Articles by Clay Burton

Although it has the bones of a soft pop/folk crossover single that wouldn’t normally appeal to the contemporary tastes of country fans, there’s something so classically Nashville about the new single “County Fair” by Eller […]

Good songcraft takes years to develop, not months, and this can be a very hard fact for some indie players to face. There’s a lot of work that goes into cultivating something special for your […]

Talk to us about the process in releasing your latest album? Our latest album is a recording from 1981. It was a live performance early in our career. We found it on some cassettes that […]

“A to Z” is the new single from Hawaiian power trio Executive Order is urgent rock music for modern audiences. There’s none of the posing and predictable idiosyncrasies of a glorified tribute band present in […]

High-quality rock n’ roll and qualified mainstream metal have been largely missing from the general pop culture spectrum for a few years now, and people are starting to get restless. The zealous beats, the explosive […]

Some things never go out of style, and among them, the soft melodies of a good folk song stand out. Chris St. John knows that in this ever-changing time in the history of Americana, utilizing […]

Electronic music sure has come a long way since the days of Kraftwerk. Where once it was a series of robotic blips and blorps, it’s now become a multifaceted organism filled with all kinds of […]

San Francisco-born turned New York native Chesca has hit the ground running this year thanks to her newest single “Crocodile Tears”. For those unfamiliar with the multitalented teacher turned musician, she’s an astonishingly bright individual […]

Ambitiousness doesn’t always equate to indulgence, and Grey Fields do a pretty awesome job reminding us all of this in their new album Vesna. Their second LP overall, Vesna lives up to the experimental premise of Grey Fields’ […]

Joe Piket has enjoyed a long career working in the indie music scene. His longest success is, without question, under the banner Joe Piket and the Storm, but few musical collaborations, even the most fruitful, […]

In the latest release from Jason Young’s Heartour project, an EP titled Divert the Asteroid, it’s made clear from the start of the tracklist that pushing artistic limits further than ever was one of the primary […]

Richly melodic but far from the only sparkling gem in the song, Jason Shand’s vocal is a vivid message in itself, even without the lyrics it conveys in the new single “I Know,” declaring freedom […]

Until recently, I was a person who had truly hoped the worst and most obscene examples of racial discrimination, were behind us. Obviously, I was proven to be soundly wrong. It’s important to remember that […]

Trevor Drury is back, and he has a new muse with him. The song “Alice” is a hidden treasure trove of graffiti-like sounds and Drury’s baritone confidence. Arlo Guthrie might have forever connected the name Alice with his […]