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Indie Rock Jeff Tweedy

Artists like Jeff Tweedy are set with one output when told to stay still-writing. At the front of the lock down it seems as if Tweedy was ready to let the writing start and flow like water from a faucet. Aside from a new book How To Write One Song coming in the middle of...More Please

September 15, 2020

ATTXLA Went From Aspiring Rapper to Inspiring Singer

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What inspires many is to hear from someone who is inspiring. In the music world you can get bogged down where an artist pops off after collaborating with a room full of producers and songwriters. When Houston producer and singer songwriter ATTXLA got on our radar, we found his approach to R&B based pop refreshing...More Please

August 27, 2020

Shy Boys Reveal New Album & Drop Enchanting New Song

Kansas City’s Shy Boys are the type of band that doesn’t come along very often. Many times when you hear a band with impeccable vocal harmonies it’s the result of studio trickery, or at least some form of technological embellishment. Not with these guys though as their vocal harmonies pair perfectly with their relaxed surf...More Please

August 25, 2020

For Tee Vee Learning is as Important as Creating

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In the world that makes up electro-pop, one might think that it’s filled with artists who are ready to become the next big pop star. While of course that’s far from true, within the genre rests some of the best producers and songwriters in the music industry. When we first met Teresa Vicinanza, she was...More Please

August 18, 2020

Rex Hudson Enjoys Making Music More Than Many Artists

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You may remember five years ago when if you stretched your arms out you could bump into a music producer. The genre was and still is marked with plenty of music makers in a world where the term was overused and overplayed by guys with a Macbook Pro and a film playing behind them at...More Please

August 14, 2020

Bob Mould Announces Solo Career & Sugar Box Set

If Bob Mould were just known for his work in Husker Du, that would be enough for most artists. However since Mould is unlike most artists, he’s had a flourishing career both as leader of the band Sugar and as a solo artist. The amount of work between the two projects alone is mind boggling....More Please

August 14, 2020

Jeff Tweedy to Release New Book

If you ask most songwriters, the differences between writing lots of songs and just one song can be immense. Since we first heard the music of Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy has been an inspiring figure in terms of a songwriter among other things. Heading up and leading Wilco for over twenty years, having a successful...More Please

August 11, 2020

Sergio Trevino Proves Great Songwriting is Still Key to Good Music

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When you meet legendary producers of music, they typically are like old pillars of wisdom. With words about he to place mics best to capture drums or insight on how to get the best vocal take, they all agree that good music doesn’t exist without great songwriting. In Texas there’s plenty of good songwriters without...More Please

August 4, 2020

Liberty & Justice Bring Authenticity in a World Full of Posers

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In music, you have to be authentic to survive. In punk, you can make it but you may not survive without authenticity. It’s safe to say that since pop punk became a new sub genre for the music industry to exploit, that there’s been plenty of posers in music-especially in the world of punk. Being...More Please

July 30, 2020

Cut Worms Drops Two New Songs & Announces Double Album

Brooklyn’s Max Clarke has come a long way since starting off under the moniker Cut Worms. While his last album Hollow Ground from 2018 was a well oiled machine created by true song craft, that doesn’t mean it was his swan song either. Now the follow up to that album has emerged under the name...More Please

July 29, 2020

Spoon Reissues Telephono & Soft Effects Available Separately

Back when Austin’s Spoon released their debut Telephono, they were vastly different than the band they are now. The album was good but their sound steered a bit from what we’ve known them for. Their follow-up E.P. Soft Effects was where the band began shaping the sound they still have today. For the longest time...More Please

July 28, 2020

Mikey Drag Keeps Digging Into Rock with Each New Endeavor

In a state as big as Texas, you’re bound to unearth some gems within music. While we may contend that the state has more than just a couple of unpolished stones, there’s plenty of artists who make sure that guitar music doesn’t fade into obscurity. When we met Mikey Drag the first time, he was...More Please

July 21, 2020

Derek Rathbun Exhibits DIY in Everything He Does

Derek Rathbun interview Podcast

In music, just as in life, there are those who do and those who do not. While some bands and artists who do not may have moderate success, the real tales of success belong to those who dared to try. Since we first met Derek Rathbun we knew that he was an artist who did....More Please

July 14, 2020

Loving Great Music is Just Part of What Keeled Scales is About

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If you talk to enough people in music, you get used to hearing things about the numbers. The number of fans on social media, the amount of streams, the total number of units sold and on and on. Even if you take into account that you’re generally speaking to someone from the marketing department or...More Please

July 2, 2020

Cut Worms Reveals Two New Songs

Cut Worms makes the kind of music that’s difficult to dislike. There’s always been a swaying tone to the music he makes that feels like it’s rooted in what America sounds like. On his new singles “Unnatural Disaster” and “Baby Come On,” the tone is full of twang and Southern vibes. Complete with his signature...More Please

June 24, 2020

Mario Rodriguez is Driven to Never Slow Down

Mario Rodriguez Podcast

Drive is a funny thing. Where it comes from for some of us isn’t where it comes from for others. Artists with a drive to succeed has always been a factor in who I’m intrigued by and who I’m not. Mario Rodriguez is driven by a lot of no’s. His band Tax The Wolf had...More Please

June 24, 2020

Screaming Females to Release Vinyl Version of Chalk Tape E.P.

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New Jersey’s Screaming Females caught everyone’s ears when they began, though their 2013 release Chalk Tape caught the ears of music critics everywhere. Containing plenty of hook-filled pop touches, the band quickly got bigger with heaps of praise for the release. While it was limited to a cassette tape release alongside the digital version, that...More Please

June 9, 2020

Jawwaad Taylor Defines Pure Artistry

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In music, it becomes increasingly difficult to find what you can refer to as pure artistry. While all who release music are artists, there are few who have artistry pouring through their fingertips. When I first met Jawwaad Taylor, there was a discussion of MF Doom before he chimed in “I made an album with...More Please

May 20, 2020

B L A C K I E Takes Quarantine as Time to Keep Creating

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