This Post-Pop band from the East Bay in Northern California might be ready for much bigger things in 2019. Featuring singer Cole Becker, Max Becker, bassist Sebastian Mueller, and drummer Joey Armstrong, the son of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, the band plays an infectious brand of Post- Punk that is ready made for arenas and festivals.
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Best Albums of 2019: Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls
Tiny Ruins is a band out of Aukland, New Zealand that Hollie Fullbrook put together to release her solo material. Described as the sonic equivalent of dancing around the moon, Tiny Ruins is a beautifully understated gem.
With a voice that is warm and textured at the same time, one can close their eyes and open their ears to hear a bit of Joni Mitchell in Fullbrook’s gentle vocal delivery, particularly so on the song “Bounty.”
The title track, “Olympic Girls,” has a more pastoral feel to it and would not have been too far out of place on a back in the day Pentangle album.
The song “Holograms” (Fleetwood Mac on acid) evokes a tinge of Carole King in it’s DNA, seems to be the centerpiece of the record.
Every song on this record seems richer and more expansive than the last. This is an album that demands a sit down and let this one wash over you sort of listening experience with multiple sessions yielding layers upon layers of musical morsels to delicately digest.
Song of the Day: Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose
It was a pretty good year in 2018 for Lucy Dacus having scored a critically acclaimed album with Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers and their band Boygenius, but 2019 may be shaping up to be even more interesting. The song “La Vie En Rose” is the first in her series of songs that will celebrate holidays. This one, Valentine’s Day.
The song that Dacus herself has called the perfect song and the tune that was made famous by Edith Piaf is having a bit of a renaissance of late having also been featured by Lady Ga Ga in A Star Is Born.
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Best Albums of 2019: John Diva and the Rockets of Love – Mama Said Rock is Dead
Just look at these guys and you can tell what their full throttle M.O. is. Unabashed devotees of Sunset Strip Glam and Sleaze Rock they are all about booze, broads, and Rock and Roll.
The sound is is an intoxicating mix of the bands you loved when you had hair. “Rock ‘N’ Roll is Dead” is a Hybrid of Bon Jovi and the Def Leppard era when the drummer had two arms, and “Lolita” could be the love child of Poison and Motley Crue.
Smooth riffs, anthemic choruses, sweet guitar solos, these guys bring back a bygone era before mortgages, kids, wives and divorces sucked up all of your disposable income. Steel Panther, beware. The new kings of The Sunset Strip are coming after your throne.
Rock Chick of the Day: Delain – Masters of Destiny
Going on ten years now, Dutch symphonic Rockets Delain are still going strong with the release of “Masters of Destiny” in advance of their upcoming album.
Live Video of the Day: Mumford and Sons – Guiding Light (Saturday Night Live)
Live Video of the Day: Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue (Live From Here)
Whether she is performing solo or with her band Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis always deserves your ear-tention. Here is a new live recording of her 2008 single “Acid Tongue.”
Video of the Day: Pip Blom – I Think I’m In Love
All the way from Amsterdam in advance of her May record release Pip Blom is turning ears with her infectious brand of Indie Pop.
Video of the Day: Crooked Shapes – Wicked Ways
U.K. Rockers Crooked Shapes don’t release their debut E.P. until May, but we have our ears peeled. From the sounds of things it sounds like it will shape up to be a solid rock and roller of a record.
Video of the Day: Alice Wallace – Santa Ana Winds
The first video from here recently released record Into The Blue. The song tells a poignant story of the impacts of the California fires that were fueled by the Santa Ana winds. A powerful song from a grower of a record.
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