“’Someone Else’ kinda plays on the comical part about letting someone keep coming back a million times, even though you know they’ll just leave again, because there’s just someone else that they all can’t let go, someone else in the back of their mind that they just can’t shake, that they would drop you at any minute for, whether it’s an ex or someone they’ve always wanted…more than you.” – Shawn Williams
“Intuition” is a mood-altering jazz track by musician/composer Simona Smirnova. Conceptually, it represents her belief that “instrumental music is more abstract and open to interpretation. Just like intuition itself, it’s not clearly defined. We just feel it in our bodies.” READ MORE…
Consider it tragic that Will Bradford of SeepeopleS isn’t as recognizable a name as Bonnie Prince Billy or Sam Beam. As the bandleader/songwriter/producer of this unique band with a must-listen discography for 22 years, there is no band that can nail down so many facets of indie rock as if each genre was truly their own offspring. READ MORE…
On her forthcoming LP, Bird Language, Lithuania-born, New York-based vocalist/composer Simona Smirnova forgoes the fictional narrative elements that characterized her previous releases, instead crafting a sonic portrait of the artist and the world that has shaped her. READ MORE…
If you’re not familiar with his name, Matthew Cheek has written several albums over the past years and has fronted bands and been part of the rap-influenced bluegrass act Gangstagrass (that’s his banjo you hear on their Emmy-nominated song “Long Hard Times to Come,” which was the theme song to FX’s show based on Elmore Leonard novels, Justified.
