(Barely Bias, 2006) Sedalia’s Growtheries EP is the first release from new independent label Barely Bias, and is a fine start for the company. The brainchild of singer/songwriter Ross Nervig, Growtheries contains six tracks of strangely appealing lo-fi indie folk, ranging from two to four minutes apiece. The tracks vary in their […]

(A&M, 2006) Snow Patrol’s fourth full-length, and second on a major label, is essentially what audiences have come to expect from the band - epic Coldplay-esque rock, soaring vocals, lovelorn lyrics, catchy melodies, and the occasional ballad. Starting with the first chorus of opener “You’re All I Have,” the band establishes what kind of […]

(Dangerbird, 2006) Peter Walker’s Young Gravity, his sophomore full-length release, finds him playing a brand of indie rock that draws heavily from the classic pop/rock of Alex Chilton and the Rolling Stones and the country leanings of Neil Young, all while maintaining an aire of modernity. The largest strength of the album is Walker’s […]

(Dangerbird, 2006) Irish quartet La Rocca’s debut full-length is due in August of this year, and to soften up audiences the band and Dangerbird Records decided to put out a four song taste of what’s to come. Said taste, the Sing Song Sung EP, which arrived in February, portends lovely things in the future […]

(Nettwerk/Bedroom Classics, 2006) Josh Rouse’s 7th album, Subtítulo (Spanish for “Subtitle”), is a relaxed singer/songwriter affair, well-suited for spring and the accompanying warm weather. As Rouse and his backing band weave their way through nine stories (and one instrumental), the less consequential numbers, like the opening trio of “Quiet Town,” “Summertime,” and “It Looks […]

(Taffy Fountain, 2006) It’s not often that we here at MusicBeet get to review a genuinely underground album. This is one of those delightful occasions. This Great October are a local Wichita, KS, band whose eponymous debut album was released this January at a four band concert in a smoke-filled Eagles Lodge in their […]