Artists
61 was formed in November of 2004 as a songwriting collaboration between Dan Narsete (vocals, guitar) and Melle Johnson (bass, vocals). “I had this idea about contradicting the youth driven sentiment of popular music,” Narsete said. “When I met Melle I… (Read More)
Girl Named Kyle—otherwise known by her street name of Kyle Simmons—is an 18 year old very talented singer and acoustic guitar player that boasts her own unique sound—think Nora Jones meets Joan Jett. In 1998 Kyle found the realism of her… (Read More)
Alela Diane Menig es mi nombre. I make songs, mostly using the guitar, and I sing them. I used to live in the crazy-land. Nevada City, California. It is real nice there. Lots of trees. A River. The family spirit. Beautiful… (Read More)
I was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine and grew up in the suburbs of Massachusetts. I never sang in public until I moved to Austin, Texas where I started playing in the doorway of an abandoned bar near the corner of 6th… (Read More)
Born out of a love for American roots music, punk rock ethos, a serendipidous rencontre, and a mutual disdain for the state of popular music, two young men from the mountains of Colorado set out to revive the soul of American… (Read More)
“funeral” by andrea ball no where to go to rest your head, no ones lying in your bed I was pickin up the slack I’m the only one whose got your back pull up your boots put on your vest, rollin… (Read More)
After years of carting about the western land with many other minstrels and pipers of the sort the lad found himself in the far and distant lands of Colorogisbury, the very place he was born, where he had no chariot of… (Read More)
n 2006 I recorded 13 songs at 8 Houses Down, and the song Cardigan at Endeavor Productions. Please keep your legs open for releases. For the rest of 2007 I’ll be playing these songs with a full band(Jonathon Johnson and Seth… (Read More)
Arthur comes by his craft naturally as the son of a son of a son of a Baptist preacher. He figures he’s preaching from one pulpit or another, carrying on the tradition — only his songs are about the demons, the… (Read More)
”...Band Of Annuals raised the bar immediately with its first song, “Blood On My Shirt”. Front-and-center here is the male-female vocal interplay between frontman Jay Henderson and keyboardist Jeremi Hanson. Henderson sounds rather like Gerald Collier or Rocky Votolato (who you… (Read More)
Since 2002, Barton Carroll has toured and recorded extensively with Crooked Fingers and Eric Bachmann, playing guitar, steel guitar, and upright bass. Carroll has also toured, playing various instruments with Azure Ray, Dolorean, and Micah P. Hinson. In 2006 Carroll released… (Read More)
A feature on NPR’s Weekend Edition, a gushing review in Rolling Stone, and more blog attention than your average political scandal—not many bands pull off all three without benefit of a record label. With their 2003 self-released debut, Charm… (Read More)
So the Badger’s Black Brigade made good time, catching us on the windy side, scattering ashes and sunday cake to the four winds. we wound up tied to the trees by words and rock, rope and twine like angels in a… (Read More)
Blue light is the collaboration between Jess and Jamie Mefford. Over the last ten years both have worked together and apart in projects and bands ranging in styles from rock to country. In coming together to form Blue Light each has… (Read More)
On “In Our Talons”, the Raleigh, N.C. duo take up creepy big-band melodies, gypsy folk accordion, and feathered boy/girl harmonies, then spread them out in the open spaces of Red House Painters acoustic guitar. It’d be crunchy like Count Devendra, but… (Read More)
“Music changes lives” is the Philosophy behind the sound and daily life of Britt Rodemich. After winning over crowds of many sizes throughout the Colorado area, the 21 year old is proving time and time again her music touches people. “To… (Read More)
Those still mourning the disbandment of Pretty Girls Make Graves (R.I.P.) can get their more acoustic kicks out via PGMG/Murder City Devils bassist Derek Fudesco’s new band, the Cave Singers, who have just signed to Matador. Percussionist Mary Lund (formerly of… (Read More)
About Centro-matic’s Fort Recovery by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers: Centro-matic’s music comes on like a sound from a distant dream, something new, yet unmistakably familiar. Clear images adding up to something a little vague, but in such a comforting way… (Read More)
Chad Price is best known for being the lead singer for the pop-punk band ALL and alt-country band Drag the River. He is the third singer for ALL, having replaced Scott Reynolds in 1993. Although ALL has not done anything lately… (Read More)
Chad Rex and The Victorstands, is a part of the Mars Motors family. In that regard, this album is pretty much what you’d expect: a rootsy, Bakersfield sound featuring healthy doses of raspy vocals, pedal steel, and piano. This is a… (Read More)
A confused and shy individual, Charlie Parr plays original and traditional folk and Piedmont-style blues, accompanying himself on National resonator guitars, 12-string guitar and sometimes a banjo. Parr has failed at most things in his life. Music seems to have rendered… (Read More)
“Intense dynamics, deep humor, brave production and heavy songwriting: A new voice emerges to run with the greats.” – Playboy on “12 Songs” “4 Out of 5 Stars.” – Blender on “12 Songs” “There’s a new breed of singer-songwriter – Ryan… (Read More)
So why put medical school on hold for dreams of living on cereal and a used van to take on the road? “Because music is the best thing I know how to do,” he says quite simply. A native of Denver… (Read More)
Fancy Trash works the line between rock and folk, blending a non-traditional sensibility with the tradition of acoustic instruments to make something unique—Spazzy folk-tinged acoustic indie rock. Fancy Trash formed in August 2002 when Singer/Guitarist Dave Houghton moved… (Read More)
Known for his tenure performing as Pedro the Lion, songwriter David Bazan recently retired the band moniker to continue making music under his own name and his electronic side project, Headphones. His solo debut EP “FEWER MOVING PARTS” finds the beloved… (Read More)
DAVID VANDERVELDE appeared before us one hot summer day like a dynamo. The sound we heard coming through in stereo was that of our coming-of-age years screaming back at us – a faithful reminder that our beauteous days of bowing before… (Read More)
Some people were just born to make records. Chicago’s David Vandervelde is one of those people, and not just because his name is, frankly, ace. Vandervelde has been writing and recording since the age of 14. He scored a record deal… (Read More)
When he awoke he found himself in an underground world. Organs, autoharps, melodicas, glockenspiels, and theremins cluttered the floor around him. Donny searched high and low, but Ed was nowhere to be found. Devastated that he had lost his best… (Read More)
pee-pee began playing together at doo and robin’s house (denver, co) in 2004. before that doo and shana played together. then it was doo, shana, pete, esther, brigid, salas, and whoever came over that night. we played traditional songs, doo’s… (Read More)
