It would be blasphemy to compare anyone to James Brown, but it’s hard for Mr. Dynamite to not come to mind when listening to Dylan Chambers’ new track “Me vs. Me.” Right from the get-go, Chambers comes out swinging with a tight funk workout that is slinky, smirky, and sharp, where the band hits hard and the frontman is the star. Glide is premiering the song and video for this supercharged modern funk number that retains a middleweight modern soul legitimacy.
For his third album Escaping Southern Heat, Ross Adams is once again bringing the heat with passionate narrative storytelling, this time backed by the members of Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit band (guitarist Sadler Vaden, bassist Jimbo Hart, keyboardist Derry Deborja, and drummer Chad Gamble) and American Aquarium’s former member Whit Wright on steel guitar. READ MORE…
Coming across like a slightly more melodic Protomartyr, Negative Instinct is powerful post-punk. The work of Washington, DC, artist Binding Spell (Roger Poulin), the impellent rhythm section provides some serious horsepower. READ MORE…
Between the two of them, Megan and Shane Baskerville have played just about every kind of American music you can imagine. Born in Wisconsin and based in the Southwest—with a lot of rambling in between—they’re veterans of punk scenes, bluegrass circuits, ska bands, even hip-hop acts, all of which informs their work with the School of Rock franchises they operate in Arizona. But nearest and dearest to their hearts is country music, which allows them a unique opportunity to meld all these disparate interests, and to air their darkest secrets. Defined by Megan’s force-of-nature vocals and Shane’s inventive guitar playing, Daughter of Country is a memoir set to music, every word the God’s honest truth, as the husband-wife duo re-create the sounds pioneered by their heroes, while putting their own personal spin on the genre.
“Fearing the Dawn” is a country-blues shuffle of a song on which Bill Filipiak sings of coming to terms with his father’s death—not an easy journey as he confesses, “It took five years for me to say goodbye to you” and then, perhaps just as hard to accept, “now the world is expecting me to fill your shoes.“ Speaking of the song, Filipiak emphasized these themes: “There’s something about that moment when you realize, ‘I’m the eldest in the family, I’m the patriarch now’ and facing that new dawn, that’s scary as hell.”
As a producer for the Grand Ole Opry, Bill has worked with, befriended and learned from an impressive list of artists including Ray Wylie Hubbard, Keb Mo, George Thorogood, Allison Russell, Lera Lynn and Sarah Jarosz. And for the last five years, taking inspiration from these luminaries, he’s embarked on a solo career of his own.
Ecuador’s Indie Criollo has included Takénobu’s new single “Traveling Light” in its 10 Daily Recommendations for a Demanding Ear. Here’s an English translation of the article:
“Takénobu arrives with “Traveling Light,” a song that wears its heart on its sleeve. It’s a perfect work, a song to help shield us from anything that might disturb our good vibes out in the world. It is a weighty and well-constructed song, a pleasurable listen, a happy yet powerful composition. An emotional struggle that finds Takéobu yearning to get right with the world. And we’re invited along for the ride.”