PLAYING SEATTLE: The “Cosmic Glitter” of Golden Gardens
Cosmic glitter. That's how singer Aubrey Bramble describes Golden Gardens, the band she co-founded with Gregg Neville in 2012. She's dead on, of course. Their last album, 2016's Reign, is one ethereal, melancholic starburst after another. Likewise, the listening experience of their newest single, "Desert Rose," [...]
PLAYING PHILLY: Big Nothing is Back With Debut LP “Chris”
When Philly four-piece Big Nothing broke onto the scene back in 2017 with their self-titled 7” EP, they brought with them an impressive lineage. Guitarist Pat Graham fronted the punk trio, Spraynard, and fellow guitarist Matt Quinn played with Beach Slang’s Ed McNulty in band [...]
PLAYING CINCY: Leggy Talks New Album, Tour & Videos Coming Soon
Initially coming together in high school and emerging as a dreamy punk-tinted band after college, the Northside-bred, female-fronted Leggy has grown into Cincinnati's latest long-reaching musical output. They signed to independent UK record label Damnably (Wussy, Golden Gurls) in 2016, after label head George Gargan [...]
PLAYING ATLANTA: Sarah Zúñiga Opens Up with “Heart of Mine”
Athens-based, New-York-born, Ecuadorian-and-Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Sarah Zúñiga brings an intimate sensibility to her unique brand of alternative-folk, blending sharp observation with the textured poeticism of traditional Spanish folk music. An alum of the University of Georgia who spent her senior year studying in England before graduating [...]
ONLY NOISE: Audioslave’s ‘Doesn’t Remind Me’ is my Sobriety Anthem
ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Tawny Lara navigates sobriety with a reminder from a musician who lost his battle with addiction. May 18th marks two years since the world [...]

PREMIERE: Studio Session “Audience of One” by GKCB ft. Elliott Skinner

Gideon King & City Blog, the critically-acclaimed New York jazz/ rock fusion act, teamed up with Elliott Skinner of Thirdstory to release the beautifully painful single "Audience of One." Skinner's trademark wince and emotive vocals [...]

PREMIERE: Troi Irons “Lost Angels”

Photo by: Jessica Lehman Though she's not quite 25, Troi Irons has lived a lifetime of experience in the music industry already, having arrived in Los Angeles as a preteen and quickly getting [...]

PREMIERE: Studio Session “Audience of One” by GKCB ft. Elliott Skinner
Gideon King & City Blog, the critically-acclaimed New York jazz/ rock fusion act, teamed up with Elliott Skinner of Thirdstory to release the beautifully painful single "Audience of One." Skinner's trademark wince and emotive vocals loom delicately over King's grounded jazz guitar. In their video [...]
PREMIERE: Troi Irons “Lost Angels”
Photo by: Jessica Lehman Though she's not quite 25, Troi Irons has lived a lifetime of experience in the music industry already, having arrived in Los Angeles as a preteen and quickly getting caught in its clutches. Once signed to a major label, [...]
PREMIERE: Anna Tivel “Fenceline”
Photo by Matt Kennely Border crossings are headline news nowadays, with stark images of children and adults being processed as they cross imaginary lines in the sand. Portland-based singer-songwriter Anna Tivel's song "Fenceline" paints a picture of what that crossing looks like and [...]
PREMIERE: Aaron Rice “Neverfade/For Dusk”
Photo by Ashley Camper Statues half hidden by rising tides, buildings sunk beneath desert sands, a post-apocalyptic fever dream... Aaron Rice's latest LP Neverfade/For Dusk has a '90s R&B familiarity, mixed with an otherworldly darkness all his own. The opening notes of "In [...]
PREMIERE: JEMS “Like Myself”
Photo by Alexandra Palmer Everyone needs a good song to wake up to. At one point while I was living in Brooklyn, my roommate woke up every morning to "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes (believe it or not, it did not get [...]

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PLAYING SEATTLE: The “Cosmic Glitter” of Golden Gardens

Alexa Peters2019-05-24T15:11:28-04:00May 24th, 2019|0 Comments

Cosmic glitter. That's how singer Aubrey Bramble describes Golden Gardens, the band she co-founded with Gregg Neville in 2012. She's dead on, of course. Their last [...]

PLAYING CINCY: Leggy Talks New Album, Tour & Videos Coming Soon

Victoria Moorwood2019-05-23T01:17:34-04:00May 21st, 2019|0 Comments

Initially coming together in high school and emerging as a dreamy punk-tinted band after college, the Northside-bred, female-fronted Leggy has grown into Cincinnati's latest long-reaching musical [...]

PLAYING ATLANTA: Sarah Zúñiga Opens Up with “Heart of Mine”

Luci Turner2019-05-24T17:19:57-04:00May 20th, 2019|0 Comments

Athens-based, New-York-born, Ecuadorian-and-Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Sarah Zúñiga brings an intimate sensibility to her unique brand of alternative-folk, blending sharp observation with the textured poeticism of traditional Spanish [...]