There will always be a freedom for artists that do not wish to conform to what the mainstream supposedly wants. Our recent discovery of The Low Stakes Band (the songwriting duo of Eric Colville and Ann Holbrook) shows what happens when musicians decide they’re done with polite art and sanitized songwriting. A little defiance and
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In a world overflowing with polished productions and auto-tuned perfection, it’s refreshing to stumble upon a record that feels like it was born in a smoky backroom jam session. Australian blues duo The Stomp’n Ramblers — consisting of Owen Mancell on slide guitar, stomp box, and vocals, and Ryan Stone on harmonica — have dropped
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Chicago’s own Nick Nobody emerges as a solo artist on his deeply soulful debut album Nomad. Released in September of 2025 by Hyperbole Creative Media LLC, Nomad shows Nick Nobody to be a fine R&B/Pop singer with an introspective, philosophical bend that sets him apart from his often over-sweetened and over-sexualized competition. Formerly with the
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Michal Gutman is a one-woman-band. Her intense solo act features a bass guitar, a loop station, 2 mics and a touch-pad synthesizer. Her music is a patchwork of harmony and disharmony, somewhere between a theatrical cabaret, a storyline told on an 80’s club dance floor, or a dreamy soundtrack all while using polyrhythmics and contradicting
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Music is meant to make you feel something. Whether it is delicate and eloquent or hard and overbearing; the combination of sounds is meant for you to absorb and feel in whatever way you need to feel it at the moment. Our recent discovery Flowers For Juno will get deep into your mind and soul
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For decades, Mitch Dalton has been the ultimate go-to of British studios – the guitarist whose tasteful lines and impeccable feel have graced albums by everyone from Herbie Hancock to Quincy Jones, film scores, and countless jingles. If a session needed swing, sophistication, or that elusive “London sound,” Dalton was the first call. Yet while
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The Sheyana Band displays true blues/rock mastery on the group’s new recording All The Best. Operating out of Northwest Tasmania, TSB has developed a winning sound that mixes blues tradition, rock vibes, and melodic and instrumental ways that weave in and out of the typical on the road to the sublime. Released on October 10th,
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In the ever-churning world of independent music, where fresh sounds and polished production chase the next “big” thing, it’s a rare treat when a band like Northfield steps up with something that feels less like a debut and more like a long-lost mixtape rediscovered in your parents’ basement. The album Lost And Found fits like
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