Aesthetically, what sets this one apart from their debut, Pacific Surf Line, is the sound: more 70’s FM rock than 60’s AM gold. Rademaker’s writing continues to evolve becoming tighter and poppier with a warmer more classic rock feel, nodding heavily towards early power poppers Cheap Trick, Big Star and fellow Floridian ex-pat Tom Petty. […]
Fort Wayne’s finest, LEFT LANE CRUISER return with a brand new album next week and they’re premiering a track exclusively with Vive Le Rock! In fact, ‘Liquor Store’ is so exclusive, you’ll only find it on the CD version of Claw Machine Wizard and not on the vinyl or digital versions. – VIVE LE ROCK […]
Song Premiere: Left Lane Cruiser – “The Point Is Over Flowing”. – NEW NOISE MAGAZINE HERE
One for the road: Typically, it’s the final drink of the night. In Left Lane Cruiser’s case, it’s an homage to the long, strange trip that brought them here. With over ten years’ experience making powerfully raw, gritty rock and blues music, Left Lane Cruiser have their fair share of stories to tell – and […]
GospelbeacH announces new album “Another Summer Of Love” for June! GospelbeacH’s second studio album, Another Summer of Love, is set for release on June 16th on Alive Naturalsound. The new record continues to build on the psychedelic folk rock of the group’s debut, Pacific Surf Line. In our review of that record, we noted, “GospelbeacH […]
Left Lane Cruiser: where yellow dust hallucinogens and howling blues meet Listen to modern blues at its most primitive, as Fort Wayne’s Left Lane Cruiser rattle through fierce new single Booga Chaka “Left Lane Cruiser was born as a two-piece,” says frontman Freddy J Evans IV, “and our attack and style of blues just works […]
Left Lane Cruiser’s appeal is immediate, reaching into our deepest, most primal needs for music that moves both the feet and the soul. More fundamentally, the duo serves to remind us that their music is about that moment when bad times start to take a turn for the better. As Evans himself says, “Sometimes the […]
THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION HERE
Tradition suggests that musicians get quieter as they get older, as the volume beloved by youth is replaced by gentler leanings. If you’re banging out noisy riffs as a young adult, there’ll probably become a point where you want to break out the acoustic guitar. One man bucking the trend is Australian singer and guitarist […]
Heath Green has been burning the house down night after night for 15 years in little clubs around the country, preaching the soulful rock ‘n’ roll that lights up the crowds. With his band the Makeshifters in tow, Green has built a solid reputation as a superlative live performer. The band’s sound is heavily influenced […]