Sudden Unknown Signal, Missy (OnlyBands, digital) Burlington alt-rockers Sudden Unknown Signal (sometimes known as SUS) carry the torch for '90s guitar rock, once the dominant force in the Queen...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/three-quick-hit-reviews-of-local-albums-40731790
(Self-released, digital) The standard trajectory of an on-the-rise Vermont singer-songwriter goes like this: A youngster from a small town makes some waves locally, spends a few years building b...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/frankie-white-brain-dead-40679690
(Self-released, digital) Ever wander around a city at 3 a.m.? Alone under the neon lights, on streets usually thronged with people, you experience a stillness that is at once soothing and concer...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/community-garden-me-vs-me-40679698
(Ringleader Records, CD, digital, vinyl) Rather than succumb to anguish in the wake of tragedy, one local musician funnels daunting hardship into her debut studio album to offer an impassioned a...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/sarah-king-when-it-all-goes-down-40628819
(Screaming Cow Records, digital, vinyl) River City Rebels have dropped their first recording in a decade, Pop Culture Baby, a brisk yet powerful four-song EP that proves they've still got their ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/river-city-rebels-pop-culture-baby-40628811
Listening to and reviewing all the new releases by Vermont artists can be a daunting task. Try as he might, music editor Chris Farnsworth always misses a few. Every few months he dives back into...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/six-quick-hit-reviews-of-local-albums-40574666
(Self-released, digital) Burlington rock outfit Embers in Umbra are a proud oddity. Few bands in 2024 are devoted to the kind of radio rock that dominated the airwaves back when America was run ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/embers-in-umbra-phases-40521361
(Self-released, cassette, digital) On her new sophomore album, Alas, Burlington's Lily Seabird brings listeners on a journey through raw human emotion as she blurs the lines between happiness an...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/lily-seabird-alas-40521370
(Self-released, digital) I have to say I'm a bit hazy on what counts as a supergroup these days. Traveling Wilburys and the Highwaymen qualify, to be sure. But I recently heard someone refer to ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/licorice-finn-uncomfortably-gray-40470556
(Matador, cassette, CD, digital, vinyl) Long considered one of indie rock's defining figures, Kim Gordon continues defying convention and further solidifies her legacy with her second solo recor...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/kim-gordon-the-collective-40470548
(Self released, CD, digital) I'm going to be honest: I thought I was being pranked when I first hit play on Jam Dass' debut record, Love, Jam, Remember. There were a lot of submissions that day,...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/jam-dass-love-jam-remember-40421288
(Self-released, CD, cassette, digital) In my earliest days as a music journalist, I was sent to a songwriter retreat. I was meant to be a fly on the wall, but I ended up just playing a lot of pi...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/noah-kesey-holding-hands-around-the-world-40421276
(Another Earth, cassette, digital) The ocean waves lap against craggy rock, their percussive whoosh and crashing almost — almost — keeping time. Wind plays against the water's rush, the soun...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/wren-kitz-natural-history-vol-2-40366486
(Self-released, CD, digital) Last year, André 3000 released an album of instrumental flute music called New Blue Sun. That album — the first from the former Outkast rapper in 17 years — ins...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/astral-underground-sunsets-are-sacred-40366473
(Flatiron Recordings, CD, digital, vinyl) One of Nashville's rising blues-rock talents establishes herself as a force both instrumentally and vocally with the release of her powerful and resound...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/hannah-wicklund-the-prize-40311677
(Self-released, digital) Juicebox are one of the most unusual acts in Vermont these days. Part of that is simply lack of competition: We've never had a ton of hip-hop acts with a live band. If f...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/juicebox-ollies-in-the-hallway-40311667
(Self-released, digital) Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity states that the flow of time can change depending on one's traveling speed. Fairlee singer-songwriter Lance Mills may not ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/lance-mills-green-mountain-saturday-night-40255554
(self-released, digital) On paper, the combination of these two artists makes good business sense. Rhode Island rapper ToadStool had a big year in 2023, delivering a slew of head-turning project...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/toadstool-and-rico-james-the-outskirts-of-dreamland-40255545
(Self-released, digital) Burlington rockers Wolfhand kick off their latest EP, Fool's Gold, with a slow, churning slice of doom. On "Stagecoach," guitarist Dave Mahan and keyboardist Mike Fried ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/wolfhand-fools-gold-40199917
(Self-released, digital) Look, I swear I'm not trying to convince anyone to elongate their Dry January, but yes, this is another album about getting sober and personal growth, among other topics...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/django-soulo-shadow-work-40199909
(Damaged Halo Records, digital) Montréal-based singer-songwriter Joshua Marc Seguin started his indie-rock project Booster Fawn in 2016, following a career as a professional snowskater. With a ...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/booster-fawn-pour-maman-40199901
(Starvation Records, digital, vinyl) Former Seattle musician Jason Dean, now based in Burlington, created his new project, Starvation Wages, with an ethos in mind: "Either explicitly or implicit...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/starvation-wages-marketplace-fear-40144598
(Self-released, digital) The Burlington hip-hop and EDM scenes are packed with young talent these days, thanks in large part to the Digital Media Lab. The multimedia program founded by lead inst...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/phoenix-ashby-tutto-passa-40144585
(Self-released, digital) Obi the Voicegod might read like an awkward name in print. But the second you hear him on the microphone, it makes perfect sense. Born Obieze Ebo, the Burlington-based r...
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/music/obi-the-voicegod-african-born-american-made-40089540