Country-Americana band Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel pour whiskey and spread their wings with their latest single. Necci personifies a bird picking at the dead, gathering in numbers and circling high. It’s a jam about tearing things up with your friends wherever you go, unfazed by the unfamiliar. Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel are unstoppable in their debauchery
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The singer/songwriter is pure and true on a new album.
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Blues rockers Whiskey and the Devil have a new eponymous record out. Loud and proud vocals, stylish guitar licks, and galloping drums culminate in emotive songs with a mission to make sense of it all. The recording has kinetic live energy, giving us an idea of the band right in front of us delivering their outstanding set. Whiskey and the
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Psychedelic-Americana rockers Thriftones dropped a two-piece to close the year. The first song “Lovin’ Man” is a jangly tune about fancying someone and wondering who’d be their lover if not you; the second song “Addict’s Lament” is self-explanatory and touches on the vicious cycle of coming down and getting high. With a melancholy atmosphere cloaking vocalist Matt Davies, “Addict’s Lament”
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Country band Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel have another single out. It’s a song about burnt-up dreams and lost hope for something you’ve been holding onto. The somber ambiguity makes it open to interpretation, although it seems likely that it’s about a failing relationship – one that’s run its course. The devil’s having a laugh with Ryan Necci and
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Americana rockers Ben Harold & the Rising are out with their debut album today. It’s a painted picture of adult hardships and confrontations. Harold explores themes of powerlessness, cyclical heartbreak, escaping painful relationships, and departing from one’s former self among other difficult topics. He does so with brutal conviction that radiates across the room, to the point where you want
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Blues-folk artist Buffalo Nichols, formerly known as half of Nickel & Rose, is out with his debut full-length album on Fat Possum Records. It’s a dark journey through loneliness, heartbreak, and danger; “How to Love” is about how a failed relationship put things into perspective for Nichols, “Sick Bed Blues” touches on misery that he knows he’ll get through, and
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Country rockers Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel have a new single out this week. It’s a heartfelt tune about being unable to change who you are. The realization hits you like a freight train, and all you can do is crawl into radical acceptance – self-reckoning, if you will. Many people are going through intense personal examinations right now,
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Country-folk group Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel’s new record dropped this past month. It’s a collection of songs from Necci’s past, present, and future and they all touch on loss. Whether Necci is mourning a failed relationship with “Here Lies Our Lovin’” or lamenting the lonesome blue-collar life in “Mule” or living your numbered days in “Waiting for the
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Singer-songwriter Matthew Davies dropped a new EP this past week. In his Americana-tinged brand of heartfelt folk music, Davies reflects on those moments where you feel like just putting everything behind you and running away. The title track as well as “The Grid” touch on the heaviness of how competitive the Internet-driven world is, but he stays optimistic through the
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Singer-songwriter Deal Ol’ Fred, known for fronting country-core band Rat Bath, released their debut solo EP today. It’s four songs and indeed takes on a bewitched theme; Kenyon sings of loving a ghostly presence, personifying a demon that burns at sunrise, getting sewn shut after being thrown around like a doll, and how fucked up it is to settle for
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Americana rockers Chris Haise Band’s latest single is about weathering the storm. Haise feels like he’s always trying to keep his head above water even though it won’t stop raining. He can’t catch a break and desperately seeks clarity; enough is enough. Ultimately, believing it will get better means it can. We hope this is the sign of something bigger
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Singer-songwriter Ben Wagner has his new EP out. Consisting of four country-tinged pop songs, it’s got a fitting title, as Wagner shares where his head’s been as of late. “Me, Myself, and I-45” is about making an active effort to change things in his life, “Still Don’t Know” is about being unable to move on from a past lover and
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Singer-songwriter Claire Kelly has her debut full-length album out. In a sweet blend of folk, pop, and Americana Kelly shares reflections about her travels playing music and the people she’s met. She moved to Nashville from Milwaukee to pursue music more seriously, and the cover art conveys the sentiment of adventure and wonder. From having springtime drinks in “Dandelion Wine”
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Ben Wagner pushes in a new direction that works well on his new single.
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Wise Jennings gets bluesy and tells a story on their most recent single.
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Wise Jennings create a big sound with minimal elements on their latest.
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With plenty of political takes and twang, Ramblin’ Deano’s latest is a diamond in the rough.
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Ben Slowey sits down with the singer songwriter and Thriftones frontman.
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Hayward Williams’ new album plays like it could reside along with the country greats.
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R Boyd teamed up with country rockers Dusk to bring us this homage record to Boulder Junction, Wisconsin.
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The new record gallops and wails in a poignant way, suggesting that Jakobs is channeling tons of raw, cathartic emotion.
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Americana folk outfit Pay the Devil are out with a new track dedicated to the political injustices our country currently confronts.
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Sleepy Gaucho creates a dusty, dry soundscape on a new record.
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L’Resorts create retro pop perfection on their new single from “Bad Love”.
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