You got to love when an artist takes the question of what went into a song and just runs with it. Herbert Bail Orchestra’s Anthony Frattolillo tells of the history lesson at the core of “Gavrilo” from the L.A. indie-folk outfit’s sophomore LP History’s Made At Night, out September 28. Under the Radar has the premiere of the new song, which is more than meets the ear, something it does nicely. READ MORE…
The mellowest michelada sunshine surprise ending to summer is Mystic Braves’ new LP The Great Unknown and we’re premiering it right here in its full glory. We talked to vocalist/guitarist Julian Ducatenzeiler in between their European and American tours and got the skinny on their recent shenanigans.
On staying positive when losing all their luggage in Europe Julian philosophized, “you’ve gotta roll with the punches, the gigs went well, people were responsive, you look like shit, smell like shit, but you’ve gotta keep it moving.” READ MORE…
“Rock ‘n’ roll is dead.” We’ve all heard this a million times, as big EDM acts, R&B and Hip Hop collectively engulf everything in their path, seemingly making the rock band all but obsolete. But naysayers be damned, because Mystic Braves is here to prove that a guitar driven sound can thrive in even the most hostile of conditions. READ MORE…
Life is fragile, a soft and fleeting miracle that comes out of nowhere and leaves just as surprisingly. The true magic lies not in our comings and goings, though, but rather in the in-between. Nevertheless, sometimes the ending of a story is required in order to appreciate its tale. An homage to a crow that died mid-flight, Ward White’s dreamy “Canopy” takes two steps back to appreciate life’s beauty and utter chaos. READ MORE…
There’s already an air of mystery about singer-songwriter Deep Gold’s identity as it is being well-guarded, and I have absolutely no idea what his real name is. His publicist wouldn’t budge on this, and because I think his music is so fantastic, I’m forging ahead in telling you about him.
What I do know is that he’s originally from Miami, now lives in Rockland and will be playing on the nearby island of North Haven on Aug. 30 and up the road in Camden on Sept. 7. His lifelong connection to Maine is through many summers spent on Vinalhaven as a child and some time living there as an adult over the past few years.
Before he started making music, Deep Gold wrote poetry. H didn’t pick up a guitar until he was 20 years old. Once he learned a few chords, he realized that songwriting was his preferred method of expression. READ MORE…
Simon Patrick Kerr steps outside the box into an unembellished Americana sound on his debut album Doldrums. The Nashville songbird was previously the frontman for The Wans, a rough-around-the-edges psych rock group that worked with superstar producer Dave Cobb and opened for acts like Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age and Jack White.
Moving into the folky side of things on this solo LP, which came out July 20, Kerr channels country troubadours like Townes Van Zandt. Though this is his first release in this canon, it isn’t his first rodeo in the world of singer-songwriters as he grew up with a musician father who toured with John Prine and other independent Nashville-outsider heroes. “Guy Clark was a family friend of ours and we went to his place one Christmas morning and got to exchange songs and that was really a turning point for me,” Kerr said of the inspiration for Doldrums. READ MORE…