David Dondero “Shooting at the Sun with a Water Gun…” (Future Farmer) According to the press sheet, Ex-Sunbrain member David Dondero is now some kind of folky, beat wanderer. The first thing you’re going to think when you hear this…
Wonderlick “Self-Titled” (Future Farmer) Easy going music. That is confused in direction, and all directions are wrong to begin with. Some songs are the ‘guy and his acoustic’ singing about, yes, love. What is it about an acoustic guitar that…
Howie Beck “Hollow” (Future Farmer) This guy sounds so much like Elliott Smith. The vocals and the acousto-pop music are as close to Smith’s as one can get without copyright infringement. Even the lyrics are as similar as can be,…
Matt Keating “Tiltawhirl” (Future Farmer) More akin to the alt country bands of the last decade than anything else, Matt Keating bears a striking vocal resemblance to the Red House Painter’s Mark Kozelek, although Matt thankfully tends to keep the…
M. Ward “End Of Amnesia” (Future Farmer) Rooted firmly in the currently overgrown field of singer/songwriters, M. Ward, of Rodriguez fame, has crafted a charming and witty album with folk smarts and a disarming air of melancholy. Crooning over delicately…
Nik Freitas “Here’s Laughing At You” (Future Farmer) Brendan Benson, Beck Hanson and even a bit of Ben Folds appear as cloud shapes in the sky of Nik Freitas’ world. Guitars, piano, light percussion and a lovely boyish voice telling…