Wounded Healer by CelebrationDramatic and different sounds, beautiful vocals, and for-real songs. This Baltimore band is hitting its stride. Our favorite song: Drum and Phife. Reviewed on our #17 podcast, Cinnamon=John Peel
Darkness Rains by Death Valley GirlsBeautiful young opti-mystical girls from Los Angeles who are not afraid to rock really, really hard. This is the future. Forget about Iggy Pop. Our favorite song: Disaster (Is What We’re After). (Link to their video of Iggy Pop eating a hamburger is here.) Reviewed on our #17 podcast, Cinnamon=John […]
Righteous Harmony Fist by Blue OrchidsStumbling blindly onto a band like this may make a music critic like myself feel pretty smart, but it shouldn’t. A first listen to this album will reveal the raw talent and thirty years of experience that went into making it. Honored to have this on our podcast. Our favorite […]
Megaladon by KrektonesThat horn! Those beats! Those riffs! This band keeps themselves deep in the Asheville underground, emerging only periodically to rock some party and then retreat back into the darkness. Our favorite song: Megladon. (Link to their free Christmas album is here.)Reviewed on our #17 podcast, Cinnamon=John Peel
BLACK CITY by Rich GirlsEverything good from the early 80s post punk: distortion, rhythmic beats, bass, rich voice, and so much living. An important sound and statement about the defiance of an artist in the face of a world which grinds down the outsider and elevates the team player. Reviewed on our #17 podcast, Cinnamon=John […]
The Green Room by Sunn RagaFrom the swamps of St. Augustine, Florida, comes a rock and roll sound that is both heavy and clean. This band is still in its infancy, but we think the way they experiment with mixing blues and heavy metal makes them worth a real listen. Favorite track: Swamp Thing. Reviewed […]
Talented Sun by Calvin Heights Experimental music should be just like this: slightly perplexing, but not in denial of beauty. Calvin Heights is a band that doesn’t mind disturbing you, but this album just might make you happy. Favorite track: Man of Your Dreams Reviewed on podcast 16: Cowpokin with Andy Perkins
Travel with us to exotic Polk County, where we record in a cheese cave and sing to cows with recurring character Andy Perkins. John talks a lot about Australia. Rock photographer Scott Sturdy reveals which band members make the weirdest rock & roll faces (drummers). We also have excellent music: Jelly Mammoth with No Control […]
Qalupalik by Jessica Korn, Loren Carty, Brooke Randle, AJ Donahue, Kevin Harvey This young band feels around the edges of their own expectations, finding occasional (and wonderful) roughness and meanness in the midst of their own sweet harmonies and kind words. A band to watch. Favorite track: You Let me Let You