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
BETTE SMITH
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE BETTE
JANIVA MAGNESS
STRONGER FOR IT
MONSTER MIKE WELCH AND MIKE LEDBETTER
RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
TORONZO CANNON
Leaving Mood
THE TWISTERS
COME OUT SWINGIN'
THE IGUANAS
If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times
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