New (to us) Music Monday: BlakRoc by BlakRoc
Miss the Black Keys rap collaboration? It was close, but we caught it in plenty of time. Don’t hesitate. Listen now, and see what else might suit your fancy.
New (to us) Music Monday: The Big To-Do, by Drive-By Truckers
While we do our best to work in local album reviews, we often receive requests for reviews of non-local work, too. Since we love discovering new music, but want to keep a non-local piece helpful for SGFers, we had an idea: What if we review one non-local album per week, whether brand new or just [...]
Album Review: Stoneman Blues, by Chance Ray & The Good Sinners
Chance Ray & The Good Sinners are out to bring you to the dark side of Springfield, Missouri’s music fandom with Stoneman Blues, the country-loving side the city has but doesn’t like to talk about. That’s the band’s perception, anyway, an idea put forth on the song “Nashfield,” where the band brings up–without naming any [...]
Album Review: What the Devil Knows, by Trash Angels
Trash Angels bill themselves as a fusion of blues and punk, an idea that comes across more in attitude and aesthetic on What the Devil Knows than in the actual music. From the start the album exudes a vibe broadcast from under a streetlamp, loose-ruled and rough-hewn, a postcard from the edge of the blues [...]
Album Review: The First Teenager Ever, by The First Teenager Ever
In a music world where “indie” music plays it ever more safe and ever less interesting, The First Teenager Ever brings garage-made rock back from the brink of wet-cardboard homogeneity. The band isn’t afraid to play it loud and rough on its self-titled debut album, but this 12-song ode to plucky irreverence is a pretty [...]
Album Review: Lift Up Your Eyes, by Sweetwater Abilene
It has been three years since Sweetwater Abilene last released an album, and Lift Up Your Eyes is all the better for the wait. Not only is singer and songwriter J.R. Top in a greater comfort zone than ever before but he has a larger and more capable backing band bringing his songs to life. [...]
Album Review: Derelict, by Honky Suckle
Derelict, the debut album from the freshly consolidated bluegrass group Honky Suckle, isn’t happy-go-lucky material, but that’s part of what sets this album apart.
