rock
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Review: Piunti’s “Heart Inside Your Head” Not So Complicated
If you’re feeling up for some good, wistful summer dad-rock, check out Heart Inside Your Head, the sophomore album from Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men, released tomorrow May 20, 2022. The Detroit-based power pop band, with Nick Piunti on lead vocals, guitars and synthesizer, Jeff Daksiewicz on electric guitar, Kevin Darnall on piano, organ…
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Top Ten Season: My Favorite Albums of 2018
This year was full of great releases, and while 2017 may have outdone 2018 in music, there’s still plenty to hear. Two movie soundtracks appear on this year’s list – it’s entirely dictated by my personal tastes and not meant to be all-inclusive. If you like any of these picks (or strongly disagree with one),…
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‘To the Sunset’: Amanda Shires’ Toast To Courage
If you’re looking for another generically-heartbroken Americana record, you’ve come to wrong place with Amanda Shires’ newest: To The Sunset. In fact, this album sounds more like victory than anything; it manages to be fierce and defiant, while showing hints of vulnerability in all of the right places. Full of lyrical complexity and adorned with…
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The War on Drugs: The Most Vital Band in America
The most vital band in the United States could also be its most unlikely: the War on Drugs
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Not This Again: Greta Van Fleet Aren’t the Saviors of Rock
And here we are all over again: Greta Van Fleet seem wholly manufactured for you, rock lover.
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How Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires Are Inciting Personal Revolutions
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, who hail from the Iron City of Birmingham, AL, aren’t just changing the sound of modern Southern Rock- they are defining it. Their sound of dueling overdriven guitars infused with thought-provoking lyrics fueled by themes of cultural equality, geographically-influenced perspectives, as well as an overwhelming determination to shift rotting…