"Wasted" is a reflection of Nashville legend Chris Gantry's long and winding path through this world - but the vitality of the songwriting stops the music from becoming simple elegy or denouement. Chris' crafty old-school way with a tune and his smooth melodicism gives him the space to tell his tales with ease; lovers, losers and madmen are depicted with warmth and empathy, a genuine love of the human spirit and the singing chops of a man who's known tens of thousands of... (read more)

Put the hot 'n humid back into summer! Deep, drippy and super trippy, Purling Hiss' latest EP, Interstellar Blue, is packed to the brim with four new tunes available exclusively on the digital doo-dad of your choice! The first single, "Useful Information", is a euphoric outpouring of sugared guitar and insta-catchy vocals atop a steadfast n' slithering rhythm section, kaleidoscopically coloring what you hear like a full-on head rush. Mike Polizze's got a penchant for executing perfect "stuck-in-your-head" songs... (read more)

They say good things come in threes-and the new Mike Donovan album is back to remind us! Exurbian Quonset is his third solo outing, less than a year after his second solo, How To Get Your Records Played In Shops (which proved that good things came in twos last year). The opener, "Digital Dan", peels out like a dragster doing donuts behind the Dunkin Donuts - a bit meta, sure, and a bit just plain FUCKED too. Thankfully that's as far as the ol'... (read more)

Roots of Confusion Seeds of Joy is here, and just in time for everyone! As one of the practitioners of an increasingly rare form of musical alchemy, Major Stars have proven to be an antidote to all sorts of real-world trauma. Put on an album of theirs, and you're bound to be catapulted into a world of rock-based abstraction, diffraction, and finally, sweet distraction.

Playing material arranged for a sextet fronted by a trio of guitars, Major Stars have developed a habit of rehearsing... (read more)