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
Boo Boo Davis
Ain't Gotta Dime
HADDEN SAYERS
Hard Dollar
DAMON FOWLER
SOUNDS OF HOME
NICK GORDON
CHRONIC BLUES PARTY
MUD MORGANFIELD & KIM WILSON
FOR POPS-A TRIBUTE TO MUDDY WATERS
INDIGENOUS
Broken Lands
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