Connor Shelton

1 week ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Connor Shelton

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Gloin’s righteously emotional ALL OF YOUR ANGER IS ACTUALLY SHAME (AND I BET THAT MAKES YOU ANGRY) and Dim Gray’s tastefully post-modern and proggy album SHARDS! Gloin – ALL OF YOUR ANGER IS ACTUALLY SHAME (AND I BET THAT MAKES YOU ANGRY)Genre: Post-Punk, Noise RockFavorite Tracks: “Bucket of Blood,” “Swamp,” “Salamander”Gloin want you to be a better person.

1 month ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Dom Lepore |Connor Shelton

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring HORSEBATH’s cosmic Canadian country album ANOTHER FAREWELL and MAN LEE’s skittery rock album HEFTY WIMPY! HORSEBATH – ANOTHER FAREWELLGenre: Country Rock, Alt Folk, Cosmic CountryFavorite Tracks: “Hard to Love,” “In the Shade,” “Train to Babylon”Contrary to popular belief, country music isn’t just an American phenomena.

2 months ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Dom Lepore |Connor Shelton

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring zzzahara’s vibrant indie rock highlight SPIRAL YOUR WAY OUT and Miss Tess’s dry Cajun country record CHER RÊVE!zzzahara – SPIRAL YOUR WAY OUTGenre: Slacker Rock, Bedroom PopFavorite Tracks: “It Didn’t Mean Nothing,” “In Your Head,” “Head in a Wheel”At its core, SPIRAL YOUR WAY OUT sees zzzahara freeing their emotions.

Oct 30, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Connor Shelton

Why isn’t there a market for Halloween music? By most metrics, it’s the second-most popular holiday in the United States, if not the world—given the amount of candy and costumes produced every year. Yet, you don’t see Sirius XM promoting an entire station to All Hallow’s Eve or people like Rob Zombie recording Now That’s What I Call Spooky Music.

Aug 9, 2024 | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Connor Shelton |CJ Simonson

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring Lizzie No’s folksy concept album HALFSIES and Total Blue’s distilled self-titled new age album! Lizzie No – HALFSIES Genre: Folk, AmericanaFavorite Tracks: “Lagunita,” “The Heartbreak Store,” “Shield and Sword”By most metrics, concept albums signify the most excessive and kitschy aspects of being a musical artist.