Music

A selection of local, independent, national, and international music with a focus on music from the Nutmeg State

Canada, Indie Pop Michael Stroneski Canada, Indie Pop Michael Stroneski

NEW GRUNDGE POP: “Couch” by PONY

I’ve discovered “Couch” by PONY; chicken soul for the intrepid entrepreneurial soul. It’s a song for people who believe in bringing dreams to reality. It’s music for people who persist in the face of long odds to create. Most importantly though, it’s music worth listening to.

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Alternative, Canada Michael Stroneski Alternative, Canada Michael Stroneski

You and Your Friends by Peach Pit

This could be an album review for Peach Pit’s excellent new project, You and Your Friends. I could tell you about the moving descriptions of troubled love woven throughout the first seven songs. I could tell you about my favorite songs (“Black Licorice;” “Camilla, I’m At Home;” “Second Life with Emily”). I meant to. I even took serious notes. But then I made it back to the song that brought me to the album in the first place. “Live At The Swamp.”

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