Previews and reviews of music releases from unsigned and indie acts.
I simply cannot put into words what it means to me to finally be writing an article again on Parlor City Sound. And there’s no more fitting a return than to write this review of Tom Jolu Live at Abandoned…
If you’re familiar with Damn the Kid, you probably have some inkling as to what you should expect when you sit down to listen to Ava’s Town, their freshman LP. They’ve established quite the unique indie folk-rock sound in recent…
If you’ve read any article I’ve ever written regarding pop music, you’ve heard me say this time and time again: indie pop impresses the hell out of me, because pop is hard. And Trojan Horse, the latest single by Binghamton…
I’ve been looking forward to reviewing Together, For a Moment, the third LP from Grown Ups, for a pretty long time now. One might say too long, actually. I heard a few tracks from this album back in March and…
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Damn the Kid frontwoman Amber Winestock wonderfully articulates something in the new single FNY and its B-side, RaiNY, that I’ve been saying for years, though never so succinctly. And it’s a message that resonates in…
It’s a bit strange to open up a review of American Harmony, the debut LP from the Neo Politans, talking about British harmony. But it’s also an impossible task otherwise. And as a self-confessed musical anglophile, I definitely very much…
There’s an unexpected and entirely wonderful perk to starting a music magazine that I truly wasn’t expecting. Bands send me their upcoming releases early. I know, I know. I should have anticipated that, right? But I went into this fully…
This week has been pretty exciting around here. I spent last weekend over-indulging in The C&G Spot from Caviar & Grits, and then I had the absolute pleasure of reviewing Driftwood’s new LP December Last Call. And I really thought…
December Last Call, the latest LP from Binghamton’s storied Americana band Driftwood, is a prime example of what makes the Binghamton music scene stand out. And to explain why, I first need to state that as a teenager in the…
There’s a rather beautiful juxtaposition between the hectic, nonstop week I’ve had, and now sitting down to review The C&G Spot, the upcoming release from Caviar & Grits. This new five-track EP is as stunning as it is soulful. An…
