Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
“It was 1991. I had just moved back to Chicago, and I was driving back from West Virgina in a 1959 Chevy Apache pickup, and I was living in the back of it,” reminisces modern vintage rock n’ roller Jake La Botz, as he recalls how me met friend, producer, and Hi-Style Records founder Jimmy... Continue Reading →
San Diego-based Fanny and The Atta Boys are preserving and promulgating the red hot sound of pre-war jazz; their latest single, "Simple Love," is a sauntering selection of sultry sass and swagger. The song will be featured on their forthcoming album, "A Peck Of Dirt," give it a spin: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Just in time for Halloween, Melbourne-based rootsy rocker Emilee South unleashes a scream-tastic new video for her latest tune, "Howl", the feverish first single from her forthcoming EP. The decadent video, an homage to the glamorous macabre of 1940s horror flicks, is the perfect setting for South's voodoo-tinged, bone-rattling, throwback rock n’roll style. Filmed and directed by Andrew Watson of Semiconductor... Continue Reading →
“Surprisingly, everywhere I’ve played my music, it’s been well-received. I can’t complain,” says ARIA Award-winning Australian blues purveyor, C.W. Stoneking, whose latest album, Gon’ Boogaloo, is set for release in the States on June 3rd via Stoneking’s own label, King Hokum Records. Stoneking has mastered his vintage aesthetic unlike any other working artist around these... Continue Reading →
“I’ve always listened to older music; I really enjoy the sound of older recordings, and I’ve always been a fan of nostalgia. I like to reminisce and honor the past while still being in the present,” says Los Angeles-based roots rocker Laura Jean Anderson, whose music presents itself with a vintage sound…mixed with a touch... Continue Reading →
"Magic Mountain" - Firekid Nashville-based native Alabaman Dillon Hodges, a.k.a. Firekid, is nothing short of a sensation. Guitars quake at the sound of his name; when he performs, his nimble fingers fly across the frets leaving a trail of smoke behind. His blend of Southern grittiness, finger-picking, and dubstep-y beats, coupled with his songwriting prowess and quick... Continue Reading →
I'm pretty sure I was born in the wrong era; my wardrobe consists of whimsically-printed circle skirts, cat-eyed sunglasses, and lips that are perpetually painted a bright shade of red. Needless to say, modern vintage tunes melt my proverbial butter and speak to me in a way like no other music can. It's difficult to narrow... Continue Reading →