blues
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http://youtu.be/qI-95cTMeLM We’d been skeptical of Jack White’s solo career since the bit-too-familiar Blunderbuss back in 2012. But he really had us reconsider his solo potential with “Lazaretto,” the lead single and title track of his new album – a flashy track laden with organ, horns, some
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Bringing together elements of folk, blues, experimental rock, and noise, Carla Bozulich makes one of the most unorthodox singer-songwriter records you’ll hear this year.
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HAH! Jack really came through on this new one. At first, I was a little on the fence about this whole solo thing, but he’s really starting to convince me on this latest single of his, “Lazaretto.” Yeah, I understand that his voice, guitar tone, songwriting style hasn’t
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Alternative rock outfit Cage the Elephant completely surprises me with a record of songs that have uniformly interesting production, energetic performances, memorable hooks, sharp melodies, and a pretty diverse array of instrumentation.
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Willis Earl Beal has shared another cut from his upcoming sophomore album Nobody knows. “Coming Through” is a passionate, relatively ebullient blues tune featuring an understated vocal contribution from Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. Nobody knows. is scheduled for release on September 10 on HXC Recordings.
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Chicago-based experimental lo-fi folk artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a new song taken from his forthcoming sophomore LP Nobody knows. Thanks to Beal’s powerful inflection, “Too Dry to Cry” deviously comes across as incredibly profound and soulful on the surface, but its lyrical content is just as raw
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There are certain singers that can just make you feel like you floating off your chair when you listen to them with the sheer quality of their voice, Alela Diane has just done that for me. She has all of the qualities of a smokey blues singer that one would
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On the Drones’ latest release, the band is working with some of their longest and most emotive songs yet. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The Aussie garage rock outfit known as the Drones has a new album that just dropped titled I See Seaweed, and “How To See Through Fog” is an incredibly dramatic single from it. The band seeks to hit listeners emotionally with some forlorn pianos and downtrodden vocals. Enjoy!
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In a year when newcomers like Ty Segall and The Men are making cutting, aggressive garage rock records, it can be easy to forget about the band who led that revivalist charge in the first place. As if acutely aware of the current garage rock trends, the legendary Jon Spencer
