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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