Check Out Our December 2021 CD Artist Sampler

Parquet Courts

“Walking at a Downtown Pace”

From the album Sympathy for Life

Rough Trade

Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. Sympathy for Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their unique identity.

parquet-courts.com

The Sidney Green Street Band

“Six Pack (And a Bottle of Wine)”

From the EP SGSB

Self-released

The Sidney Green Street Band story begins, of course, in a classic roadhouse in Northern New Jersey, where four prolific musicians… and the closest of friends… explosively deliver an exceptionally wide-ranging musical allure that infuses good Southern rock-and-roll with elements of jazz.

lancedoss.com/sgsb

The Runaway Grooms

“Disco Dale’s Dilemma”

From the album Violet Lane

Self-released

The Runaway Grooms are bringing a refreshing take on contemporary jamband music. With pocket grooves, syncopated rhythms and expansive tones, the band captures elements of funk and psychedelic rock while simultaneously celebrating traditional songwriting roots of Americana music.

therunawaygrooms.com

Lisa Bouchelle & The Bleu

“Jump In!”

From the album Jump In!

BFD/The Orchard/Sony Music

Lisa Bouchelle has a sound all her own, mixing Americana, pop, funk, hip-hop and singer-songwriter. This song features G. Love on harp, Tommy Kessler of Blondie on guitar and Hal B. Selzer of Joan Jett & The Blackhearts on bass, and is a call to take chances in life, to go for it and to “Jump In!”

lisabouchelle.com

The Moon Is Flat

“Oleander Jam”

From the album All the Pretty Colors

Self-released

Thunderous drums, screaming guitars, soaring vocals and spine tingling keys providing big waves of swirling rock music that make The Moon is Flat an experience best taken in live and loud.

themoonisflat.bandcamp.com

Chris BadNews Barnes

“I Slow Danced With Joni Mitchell”

From the album BadNews Rising

VizzTone

Chris BadNews Barnes teamed up with Grammy award-winning producer Tom Hambridge. Barnes—a former Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock and Carol Burnett television show performer and writer—has made his mark in the blues community, being hailed by Elmore Magazine as “The King of Hokum Blues.”

chrisbarnesnyc.com

Franklin Gotham

“I Can’t”

From the EP Blueskies & Makeup

Jivin Jones Records

Pop-infused Americana three-piece from the D.C. area Franklin Gotham delivers alt-indie, folk-rock that is irrefutably refreshing. With the emotional intensity of Tom Waits and sunny vulnerability of Nada Surf, imagine Morrissey on happy pills! RIYL: The Replacements, Dawes, Mumford & Sons and Wheatus.

franklingotham.bandcamp.com

VeeBurn

“Alone in the Universe”

From the EP Circumvolution

Self-released

VeeBurn is an independant Canadian guitarist. His instrumental compositions are influenced by video games and movie music, and by many genres such as funk, hard-rock, folk, metal, new-age, electronic and ambient music. His main focus for now is to broaden instrumental music to a wider audience.

veeburn.bandcamp.com/releases

Elisa Nicolas

“No Answers”

From the album Year of the Locust

Self-released

Sophisticated singer-songwriter and producer Elisa Nicolas makes an unforgettable return to her solo career with her new single, “No Answers.” The lead single off of her gorgeous new album, Year of the Locust, “No Answers” effortlessly immerses listeners in an epic, emotional plea for intimacy.

elisanicolas.com

 Brian Ianucci

“Kiss You for the Rest of My Life”

From the EP Kiss You for the Rest of My Life

Self-released

Brian Iannucci is a singer-songwriter with an eclectic musical background. Brian combines aspects of country, pop and blues to produce a unique sound. As a piano player, Brian brings a different feel to the genre of country music. Brian’s lyrics and vocals provide a deep, thoughtful musical experience.

brianiannuccimusic.com

 Cedars

“Happy Now”

From the album Cowards

Gruene Records

Cedars is an electronic-rock band from central Texas whose music incorporates the DIY ethos of bands like The Pixies and PJ Harvey, and the haunting atmospheres of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, along with the infectious grooves of MuteMath. Cedars is more than just a band: It’s a vision of community.

cedars.band

Ryan Downing

“Candy Cane”

Single

Twelvepitch Records

Ryan Downing got his first studio recordings made at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., in February 2016 when he was 11. He has since become a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, and he operates his own recording studio. He has played in several bands and enjoys playing many genres of music.

ryandowningmusic.bandcamp.com

 ReverbNation Contest Winner: The Cellar Kings

“Whiskey Bender”

From the album TCK

Self-released

The Cellar Kings (TCK) are a five-piece jam-rock band from St. Paul, Minn. With a diverse mix of roots from Southern rock, blues, funk, traditional jazz and fusion, psychedelic and prog rock to bluegrass, three different vocalists/songwriters give listeners music that crosses over into multiple genres.

thecellarkings.com

Editor’s Pick: Garcia Peoples

“False Company”

From the album Dodging Dues

No Quarter

Dodging Dues is a startlingly expansive record—“startling” in part because it’s relatively short (seven songs, all but one hovering around the four minute mark), but also because it traverses so many moods and styles: languid and dreamy one moment, surging and intense the next.

noquarter.net