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Jon DeRosa
(Mother West) www.motherwest.com I recently had told a friend, who knows DeRosa, that the guy looks like Danzig, to which my pal laughed and said he needed to tell him (he also r more...
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires
(Alive) www.alive-totalenergy.com There is a Bomb in Gilead, the first solo record from former Dexateen Lee Bains III, doesn't travel far afield from the sounds made by his ex-ba more...
MV & EE
(Woodsist) www.woodsist.com/ Longtime musical partners, and multi-instrumentalists Matt Valentine and Erica Elders, over the last decade have cranked out more than 33 album more...
Turnpike Troubadours
(Thirty Tigers) www.turmpiketroubadours.com) Three albums on, the Turnpike Troubadours have evolved from the hard-bitten road warriors their handle implies into a band of musical more...
Joe Pug
(Lightning Rod) www.lightningrodrecords.com Given the fact that he's always been an indie operator, it's likely that Joe Pug's recognition will continue to come slowly and only in more...
Brendan Benson
(Readymade) www.readymaderecords.com After exploring country music (well, to a certain extent) on 2009's My Old, Familiar Friend, power pop maestro Brendan Benson returns to his more...
Candy
(Rock Candy) www.rockcandyrecords.com One of the great lost treasures of ‘80s rock, Whatever Happened to Fun..., the debut LP by one-and-done L.A. quartet Candy, finally ge more...
Various Artists
(Now-Again) www.nowagainrecords.com Ten years in the compiling by the savvy archivists at Now-Again, Soul Cal collects fifteen ultra-rare tracks recorded between 1971 and 1982 th more...
Mink DeVille
(Capitol/Culture Factory USA) www.culturefactoryusa.com When Willy DeVille died in 2009, there was an outpouring of grief from his diehard fans, but otherwise the event was barely more...
Lindsay Fuller
(ATO Records) www.atorecords.com Maybe as we near the Mayan Armageddon we'll find a bigger audience and general appreciation for the death-preoccupations of musicians like Lindsa more...











