on an acoustic guitar, around a campfire — and people will remember and recognize it, those are the ones that stick around. Both State Champs and We The Kings have those types of songs, those melodies, those words that people connect to on a level that lasts decades. ...
Waxahatchee albums are most effective when the most reflect everyday realities. “Tigers Blood,” exudes a kind of contentment, an artist who is wiser and more reflective than before. Take the track, “Evil Spawn” as an example. Atop ascending rif...
The downcast breakup anthem was the first time Lavigne put her broken heart on display ("All this time you were pretending/ So much for my happy ending," she lamented as the piano-driven verses swirled into a guitar-heavy chorus), and the result was an electric kiss-off delivered w...
Time with books, with vinyl, with my guitar or piano or harmonica, is lovely. But it is the time that I am alone…running, walking, having a cup of tea while staring out the window…when the simple beauty of what is outside the house makes me realize that there is something extraordi...
riffs of Zeppelin, the mythological lyrics of Rush, or the guitar solos of Eddie van Halen.. The intended sarcasm of their name escaped my young mind, and we the sometimes showered the fledglings unkindly with the little bones of half-eaten 5¢ chicken wings during King’s Town Happy ...