Morning Benders’ “Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. At first blush, “Cold War (Nice Clean Fight)” song sounds like the product of tweejangling guitar line, cooing high tenor vocals, the gentle background toot of keyboards. It’s much more idiosyncratic than that, though. There’s a…
Joe Pug’s “Speak Plainly, Diana”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. As a student at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Joe Pug (or Joe Pugliese, in his pre-abbreviated undergrad days) was focused on becoming a playwright, not a songwriter. He kept his ears open, though: He didn’t…
Copeland’s “The Day I Lost My Voice (The Suitcase Song)”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Possibly the last album Copeland will release, You Are My Sunshine is marked with the trademark sound that afforded the Orlando quartet a 10-year run as the sensitive princes of the modern day emo and pop-punk…
Laura Veirs’ “I Can See Your Tracks”
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Retribution Gospel Choir’s “Hide it Away”
Think power trio as led by a rock ‘n’ roll preacher: Alan Sparhawklong of the bands Low, Black-Eyed Snakes and this, his Retribution Gospel Choirlays out the parables and the empirical evidence of his subject’s misgivings, proclaiming that their actions suggest a hungry cat on a well-stocked boat, or a nervous fool uncertain of how…
Supersuckers’ “Breaking Honey’s Heart”
It’s unusual hearing a band like Supersuckersknown for their freewheeling, drug-lauding, party-time rock ‘n’ roll attitudewrite a song so heartfelt and sentimental. It’d be like AC/DC trying to pull off “Beth,” he difference mainly being that “Breaking Honey’s Heart” is a far better song than “Beth.” They do share a similar ethosboth are apologias, except…
Jeanne Jolly’s “Desert of My Mind”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Drums brush like a train while a dobro weeps on “Desert of My Mind.” Rather than jumping on that train, Jeanne Jolly escapes from the world: “Lock the doors and leave the world outside / Pray…
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Brendan Benson’s “Eyes on the Horizon”
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. First and foremost is the fact that “Eyes on the Horizon” has an über-groovy vibe, like a late-night cocktail bar in the swanky part of town. Some of this is the ’70s soul sound that envelops the song, keyed by…
Mike Posner’s”You Don’t Have to Leave”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Musically, Michigan and North Carolina are kindred spirits: That is, for every underground hip-hop act that comes out of Michigan, North Carolina introduces an equal amount of artists. The one thing that North Carolina hasn’t really…
Themselves’ “You Ain’t It”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Rick Ross was a corrections officer. But the plaques in his Miami mansion came from kilo raps and a few imaginary penitentiary bids. The XXL-thumbers and the all-nights-on-the-blog-sites cry hypocrite, but who can fault a guy…
Derek Trucks Band’s “Sweet Inspiration”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. When, as was the case with guitarist/ band leader/ songwriter Derek Trucks, you turn pro not long after hitting double figures in years, you’re destined to get the “he’s got an old soul” tag at some…
Benji Hughes’ “Tight Tee Shirt”
Listen up! or stream it below. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Charlotte singer/songwriter Benji Hughes has drawn some comparisons to Stephin Merritt, and while the hirsute Hughes looks nothing like him with his Billy Gibbons-like beard, his minimalist, often keyboard driven electro-pop ditties recall Merritt both in…
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