Like a blush of spring weather in the depths of a winter chill, SUNEATER by Gus D. Wynns & The Breakers offers listeners five warm and gentle songs, even if they hint at more sorrow than joy…
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Comp for a Cause | The Trunk Space
Like many others, our favorite community center and concert venue is feeling the COVID crunch. However, The Trunk Space has long served as a creative multipurpose room and launching pad for local artists and those just passing through our dusty stretch to desert. And those artists remember what The Trunk Space has done for them and this community. Together with the help of Related Records, Dark Hall Coffee, and The Coronado, these artists released a whopping 42-track compilation to support The Trunk Space…
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘Bunker Stories’ by Brian Lopez
When someone as antisocial as myself is beginning to feel the constraints of confinement, I can only imagine how the rest of the world is feeling. I’m missing live music in particular, but thankfully, some artists seem to be finding workarounds to help us bridge this divide. Brian Lopez is one such performer filling the void left with a live recording. But, unlike many others, Lopez manages to encapsulate the warmth of the live music, the sense of camaraderie, the intimacy of a stripped down set, of complete sensory command, that goes along with the in-person experience on his live collection released in April called Bunker Stories…
Continue reading...Burger Records Brings You “QUARANTUNES: Songs From Self-Isolation” in 7 Volumes
by Carly Schorman – It’s a sad time for musicians and music-lovers alike. These two groups, accustomed to congregating in dingy dive bars, cramped venues, and...
Continue reading...For the Record: ‘Bitters’ by Noonday Devils
Stock full of swagger and stomp, Noonday Devil’s new Fervor Records release Bitters is a hard rock monster. Guitarist/vocalist Freddy Crounse and drummer extraordinaire Joey Floortom have unleashed their demons, and it’s in the form of a long playing record. Blood red in fact…
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘Debbie From Zumba’ by Playboy Manbaby
Album Spotlight on ‘Debbie From Zumba’ – the new release from Playboy Manbaby – recorded at Audioconfusion…
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘Permanent Vacation’ by Bedside Island
by Carly Schorman – Beside Island is the synth-powered dreampop music project spearheaded by Brian Dellinger, formerly of Kirkwood Dellinger. This under-the-radar band released their first LP just...
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘Good Luck Everybody’ by AJJ
by Mark Anderson – Do we really need to tell you to listen to the new AJJ album? If the answer is “yes,” then DO IT...
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘The Black Moon’ by Holy Fawn
Album Spotlight on the melancholy-melodic-ambient-black-metal of Holy Fawn’s ‘The Black Moon’…
Continue reading...Album Spotlight: ‘Pansy’ by BOYCOTT!
Spotlight on Pansy, the debut album from Tempe’s BOYCOTT!…
Continue reading...3 Rad New Releases: KONGOS, The Upper Strata, and Papa D and the Union Thugs
3 Rad New Releases featuring KONGOS, The Upper Strata, + Papa D and the Union Thugs…
Continue reading...For the Record: ‘Dark Enough to Dance’ by Harper and the Moths
Harper Lines from Harper and the Moths go “For the Record” about the band’s new album: Dark Enough to Dance | YYM+A | art as means to enlightenment
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