Albums
Chris Landry and the Seasick Mommas – One Fifty Five
8/10 Chris Landry and the Seasick Mommas debut album One Fifty Five is a rarity of modern times in that it is a true blue country record. It hasn’t been bogged down by a longstanding […]
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Innes Wilson – Northumberland Slums
5.5/10 The most immediately obvious thing about Innes Wilson’s latest release Northumberland Slums is that the production is wildly different from song to song. I don’t mean that there’s autotune on the voice on one […]
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Five Ton Faces – Self-titled
9/10 After a long break, I was really looking forward to writing again and for whatever reason, the universe was kind enough to present me with one of the best albums I have reviewed in […]
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Murder Murder – Wicked Lines and Veins
9.2/10 Gather round friends, romans, countrymen, and lend me your ears. We’re going way back to a time when bluegrass music was great. What’s that? Wicked Lines and Veins by Murder Murder was released in […]
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Michael Gaither – Hey Karma
8/10 Not everyone gives a shit about lyrics. For some, they just don’t make or break a song. For example, my brother once believed that Lynyrd Skynyrd was singing “Sweet home, Dalai-Lama” and it didn’t […]
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Orchards – Pilot EP
6/10 Montreal based Canadiana quartet Orchards, recently launched their debut Pilot EP in December of 2016. Comprised of members Kaitlin Smith, Rob Malo, and Jean-Michel Chartier, the band comes together to invoke a bluegrass-folk-pop feel […]
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Juliana & Jesse – In Time
9/10 There is just some music that is best suited for travel. Only some artists know how to truly capture the excitement of a plane taking off, a scenic train ride, or a dysfunctional road […]
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Don Gallardo – Hickory
5/10 Have you ever been frustrated by something because it was one flaw away from being perfect, but said flaw was large enough and so grating that it singlehandedly ruined the experience? If you never […]
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Dusty Tucker – The Northstone
5/10 Rock: check. Groovy: check. Mind blown: well, not quite. While the added element of country made for a cool mix, Dusty Tucker‘s first LP The Northstone (after releasing some EPs in the past) left […]
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Rodeo – Dust Bowl
1/10 It took me a few minutes into listening to Danish-instrumentalists Rodeo’s Dust Bowl to realize that I wasn’t listening to an album as much as I was listening to a demo to showcase their […]