Who:  To Speak Of Wolves

Song: Rearview Memories

Hardcore with a street-poet soul

Originating from Greensboro, North Carolina, members from other established bands came together to form To Speak Of Wolves. On the surface, this 11-track album comes off as a run of the mill Christian metal album, with screaming vocals and guitar riffs galore. Once you get past that initial layer, there is a raw and genuine feeling that comes across on this disc. An example of this is track two, “Rearview Memories.” This song opens with a girl praying to God about saying goodbye to a loved one who has passed away. Later in this track, there is a boy who is praying a similar prayer. It is deep, unsettling, and incredibly moving. Whether you are religious or not this garners a listen to those who have tried to find meaning in this life we lead. -Randall

Who: Moving Mountains

Song: With One’s Heart In One’s Mouth

Why This Rocks: This is the definition of opus. A stunning nearly-10 minute anthem of loss, hopelessness, and unbridled emotion is captured like time in a bottle throughout this enrapturing, cascading post-rock showcase tat dances in and out of the night sky. Made up of Gregory Dunn and Nicholas Pizzolato they take emo sounding rock and fuse it with post-hardcore tendencies in a way that would make anyone wanna start becoming a hipster. With their intricate melody phrasing, downright shocking vamping, and harsh aggressive vocals these guys are a band that needs to be listened to over and over again. Take the 10 best minutes of your day to listen to Moving Mountains. -TMB

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Who: Clare Maguire

Song: Freedom

Why You’ll Love This: In the battle of the big voices, Birmingham’s Clare Maguire has been eclipsed so far by her fellow next big thing  Jessie J, and will be again when their debut albums are placed next to each other. Maguire is clearly hoping to fill the void left while Florence Welch is resting - her sound is grandiose, ever-so-slightly Gothic and frequently overwrought - but she also recalls less fashionable belters such as Annie Lennox and Bonnie Tyler. Thankfully, she’s in possession of a few fine pop tunes, as on the piano-led pomp of and vocal prowess of “Freedom” shows off her passionate and power-charged vibrato with wonderful aplomb, -TMB

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Who: Nashville Skyline

Song: Carry You Home (Featuring Dallas Green)

Why You’ll Love This: Is there any voice more peacefully moving that Dallas Green’s? His tender upper register is the fabric of lullabies lazy sundays.  If you’ve never heard of Nashville Skyline then join the club because the “group” was a one time collaboration between Dallas, Mike Grubbs of Wakey! Wakey! as well as numerous other musicians such as Matthew Ryan and Courtney Jaye for the television show One Tree Hill. Naming themselves in homage to the classic Bob Dylan album of the same name, this group created one of the most calming and wondrous songs of hope, love, and adoration everlasting. Dallas leads the charge with his silken tones that pepper the songs constant build into the heavens.  Take some time to listen to this song and think the one you love or desire to love. See if a tear doesn’t begin to trickle in the corner of your eye. -TMB

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Rest in Peace Whitney Houston

Few singers have captured the profound essence found in the delicate nature of humanity like Whitney did. Her voice personified all that we each wanted to be at our best, bright and smiling, awake and living, fast, extraordinary and passionate.  While she fought her share of demons that made her more real, she was one of us, one of the many looking to be all that is beautiful and wonderful in this fragile existence.  

She will always be remembered for the beauty of her voice and the tenacity of her spirit.  

May she rest peacefully, calmly, and with the knowledge that she touched so many lives with her indescribable gift.  Never forget to remember how much we all loved her music.

We will always love Whitney. 

Who: John K. Samson

Song: When I Write My Master’s Thesis

Why You’ll Love This: John K. Samson is—alongside John Darnielle (the Mountain Goats) and David Dondero—one of indie rock’s finest lyricists. He’s especially canny at chronicling the subtle advancing anomie and niggling emptiness at the center of modern life. His characters are often lost and resigned, drifting listlessly and taking on water. Provincial, his sophomore solo fiull-length (his debut, Slips And Tangles, came in ‘93 while he was still playing bass in Propagandhi), could easily be a release from his band, the Weakerthans. It features a mix of bustling rock and spare folk-pop sophistication that could almost pass for Adult AC (in the best way). -AP

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