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
SCRAPOMATIC
I'm A Stranger
THE CLAUDETTES
DANCE SCANDAL AT THE GYMNASIUM
Freekbass and the Bump Assembly
Cincinnati
Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines
Friskin' The Whiskers
ELMORE JAMES, JR AND THE BLUESDUSTERS
BABY PLEASE SET A DATE
TAD ROBINSON
BACK IN STYLE
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