There’s a beach somewhere in Southern California where it’s been the Summer of Love for the last 50 years. The air is consistently thick with the same dizzying heat, and there is always a light mist floating along the horizon. It is from this beach that we receive a collect call from Mystic Braves, a low-fi psychedelic rock outfit who seek to make contact with the 2018 music scene via their latest release, The Great Unknown. READ MORE…
“Love Me Like You Did” the lead single off Bloomington, Ind.- based Americana band Nick Dettmeier & the Sawdusters‘ forthcoming album All Damn Day, features a lead character who totally gets what George Strait says to his ex in 1991’s “You Know Me Better Than That”. Both songs are the country music equivalent of a drunken, late -night phone call to a former lover with an impeccable record collection to gripe about a new flame’s less than cosmopolitan tastes.
Dittmeier, a wordsmith inspired more by Ernest Hemingway than Ernest Tubb, offers rich details about his leading man. “It’s a story about a guy falling in love with a younger woman, but there are things he misses about a previous relationship,” he says. “The narrator doesn’t have the same history he had in a previous relationship and the age difference brings riffs in little stuff like cultural differences.”
In this case, “cultural differences” mean the younger woman doesn’t quite get the appeal of Townes Van Zandt, Shotgun Willie or Little Feat–just three decipherable influences on the Sawdusters’ heartland rock riffage meets classic country storytelling approach. It’s not just the story of a man narrow enough to judge his current partner for her musical taste, as his ex really does seem to better understand vices and strengths that have nothing to do with country and Western.
Dettmeier and bandmates JP Payton (guitar), Rev. Bob Rutherford (bass) and Mark Wayne Minnick (drums) tell such a vivid story on this and nine other album tracks that the singer finds himself reminding potential fans that he’s not necessarily singing about his own experiences…..READ MORE
This song will send you into a time warp with their nostalgic classic-rock sound. Bud Bronson & The Good Timers have been creating anthems like this since 2012 and are proud to announce their new record Between The Outfield And Outer Space will be available Oct. 12. READ MORE…
Hi Lindsay, welcome to VENTS! How have you been?
I’ve been well thanks! Quite happy that the summer is nearing its end and the weather is cooling off…
Can you talk to us more about your latest single “Too”?
“Too” is about the ways in which women and femmes compress themselves to make space for their masculine counterparts. I have watched many women I love dim their own lights to help brighten the lights of the men in their lives, and I too have done this, and the song is about finally acknowledging that our space/time/energy is equally as important…….READ MORE
After establishing her rep as a piano-playing singer-songwriter (and activist), Debbie Neigher felt the need to “rip the rug out from underneath me” — musically, at least. The answer is Lapel, a new moniker whose track “Summer Vacation,” from the upcoming debut album Periphery, premieres below.
“I just got to a point where I realized the music that I’d always done didn’t necessarily move me anymore,” says Neigher, who was born in New Jersey and now resides in San Francisco. “I wanted to try something totally new while still trying to create really authentic, narrative music.” And the easiest way to do that for Neigher was to step away from the instrument she’s been playing since she was four years old. READ MORE
illiterates waste no time thrashing to the point with their new single “My Enemy.” In true punk fashion, the track is hard, fast and loud. It bangs with manic drums, fierce guitar riffs and it gets super weird around the 40-second mark. You may feel a bit disoriented for a few hot seconds, but “My Enemy” is quick to inject you back into the rhythm of revolution. READ MORE…