JOURNAL EXCERPT: Dan Auerbach Brings It Back to the Blues
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Lake Street Dive Brings Back the ‘Fun Machine’ for a New Set of Cover Songs
Ten years after their first Fun Machine covers collection, Lake Street Dive is cranking up that contraption once again for a second EP of cover songs showing off the band’s wide range of sounds and influences.
Fun Machine: The Sequel is part time machine, as it hops decades to
ALBUM REVIEW: Standout Vocals Make Parker Twomey’s Debut ‘All This Life’ One to Remember
With his debut, All This Life, 21-year-old Parker Twomey blends rock, country, and folk approaches to good effect. Despite the occasionally awkward melody or overly earnest lyric, Twomey offers some of the more pitch-perfect vocal performances of the year, a young artist with undeniable talent.
The opening
ALBUM REVIEW: Arlo McKinley Stares Down His Demons on 'This Mess We’re In'
Soul-wrenching sorrow can be a heavy load to bear for the most resilient heart, but Arlo McKinley is up to the challenge on This Mess We’re In. An unsparing account of his struggle to stare down the demons of a life lived on the edge, this riveting self-
ALBUM REVIEW: With Debut ‘Who Is He?’, Dylan Triplett Makes a Splash in Soul Music
From the title of his debut album, Who Is He?, you might assume that Dylan Triplett might be having an identity crisis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Triplett is a 21-year-old from St. Louis who just sings his ass off on this very impressive debut
Tami Neilson Goes Feral for Statement-Making ‘Kingmaker’
To be “feral,” from the Latin word fera, meaning wild animal, is to be untamed, to escape domesticity. Though it may sound extreme, this is the state of being singer-songwriter Tami Neilson aspired to amid recording Kingmaker, out this Friday on Outside Music. She even bought custom “feral” nameplate