Tag: First Aid Kit

2015 was not an easy year which means that UBL took a backseat. I reviewed a lot less albums and attended half as many shows as last year. While I missed some concerts that I would have loved to see, I did get to see a lot of bands that have been on my concert bucket...

I’ve noticed that as I’m getting older my folk love has started to skew a bit more toward the country side of things. Not that I’ll be hitting a Kenny Chesney concert anytime soon, but I do have a much greater appreciation for folk country than before. This is why I couldn’t help but resist the...

July 29, 2015: Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit

It was very strange this year not to be at the place that I have spent my last 8 birthdays at but going to the Traverse City Film Festival just didn’t work out for us this year what with our upcoming wedding and spending in Christmas in Florida with...

I can definitively say that this year’s year end album post is much harder than last year’s. I listened to more music and there were quite a few albums I didn’t even get to that I wanted to. It took weeks of listening and re-listening to get the list below but I’m pretty happy with what I...

Jenny Lewis may have started as a child star of TV (Golden Girls, Mr. Belvedere, Growing Pains) and Movies (The Wizard, Troop Beverly Hills) of the 80’s and 90’s but most people know her know for her music. She founded the successful pop-rock band Rilo...

Johanna and Klara Söderberg burst onto the scene with video cover of “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” by Fleet Foxes back in 2008 and took the internet by storm. The duo continued to gain recognition upon the release of Lion’s Roar in 2012 with their single “Emmylou” voted as one of the 10 best...