Karyn Albano 
Buy Electric Friends Brave Baby intertwines many sonic textures and interesting, retro-influenced arrangements into their 2015 sophomore album, Electric Friends. On this record, the five piece rock group from Charleston, South Carolina offer eleven compositions that find the sweet spot between the introspective and the trippy. There is much packed into the rich tracks of this … Read more
Buy Love Lost for Blood Lust Bobgoblin touts themselves as a post punk band with a social conscience. They live up to this promise with lyrics that are deliciously sardonic and poetic. Drawing influence from punk, new wave, and seventies-era glam, the trio’s music is energized and catchy. On their most recent album, Love Lost … Read more
Buy Above the Sweet Tea Line Using a modern vibe with many classic influences blending into one cohesive sound, Jeremy Porter and the Tucos fuses a simple but highly effective sound on their latest album, Above the Sweet Tea Line. They claim influence from disparate sources ranging from Cheap Trick to Gram Parsons to Merle … Read more
Buy Something You Remember Released: June 21, 2015 Produced by: Franklin Gotham Track Listing Casanova Forced Metaphors Jamie Want Ad Still Beating Heart Group Musicians Kevin Adkins – Lead Vocals, Piano, Melodica Jarrett Nicolay – Guitars, Keyboards Christopher Speich – Drums, Percussion Franklin Gotham‘s impressive debut EP, Something You Remember may be the start of … Read more
Buy Me Right Now Released: October 14, 2015 Produced by: Jon Lewis Track Listing Me Right Now Mine Stay New York I Love You So Close So Far Musicians Hannah Ayrault – Piano, Vocals Jon Lewis – Synths Me Right Now may only be five songs long, but this debut EP by Hannah Ayrault certainly … Read more
Buy Tales of the Aftermath Courtney Chambers brings music to a place many artists grasp towards but can’t quite reach. Her fourth album, Tales of the Aftermath, bluntly and artfully expresses sentiments that most everyone can relate to. It is masterful in its simplicity but poetic in its deliverance. Chambers’ s vocals are the core … Read more
Hungarian rockers, The Trousers, put forth a lot of positive, highly energetic tunes on their latest album, Mother of Illusion. The album overall is a refreshing, modern take on classic genres such as classic rock, punk and new wave, and it features some fine production, sonic engineering and musicianship by the four members of the … Read more
Buy Beneath the Waves Austin, Texas based Distant Lights, stripped their sound and songs down to the core for their acoustic album, Beneath the Waves. This 2015 release is a bit of an intentional departure from the four-piece group’s previous two albums which employed more high level pop/rock sounds and arrangements. Musically, this album is … Read more
June 28, 2015 by Karyn Albano Buy Knuckle Sandwich Filled with really cool musicianship playing authentic New Orleans music with an air of celebration, Knuckle Sandwich is the latest and greatest release by The Melatauns. The group is led by bassist Robert Snow and vocalist Pat Ricks who co-wrote and arranged the material on the … Read more