Category: Music
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The Singles Bar: Lace and Lee – Roadkill
Imagine blog favorite Bad Flamingo and new find Lace and Lee touring together. Minds would literally explode. With their new sog “Roadkill,” Lace and Lee offer up a smoky, thumping tale that’s equal parts Southern Gothic and country & western saloon. “Should have slept through the sunshine and missed the mornig haze,” the duo carve…
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Stephen Day – Mama, I Found Your Guitar
Stephen Day has a way of wrapping his warm vocals around indelible melodies that are so transcendent, they defy time and space. “Mama, I Found Your Guitar” etches the roots of his musical beginnings, with his mother, a church choir singer with a guitar, and how influential she was to his training. The song tastes…
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The Singles Bar: Barlow – Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket
In 2026, we can always use more protest songs. As billionaires hoard wealth, poor folks scrounge for crumbs. With his new song “Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket,” rockin’ tunesmith Barlow doesn’t mince his words. “They don’t care about a living wage,” he hisses with a barbed tongue. Those lyrics drip like acid, eating through everything…
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The Singles Bar: Shiloh Lindsey – Failing Hail
When darkness strikes, hold those you love close. You never know when things will vanish in the blink of an eye. With her new song “Failing Hail,” country singer-songwriter Shiloh Lindsey reminds the listener about resilience and those we can count on to show us the way out of a rainstorm. “There’s a lot of…
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The Singles Bar: Zak Smith – Some Rules You Just Have to Break
“I believe it’s too late to turn back now,” sings Zak Smith, with a strawberry rasp hanging in his throat. His new song “Some Rules You Just Have to Break” fuses the brightness of a church organ with the heaviness of secrets whispered behind closed doors and the weight of society’s taboos. Smith yearns for…
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Prinz Grizzley – A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)
Prinz Grizzley‘s voice can rattle mountains. With his aptly titled new song, “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling),” he tears through the craggy edges of earth with bulldozer propulsion. “Everywhere I go there’s a mountain to be tamed / There’s a fire to be stolen,” he crows over dark, swirling guitars and strings. “There’s…
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Record Revue: Winston Liv – Joan of Snark
Winston Liv galvanizes “thinking you’re destined for greatness and also thinking you’re worthless” through stained glass on their debut album. Joan of Snark, a reference to the iconic tragic figure Joan of Arc, turns the wheels of coming of age and learning identity through heartache, the difficult transition into adulthood, and how human beings carry…
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Record Revue: Paper Comet – Paper Comet
Kelly Dunham Schneider, known professionally as Paper Comet, drenches her new self-titled EP with hope and resilience. “Neither one of us can do it on our own,” she coos between layers of cosmic dust in the opener “Manual Drive.” Its pitter-patter heartbeat drives every one of our lives ahead into the blinding sun hovering on…
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The Singles Bar: teo tala – the boy’s lullaby
If you struggle with mental health, you’re likely well aware of the things (e.g., art, music, movies) that serve as warm blankets in your darkest moments. Pop purveyor teo tala offers up his new song, “the boy’s lullaby,” as a comfort that sends tingles down the spine. While the pressures of a heavy head space…
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The Singles Bar: Taylor Nauta – Living the Good Life
In a time of depressing news and doomscrolling, it’s more important than ever to remember the good things in our everyday lives. Country tunesmith Taylor Nauta delivers a low-swinging song that just does that. In “Living the Good Life,” he sits upon his front porch and lists all the things he’s grateful for these days.…
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The Singles Bar: Leah Lawson – Nobody’s Baby
Society doesn’t tell you that grieving a heartbreak packs a wallop on a deeply physiological level. Your body shakes with sadness and wrecks your senses at the most inopportune times. Leah Lawson works through her own breakup with her song “Nobody’s Baby,” a deceptively chipper and bright melody that wrestles her pain to the ground.…
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Record Revue: Orange Oak – almost, I thought to myself
Filippa Frisell and Erik Olsson carve tremendous sorrow into life’s coarse bark. Even when they’re offering olive branches of hope, there’s an unshakable heaviness flowing through their musical grooves. Together, the Swedish singers and songwriters form Orange Oak, and their debut EP feels like they’ve taken a literal wood engraver and left their mark for…
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The Singles Bar: FREND & SKV – Arcade Elevator
FREND‘s “Arcade Elevator” is the best pop song you’re not listening to. In collaboration with SKV, the solo project of Tom Woods pulsates with sweaty bodies and the neon glow of an NYC dance club. “Meet my later,” he coos over frenetic synths and a throbbing heartbeat. It’s electricity funneled right into the eardrums. It’s…
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Record Revue: Damon Brock – Keep On EP
Damon Brock roots around in his life for songwriting inspiration. Whether it’s finding hope and resilience in his wife or the grief coursing through his veins after his father’s death, he funnels crucial life pillars into his brand-new EP. Keep On is a celebration of life, love, and passion in all their forms. A relationship…
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The Singles Bar: Skylar Gregg – I’m Too Old for That Now
We all eventually reach the threshold where we realize that who we thought we were going to be is no long obtainable. These days, countless people pivot their lives to what actually makes them happy. With her new song “I’m Too Old for That Now,” Americana singer-songwriter Skylar Gregg admits that she’s crossed over and…
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- The Singles Bar: Lace and Lee – Roadkill
- Video Killed the Radio Star: Stephen Day – Mama, I Found Your Guitar
- The Singles Bar: Barlow – Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket
- The Singles Bar: Shiloh Lindsey – Failing Hail
- The Singles Bar: Zak Smith – Some Rules You Just Have to Break
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