September 18, 2015

by Ziggy Merritt This past Thursday at the Boot and Saddle saw a night of low-key indie folk melodies on the part of Small Feet, currently touring in the US in support of their recent debut, From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean. Nick Diamonds filled out the bill Read More

by Michael Youngkin “It always seems like a good idea,” said Holly Miranda from the stage Wednesday night at the Boot and Saddle. As her set warmed up, she took off her stylish jacket, complete with a VIP pass to a 1998 Sparklehorse show sewn into the lining. Sometimes honesty Read More

Motion City Soundtrack Panic Stations Reviewed by: Matt Kelchner     Veteran pop punkers Motion City Soundtrack return with their sixth full length album and their first in three years. Panic Stations finds the band trading in their quirky and playful trademark style Read More

James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg Ambsace Reviewed by: Felipe Tinoco     James Elkingtons and Nathan Salsburg are up and coming guitarists who have been collaborating for over five years. Their musical chemistry has matured and they are now releasing their second Read More

Keith Richards Crosseyed Heart Reviewed by: Geno Thackara     Who’da thunk it. After all this time, one of the baddest of rock and roll’s bad boys has practically become a warm and kindly grandfatherly figure. Where he once wrote “Before They Make Me Read More

Ought Sun Coming Down Reviewed by: Max Miller     In my write-up of Hopscotch Music Festival for this very publication, I described Ought as playing “springy nerve-rock.” At the time, it was just an off-the-cuff means of describing their sound without listing comparable Read More