By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist The Walters are a group of five self proclaimed hunks from Chicago, Illinois delivering what they describe as “cardigan rock”. I was lucky enough to catch them on their first major tour across the U.S. opening for The Orwells, another Chicago based group. After the stellar performance I got a chance to speak with lead singer Luke Olson and guitarist Michael J. Tirabassi. What brought […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: Surf Curse Album: Nothing Yet Released: January 13, 2017 Label: Danger Collective Records Website: https://surfcurse.bandcamp.com/ Surf Curse is a lo-fi, surf rock band coming from Reno, Nevada. The surf duo consists of guitarist Jason Rubeck and drummer Nicholas Rattigan. They have been releasing music together since 2015 putting out two projects Sad Boys and Buds. The pair is back with their third project, Nothing Yet, […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Blu Moon is a duo from San Marcos. Kendra Sells and Beau Carnes are two mass communications majors at Texas State with an immense passion for music. Kendra began her path in music while in middle school playing percussion for the the school’s band program. Beau started similarly, playing clarinet in his middle school band. Both of them would go on to continue playing in their high […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: From Indian Lakes Album: Everything Feels Better Now Release Date: October 14, 2016 Website: From Indian Lakes From Indian Lakes was originally a solo project from singer/songwriter Joey Vannucchi out of California. Vannucchi grew up on 40 acres of land out near Yosemite National Park where he honed his multi-instrumentalist skills. At the age of 20 he began recording songs at a friend’s studio […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Chapter 12 is a San Marcos-based independent record and production organization. Texas State students Michael Howard, Joey Chapman and Mark Harlan are the organization's leaders. They have been recording local artist and distributing the works over the Internet to show the vast talent San Marcos has to offer. Chapter 12, to celebrate their two-year anniversary, is putting on their most ambitious event yet, with an […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Jouranlist Artist: Mild High Club Album: Skiptracing Release Date: August 26, 2016 Website: mildhighclub Mild High Club is the solo project from Los Angeles based recording artist Alexander Brettin. Skiptracing is his sophomore follow up to his 2015 debut Timeline. Much has improved in terms of shaping of the creative aspects and finding his voice within in his work. The album has a very 70s psychedelic jazz […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: The Frights Album: You Are Going To Hate This Release Date: February 12, 2016 Website: http://www.thefrights.com/home.html The Frights are a three-piece surf-punk, dirty doo-wop band from San Diego, California. The band was originally formed as a joke with the purpose of getting together and playing one 30-minute set and then breaking up. The so-called joke worked a little too well and the group of friends […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: Nico Yaryan Album: What A Tease Release Date: June 3, 2016 Website: http://nicoyaryan.com/ Nico Yaryan was born in northern California to two hippies. He experienced an upbringing that consisted of skateboarding and going to local record shops looking for cheap albums he could use to sample. Yaryan’s life took a turn when his high school friend Hanni El Khatib needed a drummer for his upcoming tour. […]
By Sawyer Stull Music Journalist Artist: The Walters Album: Young Men Release Date: December 23, 2016 Website: https://thewalters.bandcamp.com/ Young Men is the second EP from the Chicago rock quintet The Walters. The band first found success after posting their song “I Love You So” to reddit, in which it earned over 40,000 plays in two days on bandcamp.com. At the beginning of December this year, it made its way to […]
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