Timber Timbre: Sincerely, Future Pollution
Timber Timbre Sincerely, Future Pollution (City Slang) As Sincerely, Future Pollution opens, Taylor Kirk’s distinct voice is deep, ominous, and crisp as always, but there’s something lighter than the erotic depths of 2014’s Hot Dreams. On the opening track, “Velvet Gloves & Spit,” Kirk’s imagery is unique and vivid as he lists the “haunted More...
Silver Lake 66: Let Go or Be Dragged
Silver Lake 66 Let Go or Be Dragged (self-released) The Americana duo (“Americana” now standing in for “country” as far as music genres are concerned, no?) of Maria Francis and Jeff Overbo constitutes Silver More...
Craig Brown Band: The Lucky Ones Forget
Craig Brown Band The Lucky Ones Forget (Third Man Records) Perhaps it’s my Midwestern roots, but despite not being born until ’87, I listened to a whole heck of a lot of early-70s country-rock music growing More...
Keke Wyatt: Keke Covers
Keke Wyatt Keke Covers (Aratek Entertainment) Reality television, since it’s creation, has been a bittersweet phenomenon. It was (at least to me) supposed to bring awareness to the not-so-famous people who were More...
Migos: C U L T U R E
Migos C U L T U R E (self-released) The supergroup Migos has been creating music for quite some time. They formed in 2009 and just didn’t stop. They actually started making music in the 7th grade. After several More...
The Big East: Hungry Ghosts
The Big East Hungry Ghosts (self-released) A floaty “What Dreams May Come” starts The Big East’s newest Hungry Ghosts. From the start here we sense an Eagles-heavy vibe, especially with this tune’s slipped-back-in-the-mix More...
Thundercat: Drunk
Thundercat Drunk Brainfeeder Bizarre album art featuring Thundercat’s (aka Stephen Bruner) half-submerged face gives you a good idea of what’s in store. At 23 tracks in length, Thundercat’s Drunk is odd, More...
Fourth Dimension (4D): Millennial Kingdom Vol. 1
Fourth Dimension (4D) Millennial Kingdom Vol. 1 (Dank Radio) California jazz/crossover musician Jody Giachello (aka Fourth Dimension, or just “4D”) gives us this first volume, Millennial Kingdom Vol. 1 of More...
C.K. Flach: Empty Mansions
C.K. Flach Empty Mansions (self-released) We get an indie folk concept album in C.K. Flach’s new 10-song Empty Mansions. Heavy rolling bass runs, jangly acoustic guitar and big snare starts us off on the low More...
Steve Hackett: The Night Siren
Steve Hackett The Night Siren (InsideOutMusic) Steve Hackett’s The Night Siren is the ex-Genesis guitarist’s 25th solo studio album and quite the global affair. There are musicians from so many different countries, More...
