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
COMPILATIONS
God Don't Never Change - The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
MISSISSIPPI HEAT
LET'S LIVE IT UP
DEVON ALLMAN'S HONEYTRIBE
SPACE AGE BLUES
Scott Ramminger
Alive And Ornery
Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines
Friskin' The Whiskers
THE BMF BAND
Blurring The Line
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