It was great to see the varying favorite artists everyone mentioned. There was a good mixture of single artists and full groups, which is interesting. As a follow up to Top 3 favorite artists thread I would like to everyone to recommend 2 recent albums that they have enjoyed. This can be from any artists or genre and further feedback is appreciated!
Author: colbywebb
Top 3 Music Artists
Hey guys! I’m interested to see what everyone’s Top 3 Music Artists are so please post below…
Mine are:
- Matisyahu
- Iration
- J. Cole
JR JR: JR JR
Artist: JR JR- Album: JR JR
- Recommended Tracks: 2, 8
- FCC Dirty Tracks: Clean
- RIYL: Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Yellow Ostrich, Generationals
- Rating: 8/10
- Liked: Yes
Formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the indie pop group of Daniel Zott and Joshua Epstein now going by JR JR has just released a self-titled, third album. The opening track of JR JR, “As Time Goes” should sound familiar to fans as it carries the easy-going pop vibe JR JR is known for. Next, the upbeat song “Gone” stays in your head with steady bass and prickly sounding string chiming in. The album maintains energy from beginning to end. Later in JR JR, track “James Dean” may be the most reflective of them all. With lyrics like “good times just don’t last” in synthesized sounding falsetto vocals which are often emphasized throughout the album. JR JR is consistently moving and captures the listener with intriguing lyrics. Zott and Epstein having finally clicked in place and captured more nostalgic sounds as a melodic R&B duo, as one could infer.
Diane Coffee: Everybody’s a Good Dog
- Artist: Diane Coffee
- Album: Everybody’s a Good Dog
- Recommended Tracks: 1,3
- FCC Dirty Tracks: None
- RIYL: Foxygen, Felicia Douglass
- Rating: 8/10
- Liked: Yes
Everybody’s a Good Dog serves as Foxygen drummer, Shaun Fleming’s sophomore solo album under the name Diane Coffee. “Spring Breathes” alternates between a simple acoustic strum with Fleming’s falsetto voice softly carrying a dreamy vibe, and with thick bass and drum interludes. Similarly, “Mayflower” shows off his confident voice but uses a bit more upbeat boogie sounding horns to stir up momentum throughout the song. Impressively, Fleming’s vocals continue to sail right along with “Tams Up” sounding like something The Fonz would play straight out of an early 70s R&B jukebox. Later in the album, “Too Much Space Man” shows Flemings more experimental side. A nice toss up especially with the depth of the track in the tracklist, its carries the same tone as the rest of the album but with fuzzy sounding guitars breaking away for bluesy solos that will definitely get your head nodding. From start to finish, Everbody’s a Good Dog keeps a consistent rhythm section with fills of swaggering brass and chirpy yet soulful vocals that can only be imagined leading a full piece band.
Welcome!
I’m happy to be starting to Fresh Indie because it will aid in bringing together my personal music interests with the sounds of newer alternative rock groups. I, Colby Webb,
am a West Chester University junior majoring in Communications Studies with 
interests in International Business and Web Technology. This semester will be my 4th semester as a radio DJ on WCUR 91.7FM. Throughout my experience in WCUR I have gained a skill set in music reviews. I have been doing 
weekly album reviews for rising and well-known alternative rock groups for over a year and will be cataloging all my future reviews on Fresh Indie. This blog serves the purpose to inform listeners on current music through album reviews and the general promotion of potentially not-so mainstream music. At its roots however, the reviews posted on Fresh Indie have been hand selected by myself with an optimistic ear. With that being said, it may be said that this page serves in some form as my mental process in determining which musical groups to further listen to. It is my intention that readers find a sound they like and a few groups to further check out as a result of each review.
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