Category: The Singles Bar
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The Singles Bar: Tara Macri – Grace
We all have people who’ve completely changed the course of our lives. That becomes the root of Tara Macri‘s new song, “Grace,” a bubbly summertime anthem about those connections, no matter how fleeting. Sometimes, those people rush into our lives unexpectedly and rush out of our lives unexpectedly. Either way, we’re forever changed. “I always…
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The Singles Bar: Alexa Kate – good for long
Having anxiety is the suffocating eeriness that descends upon you as you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. Everything could be in your favor, and you’d still wait quietly for it all to collapse. With her new song “good for long,” Alexa Kate bottles up that trembling, frantic energy with a silky smoothness. The…
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The Singles Bar: Jens Rude – Magic of the Moment
Music has a way of connecting people that other art forms do not. With their new song, “Magic of the Moment,” indie band Jens Rude invites the listener to reminisce about the, well, magical moments with music that found them reliving the glorious moments of home. Home can mean many things to many different people.…
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The Singles Bar: Jonathan Something – Country Rose
B-Sides & Badlands favorite Jonathan Something ventures down the dusty trail to Western folk music with his new song, “Country Rose.” Cosmic finger-plucking and the soft tear of country & western spin together into a puff of purple smoke. “We could take the dirt road back to heaven,” he sings. “We could take the highway…
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The Singles Bar: Babbling April – All the Shine is Gone
Babbling April have had about enough. All they can do is scream until the veins pop out of their necks and their lungs deflate. That’s the experience of listening to their fuzzy new song “All the Shine is Gone,” with guitars thrashing and clattering against their ribs. Its groove is woolly like a fleece blanket…
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The Singles Bar: Luna Keller – Children of the Sun
Luna Keller worked through a bad mental health season by writing her new song, “Children of the Sun.” Its glistening strings soothe the soul as she works through troubled times, eventually coming out renewed on the other side. “It’s alright, alright,” she sings. She lets the sun fall fresh upon her face. “We will shine,”…
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The Singles Bar: Blond in Car & Jack Newsome – How to Be a Mystery
The great indie-pop mastermind Blond in Car teams up with Jack Newsome for a new collaboration called “How to Be a Mystery.” Robyn, eat your heart out. The scorching duet lights up the night sky with its seductive backbeat and strawberry-lipped vocals that kiss for days. “Do you want to be her?” the pair sing…
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The Singles Bar: Cooper Greer – Mustangs
Cooper Greer heads to the dusty streets of the West with his smoky new song, “Mustangs.” The giddy-up of the arrangement barrels ahead like a, well, mustang skittering to the horizon. “I’d love to let you love me, girl,” he bays. “But this life ain’t always pretty…” Instead, he gallops onward into the setting sun.…
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The Singles Bar: Shannon Clark – Postcards
“Could have been around the world in 80 days,” sings the rasp-voiced Shannon Clark, “but I fell asleep upon the train.” His new song, “Postcards,” sees him trekking through the plains, cities, and woodlands of every single continent, looking for long-lost love. He grips tightly upon her memory, which fuels him on his wearisome journey.…
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The Singles Bar: Bryan Andrews – Backwoods Backwards
If you follow Bryan Andrews on social media, you know he stands on business, firmly on the right side of history. With his new song “Backwoods Backwards,” he targets the MAGA and Christian Nationalist crowds who rally behind a rapist in the White House and billionaires who couldn’t give two shits about the poor. “I…
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The Singles Bar: Western Gringa – Two Steps In
Western Gringa boot scoots around the bar with her new song, “Two Steps In.” The hoedown is hoppin’ on a Friday night, the amber lights glow, and the beer on tap flows. “They sparked a love that will last forever,” she sings. The power of dance in some honky-tonk electrifies. And there’s no way you…
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The Singles Bar: Janet Devlin – Diane
Janet Devlin takes cues from Cam and Ashley McBryde with her new song, “Diane.” She not only possesses all the grit and spirit of her predecessors, but she also delights in some wordplay. “But I say, go die, Anne,” she sings, referencing the single title. It’s a raucous and fearless song that sees Devlin spit…
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The Singles Bar: Echo Bird – Summer of ’99
Riffing on Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69,” Echo Bird revamps the feel-good summer anthem into “Summer of ’99,” updating the references and giving it a ’90s polish. The band—comprised of Bryan Sua (lead vocals, guitar), Levi Larkin (guitar, multi-instrumentalist, backing vocals), Michael Villaclara (guitar, backing vocals), Wyatt Whaley (drums), and Rob Paterson (bass)—thumbs their way…
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Video Killed the Radio Star: Todd Adelman – Hot as the Hinges
Todd Adelman‘s “Hot as the Hinges” has the boot scootin’ spirit of ’90s country. A soft amber glow radiates from inside its gruff hoedown exterior. The visual carries that essence into images of abandoned Wild, Wild West imagery, such as a saloon and the dusty mainstream of some secluded gold town out in Nevada. It…
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The Singles Bar: maxfield – Sandpaper
maxfield‘s “Sandpaper” never feels like it’s condescendingly preaching down to people. It’s simply relaying a message of deep, personal redemption. “Sandpaper my heart, get rid of my sin,” he sings, shedding the skin of his past and being reborn. His voice is sandpaper-y in texture and allows him to extract a rich emotional core from…
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- The Singles Bar: Tara Macri – Grace
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- The Singles Bar: Alexa Kate – good for long
- Video Killed the Radio Stars: Loose Buttons – Sure Thing
- The Singles Bar: Jens Rude – Magic of the Moment
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