2014-02-09
The Mainstays is based in Kalamazoo and for its debut, the band has made a self-titled album. Three-fifths of the group are alumni of the band Funktion and this sounds, not surprisingly, like a Funktion release. Singer/songwriter, Andrew Schrock's distinctive vocals are what gives it away; but the placid R&B sound is similar as well. The Mainstays is an album of light neo-soul that doesn't demand much of its audience. Rebecca Ruth
Various Artists
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CASH BOX KINGS
BLACK TOPPIN
OMAR KENT DYKES WITH JIMMIE VAUGHAN
ON THE JIMMY REED HIGHWAY
JO HARMAN
PEOPLE WE BECOME
SCRAPOMATIC
I'm A Stranger
ROD PIAZZA AND THE ALL MIGHTY FLYERS
ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
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