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Omaha trio Icky Blossoms are a band with a commanding sense of what they hope to achieve: to get bodies to move and to keep you interested in the songs on repeated plays. To say they are restless group wouldn’t give Derek Presnall, Sarah Bohling, and Nik Fackler enough credit. Filmmaking and visual arts are [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to correspond via email with Erika Wennerstrom, chief songwriter and singer for Heartless Bastards, on the cusp of her band’s nationwide fall tour. Heartless Bastards’ music falls aptly into the 21st century “Americana flood,” a genre movement that blurs the line between folk and rock, but it’s Wennerstrom’s piercingly [...]
Diamond Rugs is the raucous indie rock supergroup comprised of John McCauley (Deer Tick), Ian St. Pe (Black Lips), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Brian Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite), and Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick). Earlier this year, the band released the self-titled debut LP, an album I called a hard-grooving, rowdy, rock [...]
Jeff Klein, I think it’s fair to say, is a well travelled musician. Having worked with artists as diverse as Ani DiFranco and The Gutter Twins, he’s also enjoyed a long-running solo career and frequent touring. In 2009 he joined forces with Cully Symington, Ashley Dzerigian, Rick Nelson and Dave Rosser to form the band [...]
NYC word-slinger, musician and artist Hesta Prynn has always evoked a quirky and intriguing style. These days folks are boasting from the city and where-the-hell-ever she frequents about her skills and delectable selections, craftily spun and delivered, whether on the tables or on the mic. This morning (well, yesterday morning), a chat with Dr. Prynn [...]
Les Jupes are an awfully interesting bunch. Their first album, Modern Myths dropped Stateside in August and instantly turned heads. From the clandestine lyrics to lead singer Michael Falk’s commanding baritone, Modern Myths was a record that captured the imagination and demanded attention. We got in touch with Michael Falk to discuss the album, along [...]
On September 18, Academy Award winner, Grammy winner, and all-around gifted, young songwriter, Ryan Bingham will be self-releasing his fourth album, Tomorrowland, on his new imprint of Axster Bingham Records. The 31-year-old songwriter with deep West Texas roots has a dual fondness for drafting timeless, poetic verses about hardscrabble, downtrodden souls and letting rip with [...]
“There was a decorated general with a heart of gold.” If those words do not induce nostalgia or call to mind the image of a dorm-room troubadour, then you probably did not “come of age” in the late 90s or early 2000s. These words are the opening lyrics of Dispatch’s iconic 1998 song “The General,” [...]
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