Then something a little bit different. The new and excellent Arliss Nancy album Greater Divides might not be a complete match with my music taste, but it’s not far off either. Every now and then I sure can use a bit of rock’n’roll that falls close to the same ball park as things like The Replacements, Gaslight Anthem, Two Cow Garage, Damn Seagulls etc. In fact I probably need that to keep functioning as a living soul. Arliss Nancy has also been my work day soundtrack lately, because it’s a good empathetic kick in the groin, if the physical labor tries to drag my mind or body down. Greater Divides is now out and available on Gunner Records. This is DuFresne from the album and below that you’ll find the music video for the song Bar Of The Century.

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Arliss Nancy Website

The release of the PURSES album went without a mention in late April, because I was a little bit sick at the time. Actually Obsess Much by PURSES was the only proper medication I had for this severe case of man flu and eventually it did the trick and kicked the flu out of my system and replaced it with a high dose of marvellous indie rock. PURSES is an Athens, GA based collective that is build around the songs of Drew Beskin. His earlier groups The District Attorneys and Party Dolls are wonderful and the new band follow their lead by being nothing short of brilliant. This is a great tune called In And Over My Head from the album that is out and available on a new label called Laser Brains.

PURSES at Facebook

Canadian songwriter Matt Paxton might not be a household name (not yet anyway), but we love him here at the onechord.net headquarters. I’ve been eagerly waiting this new Aaron Goldstein produced material for a year or two and therefore this is major news for me. The new 5-song Matt Paxton release Let Me Rock N’ Roll Tonight came out on 3rd of June on the forever lovely label Other Songs Music Co. I set the bar unfairly high for this release, but still Matt and his songs easily go over it and land gently into my heart. You can listen to/buy the whole thing over at Bandcamp. This is the ending song Can’t Say Your Name of this beautiful treasure.

Matt Paxton at Facebook