One Timers are quick hits to keep your ears fresh throughout the day. Get down with these tracks, sans a bunch of words clogging up your brain. Wondering what a real one timer is? Watch this. Hint: He shoots, he scores! — Not a whole…
Pulse quickening and empowering, Christopher Paul Stelling’s “Brick x Brick” is the epitome of the sounds of my childhood set to the grit of a grown man’s pain. This is the music they play on the porches and decks of the Appalachians, at least, a…
As the countdown ends, Tom Williams & The Boat’s “Teenage Blood” stalks in on an immensely satisfying riff; the same kind of jangly madness you might hear in your city bars at night. The difference? There’s a dissonance in the makeup of this song, an…
Not much more to say about “Ho Hey” than feel good anthem. Also, apparently The Lumineers are blowing up. Would love to hear this live.
Fall Fox – Girl King If you like your folk beautiful and lonely, leave your solitude for a moment and listen to Fall Fox’s “Girl King”. It’s off the latest release Any Everywhere and you can download it below. Check out Fall Fox on Bandcamp and…
I’ve kind of gotten to the point here at Sirens where I can’t write something substantial and deserving of every piece of music that comes my way. This is not because I receive an ungodly amount of submissions (though there are plenty), it’s more because…
Take the easy listening capability of one of those soft rock hits that played when you were a child, throw away the cookie cutter and sprinkle in some real lyricism, add a helping of folk and maybe a dash of alt-country and you’ve got something…
Colossal Gospel – Leaving Colossal Gospel sent us a listen to their album Circles which they released this summer. Times like these make me glad that we started Sirens of Decay. I may have never found these guys otherwise – you just never know. What I…
Light For Fire – NY (By The Hand) Light For Fire is a Portland, Oregen based band who released their self-titled debut last year and so far it has went criminally overlooked. “NY (By The Hand)” (and the album in general) is a jaunt through…
Cass McCombs – The Same Thing Two records in one year. Wow. Who’s this Cass McCombs dude think he is? Lil Wayne? Hah! Actually I’d take him over Weezy by a good bit. I am stoked to hear Humor Risk, however. What a surprise. So…
