(Mint Records, digital, LP, cassette) You know that song "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie? Beneath its ultra-catchy veneer, it's basically musical…
(Self-released, digital) Alex Vitzthum is fucking weird. OK, maybe I should rephrase that, as I've never actually met the Vermont singer-songwriter: Alex Vitzthum's music…
(Self-released, digital) Anyone with a shred of imagination and a penchant for dark thoughts has planned out their end-times scenario. Some fantasize about an…
(Mack Avenue Records/Brother Mister Productions, CD, digital, vinyl) A woman I know who does STEM outreach with girls told me that something happens to…
(Self-released, digital) Brattleboro-based composer Chris Weisman is easily one of Vermont's most prolific musicians. The singer and guitarist, who somehow exists between the twin…
(Self-released, digital) After the psyche-strapping wear of the coronavirus pandemic and the nerve-twisting tension of a presidential election and its rocky transition, we're all…
(self-released, digital) I first encountered Giovanina Bucci's songs three years ago. The Plattsburgh, N.Y., native was singing and playing rhythm guitar with Nina's Brew,…
(Self-released, digital) Pons are pure anarchy. The young trio of Sam Cameron, Jack Parker and newish member Sebastien Carnot, all juniors at the University…
(Self-released, digital, vinyl) Bluegrass fusion efforts can be super embarrassing. Take the Rednex techno remake of "Cotton Eye Joe" or the entire Pickin' On…
(Self-released, digital) You can't go wrong with Urian Hackney producing your album. In fact, it's a privilege to employ his talents. The Rough Francis…
(Self-released, digital) The video for Ian Morris Greenman's song "Churchy" shows the Burlington musician in a bedazzled cowboy hat, shirt open, growling out the…
(Self-released, digital) Digging into Another Year, the latest album from indie-folk duo the Beerworth Sisters, it would be tempting to muse on the mysteries…
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