Adia Victoria is establishing a fresh reference point on the musical landscape. From blood-born howls to idiosyncratic phrasing, she is the big red dot saying You Are Here. The Nashville-based artist travels the lands of rock, afro punk, and country, squarely situated in the continent of the Blues. Ask about her artistic goals, and the songwriter/vocalist will say, “I want to shine a light on the unseen, and speak the unspeakable.” Adia Victoria is a truth teller. She admits, “I don’t necessarily paint myself in a flattering light. This isn’t the pop version of pretty or the strategically posed pretty-ugly. Sometimes I’m just ugly. There’s a brat in some of these songs, selfish, nave, vengeful, but there’s also a tender eye that just wants the listener to feel seen and understood.”
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At their full-strength, the Kansas Bible Company sports three guitarists, two drummers and a five-piece horn section, and even if they aren’t that supersized when they take the stage at The Bohemian Cafe on Saturday, Oct. 15th at 3:30 p.m.,their stripped-down mode is seven pieces.
The KBC will drop by the day after their psychedelic blues-rock-funk R&B horn-loaded jam at FALL FOR GREENVILLE on the Michelin West End Stage.
Read more →Holy cow, y’all, do we have some new stuff for you this week. We were already pumped about the new Drive-By Truckers, and then we got new John Prine, Mandolin Orange, The Growlers, The Pixies, Danny Brown, Van Morrison, and a wonderfully heartbreaking album by Luke Winslow-King. Read on… DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, American Band (CD/LP) Drive-By […]
Read more →Gracious! We’ve got new stuff from Warpaint, Dwight Yoakam, Beach Slang, Game Theory, a Billy Bragg/Joe Henry duo album and more, plus some great reissues from Fleetwood Mac and the legendary Elmore James. WARPAINT, Heads Up (CD/LP) Warpaint, Los Angeles-based mistresses of the art-rock slow jam, have made a sideways swerve on their third album. […]
Read more →And the amazing crop of newness continues from last week to now. The new DAWES is out, along with the long-awaited AGAINST ME release, and stuff by AMANDA SHIRES, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, THE DEVIL MAKES THREE, ROBERT GLASPER & more! DAWES, We’re All Gonna Die (CD/LP) On their four previous albums, Dawes were […]
Read more →Lordy, do we have a pile of new stuff for you this week! WILCO! NICK CAVE! THE HEAD & THE HEART! ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES! JACK WHITE! DANIEL LANOIS! And a ton more, plus a JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU duo album to warm Gene’s heart and some incredible reissues! Read on… WILCO, Schmilco (CD/LP) After […]
Read more →A small but fierce list of new stuff this week, including the lovely Appalachian drone of Nathan Bowles, a fantastic slice of alt-folk from Angel Olsen, some new dusty hardbitten gems from Butch Walker, and some truly raw reggae from the Frightnrs. ANGEL OLSEN, My Woman (CD/LP) Angel Olsen’s third album is immediately and enormously […]
Read more →A small but fierce list of new stuff this week, including some jazzy re-interpretations of classic pop by The Bad Plus, another dark slice of life from Cass McCombs, the first new De La Soul album in 12 years and a virtuosic follow-up by Derrick Hodge, plus some classical goodies for Gene. Read on…. DE […]
Read more →Despite its amazing “Real”-ness, we’re somehow not just about the incredibly Lydia Loveless album in this week’s New Releases. We’ve also got stuff by Blood Orange, John Paul White, the Minus 5, heck, there’s even a new Dolly! Read on…. LYDIA LOVELESS, Real (CD/LP) Real is one of those exciting records where you sense an […]
Read more →This week’s batch of new stuff features the conclusion of JEFF The Brotherhood’s spiritual trilogy, Of Montreal’s unexpected trip into electronica, Atmosphere’s arrival at hip-hop middle age and a couple of classical gems to keep Gene happy! Read on… JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, ZONE (CD/LP) Positioned as the final installment of a “spiritual trilogy” that also […]
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