Eighty Ninety – The Story of “Your Favorite Song”
I remember the exact moment that I first heard music from Eighty Ninety. I’d queued up a SoundCloud “Fresh Indie” playlist and was mindlessly letting it run through my headphones while I worked on something else. Then, “Three Thirty” came on. The song hooked me immediately. I stopped what I was doing, and I remember […]
Thomas Austin – The Story of “Sister”
Thomas Austin’s songs usually check off at least one of two boxes: 1) They’re really freaking catchy. 2) They have something interesting to say. His best songs do both. Originally from Frederick, Maryland, Austin is currently writing from Nashville, Tennessee, as he works toward a Songwriting degree from Belmont University. It’s a pursuit that’s left him, as he admits, wide-open to jokes about […]
Maxx Marshall – The Story of “Horticulture”
Maxx Marshall’s song about gardening grew into something unexpected. Let’s begin by asking: how many songs do you know about gardening? If your answer is more than zero, congratulations. You’re a John Denver fan, aren’t you? Maxx Marshall, by his own admission, lives nowhere near a garden. But there was something about the work of […]
Middle Kid – The Story of “53rd Birthday”
Middle Kid makes complaining sound good. Based in Frederick, Maryland, Middle Kid is both Zack Willis’ place in his family’s birth order and a project that’s something pretty close to a musical journal. And let’s be real: it’s also just a phenomenal band name. Part of what makes the name so great is that, if you […]
