Daily Newsletter, September 7, 2024

Home » Blog » Hot Picks 5/9/24 Part One – The Best New Releases Photo: Beatz from L.E. Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing pleasure! […]

Home » Blog » Hot Picks 5/9/24 Part Two – The Best New Releases Photo: Michelle Fabre Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing pleasure! This […]

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WAYNE GRAHAM BASTION WATERLOO RECORDS No, Wayne Graham is not a singer-songwriter, nor is he a single person (in this case at least)—Wayne Graham is a band from Kentucky, and Bastion is their ninth and latest album. The quartet picked the band name by combining first names of the leading duo’s (brothers Kenny and Hayden […]

BOB SUMNER SOME PLACE TO REST EASY NORTH COUNTRY COLLECTIVE/FLUFF & GRAVY As an artist, there are two ways to go about tackling Americana music- you can play it straight, picking up the traditional elements (country, folk, other roots forms) and riding along with those, or trying to infuse them with something new, or combine […]

MO KENNEY FROM NOWHERE INDEPENDENT Mo Kenney (they/them) is up to their fifth album titled From Nowhere. Yet, from wherever that is, Juno-nominated songwriter’s music here is coming from somewhere good. Presenting all the usual as well as unusual elements that comprise modern singer-songwriter music these days, Kenney fits different musical elements to suit their […]

DAVID LUNING LESSONS INDEPENDENT Yet another Americana artist? Well, yes and no really, as Americana as a genre has long been an expanding musical category that includes so many disparate musical elements that often don’t have much in common. Not in the case of singer-songwriter David Luning and his third album Lessons. On the surface, […]

British electro greats New Order are set to release a limited box set of their 4th album, 'Brotherhood,' as part of their Definitive series.

the huge 50-track super deluxe edition box set of Weezer's 'Blue Album' will be wrapped in an actual knit sweater.

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