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Hearing Aide: Ryan Sutherland “Sleepwalker”
Like top shelf whiskey, country music is best served straight up. This is what Ryan Sutherland serves up in…
Hearing Aide: The Blind Spots ‘Talk’
Ithaca is a hotbed of creativity. The Blind Spots are its shining example of the caliber of musical talent…
Hearing Aide: Harmonic Dirt ‘Anthracite’
When I first started to pick apart Anthracite by Harmonic Dirt , I did so just instrumentally. The first track…
Hearing Aide: Tortoise Forest
Every now and again, a local NYS band will come from seemingly nowhere to drop an album with next level…
Hearing Aide: Princess Nokia ‘Metallic Butterfly’
Princess Nokia released Metallic Butterfly on 14 Dec. 2018. The album travels through most of the musical spectrum…
Hearing Aide: Monte Vayo “Count Me Out”
I, for one, am delighted at the resurgence of new wave music. Growing up in the 80's, synth music was everywhere -…
Hearing Aide: Paranormal ‘The Project For Global Madness’
It’s eerie, dystopic, and a little unsettling - it’s fantastic. Paranormal, a.k.a Emmanuel Fernandez, takes a…
Hearing Aide: West End Blend ‘Live at the Waterhole’
Say hey to the first live album from Connecticut funk group West End Blend, whose eight-track recording includes…
Hearing Aide: Jackson Cavalier ‘Spellbound’
Jackson Cavalier is well-known in his hometown of Rochester as a solo act. As a one-man band he has won the city’s…
Hearing Aide: Lord Electro ‘Reinvigorator’
The marriage of electronic and improv-based music was inevitable from the start. The malleability of overtones…
Hearing Aide: Jigsaw Youth ‘Sorry For The Distortion’
Jigsaw Youth came out swinging with their sophomore album, Sorry for the Distortion. The biggest change this time…
Hearing Aide: Neighborhood of Make Believe ‘Two Nighttimes’
Take the attitude of Dr. Dog, the horn line spice of Cake, and the essentials for a modern folk group and you get…
Hearing Aide: John Medeski’s Mad Skillet
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, yet you are lucky enough to be around for another John Medeski side project.…
Hearing Aide: The Breakfast ‘Phantasmagoria’
It's been twenty years since the jam band The Breakfast formed. Originally known as Psychedelic Breakfast and…
Hearing Aide: BoomBox ‘Western Voodoo’
It's been a busy two years for the EM musical maestros BoomBox since the departure of original member Russ…
Hearing Aide: Animal Sounds ‘Ennui’
Having originally started as a funk-based instrumental group, Animal Sounds is debuting their record Ennui, that…
Hearing Aide: Edward David Anderson ‘Chasing Butterflies’
Have you ever heard of the genre known as Black Dirt Music? No? Here's a hint - buy Edward David Anderson's new…
Hearing Aide: Sister Sparrow ‘Gold’
“As an artist, we have to evolve. If we stay the same, then we’re going backwards.” It came straight from the…
Hearing Aide: Younger Then ‘Bad Life’
For a band that doesn’t have unlimited funds, recording in a studio can be nerve wracking. Every minute that passes…
Hearing Aide: Doug Berns Band ‘Outlier’
Brooklyn trio, the Doug Berns Band, are quietly meshing together key elements of rock to create a sound that is…