Texas burger chain Whataburger has launched its latest online retail item: custom-made Whataburger-stitched cowboy boots. The collaboration between Whataburger and Justin Boots was announced on Friday, Oct. 25 at a Randy Rogers Band concert at Floore’s Country Store in Helotes, TX. The first 300 fans in attendance receivd a co-branded gift bag and one lucky winner received a pair of the boots. Read more…
One of the biggest successes of 2019 has been the emergence of Columbus, OH band Caamp. This week the band celebrated two milestones. The first involves current single “Peach Fuzz” standing atop the charts at Triple A radio and last night they made their TV debut, appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Read more…
We are huge fans of Bandcamp and even bigger fans of Bandcamp’s new brick-and-mortar store in downtown Oakland. Since its debut (which we wrote about) the brick-and-mortar record store has had a series of live events and the latest is one worth your attention. Read more…
If there’s one album that has absolutely floored us over the past week it is easily First Place, the debut album from Birmingham, AL’s indie-soul quartet The Brook and the Bluff. Read more…
We’ll always have a soft spot for New York-based singer-songwriters. After all one-third of the SITH team was born and raised in the shadows of New York City. And so it is that we’ve taken a mild interest in Steven Keene and his latest EP She Used Me, I Used Her. Read more…
Sometimes inspiration and intrigue can lead to wondrous things.
Aviva Chernick, formerly of the Toronto world-music band Jaffa Road, was in search of inspiration. Raised in the Ashkenazi Jewish tradition she was aware of but not exactly familiar with Sephardic Jewish musician Flory Jagoda and her Balkan Ladino traditions. Read more…
One of the more exciting new festivals of 2019, the Miami Beach Pop Festival, scheduled for November 8-10, has announced its postponement due to unforeseen circumstances. At present, the producers of the festival are working with all involved parties to secure a new date and have advised those interested in attending that the lineup will change as rescheduling performers proves to be a tall order. Read more…
