Releases - Parlor City Sound https://www.parlorcitysound.com Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:24:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-parlor-city-sound-logo-32x32.jpg Releases - Parlor City Sound https://www.parlorcitysound.com 32 32 Tom Jolu Live At Abandoned Studios — Fantastic New Live EP Out Soon https://www.parlorcitysound.com/tom-jolu-live-at-abandoned-studios-fantastic-new-live-ep-out-soon/ Fri, 11 Apr 2025 02:24:06 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1712 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 Studios. As some of you surely know, Parlor City Sound went on a hiatus over […]

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]]> Ava’s Town: Damn the Kid’s New Freshman LP is Wondrous https://www.parlorcitysound.com/avas-town-damn-the-kids-new-freshman-lp-is-wondrous/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 04:19:35 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1417 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 years. So like me, you’ll probably go into this album thinking you have some idea […]

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]]> Trojan Horse: Check Out Amoreena’s Fantastic New Single https://www.parlorcitysound.com/trojan-horse-check-out-amoreenas-fantastic-new-single/ https://www.parlorcitysound.com/trojan-horse-check-out-amoreenas-fantastic-new-single/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:59:08 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1410 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 pop singer Amoreena, wasn’t just presumably hard to make. It goes hard, too. If you’ll […]

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]]> https://www.parlorcitysound.com/trojan-horse-check-out-amoreenas-fantastic-new-single/feed/ 1 Together, For a Moment: The Grown Ups’ Latest LP is Glorious https://www.parlorcitysound.com/together-for-a-moment-the-grown-ups-latest-lp-is-glorious/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:12:10 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1398 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 got excited. And then Grown Ups sent me the whole album back in April, so […]

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]]> FNY, RaiNY: Damn the Kid Makes Two Fantastic New Singles https://www.parlorcitysound.com/fny-rainy-damn-the-kid-makes-two-fantastic-new-singles/ https://www.parlorcitysound.com/fny-rainy-damn-the-kid-makes-two-fantastic-new-singles/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:30:20 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1363 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 any hometown on Earth, whether it’s New York City, or Binghamton, or anyplace else in […]

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]]> https://www.parlorcitysound.com/fny-rainy-damn-the-kid-makes-two-fantastic-new-singles/feed/ 1 American Harmony: The Neo Politans Deliver Big, Uplifting LP https://www.parlorcitysound.com/american-harmony-the-neo-politans-deliver-big-uplifting-lp/ Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:24:52 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1356 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 approve of this impressively original sound the Neo Politans have crafted for their freshman album. […]

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]]> The Pocket Bandit: a Powerful and Hypnotic Debut Single https://www.parlorcitysound.com/the-pocket-bandit-a-powerful-and-hypnotic-debut-single/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:50:44 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1345 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 expecting to review releases after they’ve already hit the proverbial shelves. So getting them early […]

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]]> Loved So Bad: New Alyssa Crosby and Grown Ups EP a Gift https://www.parlorcitysound.com/love-so-bad-new-alyssa-crosby-and-grown-ups-ep-is-a-gift/ https://www.parlorcitysound.com/love-so-bad-new-alyssa-crosby-and-grown-ups-ep-is-a-gift/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:52:36 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1317 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 my week couldn’t get much better—until Grown Ups sent over their new collaboration with Alyssa […]

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]]> https://www.parlorcitysound.com/love-so-bad-new-alyssa-crosby-and-grown-ups-ep-is-a-gift/feed/ 2 December Last Call: Driftwood’s New LP Needs to be Savored https://www.parlorcitysound.com/december-last-call-driftwoods-new-lp-needs-to-be-savored/ https://www.parlorcitysound.com/december-last-call-driftwoods-new-lp-needs-to-be-savored/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:13:02 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1307 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 1990’s, I was shot multiple times by a very polite elderly cowboy. That last sentence […]

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]]> https://www.parlorcitysound.com/december-last-call-driftwoods-new-lp-needs-to-be-savored/feed/ 1 The C&G Spot: Caviar & Grits’ Soulful New EP is Stunning https://www.parlorcitysound.com/the-cg-spot-caviar-grits-soulful-new-ep-is-stunning/ https://www.parlorcitysound.com/the-cg-spot-caviar-grits-soulful-new-ep-is-stunning/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:26:47 +0000 https://www.parlorcitysound.com/?p=1290 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 album as true a representation of life as any scrapbook someone might assemble of what […]

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