Davies brings his seasoned, earnest lyrical approach as he contemplates life’s daily races in which we meander and persevere through while asking ourselves difficult existential questions. Largely favoring a stripped-down folk sound, Davies touches on topics of self-sabotage (“Wrecking Ball”), fear of death (“Another World”), companionship (“You Go I

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AUDIO: Hosts – “Wade Low”

Americana-folk rockers HOSTS released their fourth album on Friday complete with a release show at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn that evening. With seven songs, this record heavily draws upon themes of self-exploration and seeking clarity. Frontman Miles Patzer is a heartfelt and earnest songwriter, giving his words plenty of space to breathe in country-tinged atmospheres that accompany topics of meaning, purpose

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AUDIO: JT and the Congregants – “Good Hope Road Parts 1 and 2”

JT and the Congregants knock out two parts in one with their latest single. “Good Hope Road” has the Americana twang of hometown love and countryside memories, yearning for a sense of comfort in the face of middle-aged blues. They trade vocals and shift tempo around the four-minute mark, hence entering “part two.” It’s a story that stands the test

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AUDIO: Pay the Devil – “Turn to Gold”

Americana-folk band Pay the Devil have released their third album today. It’s thirteen tracks that encompass tales of getting older and being down on your luck, constantly being on the move, drinking all day long, getting through the harsh winter, dawn’s first light and finding your way back home among others. With vivid Wisconsin-bred imagery that traverses land and sea,

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AUDIO: Resurrectionists – “Now That We Are All Ghosts”

Resurrectionists released their sophomore LP today. Coalescing elements of doom, country, Americana and blues, the record take Resurrectionists’ sound into further experimental gloom with nine songs that range from gentle laments (“Break & Enter Pt. 2”, “Let Me Talk You Through This One”) to slow-building sonic storms that gradually thunder (“Blue Henry”, “(Hotel With Pool)”). Joe Cannon’s vocals provoke poignance

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VIDEO: Long Mama – “The Narrows”

Long Mama premiered a new music video from debut album “Poor Pretender” this week. Directed by Kati Katchever and Alexander Boguslavsky, the scenes find the Americana-folk act embarking into the woods in black-and-white. Gazing at the sun, the moon, up the trees and across the fields of snow, Kat Wodtke gallantly leads us further and further into a backcountry adventure

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AUDIO: D.B. Rouse – “Gravity Holds Us (Ft. Patrick Smith)”

Singer-songwriter D.B. Rouse released a new single in which he enlists Patrick Smith on lead guitar. Rouse takes a meta approach here, reflecting on how we’re all just victims of physics at the end of the day, forced to cope with reality as truth. The world’s constantly throw into states of anomalies and catastrophes, and we’re all just here for

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