Kyle Sowashes, The

Kyle Sowashes, The

Nobody (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

Anyway

The third album from Columbus, Ohio's The Kyle Sowashes (and their first for Anyway Records) has been granted a 10-year anniversary expanded edition.   "Nobody" was recorded in February 2010 by John Curley of The Afghan Whigs and features guest vocals by Wussy's Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker. These ten songs of indie rock nostalgia remain among the band's most celebrated work, and now we can add ten more years of nostalgia on top!  Originally released July 6, 2010, this expanded edition features unearthed 4-track demos and a live set from a show they played just a few months before this was recorded.   RIYL: Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement

Kyle Sowashes, The

I Don't Know What To Tell You

Anyway

Kyle Sowash has been toiling in the fields of Everyman Indie Rock since a period the archeologists now describe as "the 90s". Singing songs about the highs and lows of the day-to-day, Mr. Sowash and his band of namesakes have put a melody to the mundane. Backed by a who's-who of stalwarts from the Columbus, OH indie scene, his newest album "I Don't Know What To Tell You", unapologetically rocks.   Sorry, the caps lock wasn't on. I said it ROCKS. With ringing power chords that would make Mitch Mitchell (from GBV, not the Experience) shit a brick* and a rhythm section that cracks like thunder off the Great Plains, The Kyle Sowashes have delivered another polyvinyl chloride testimony to the healing power of fist-pumping.   -Mike Postalakis

Kyle Sowashes, The

Everybody

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It would be easy for me to start by saying every fertile music scene in America has a Kyle Sowash to call its own. He's the integral, overambitious, indie-rock everyman responsible for bringing to town bands that, barring his begging, would otherwise pass on by. He's the fervent local enthusiast always in the front row, even on a wintry Tuesday. His floor's been infinitely crashed upon, his bank account tapped from self-financed/self-made tours of the country --- basically he's racked up enough D.I.Y. karma points that you're obligated to buy his new record Everybody on his good works alone. Sowash's selfless moral character may be common in places like Cleveland, Portland, Athens, and Chapel Hill, but his style, his demeanor and his songs are distinctly Columbus, Ohio.  Normally, naming a band after oneself is a shallow stroke of ego (e.g., Steve Miller, Bob Seger), but for Kyle Sowash, it couldn't be any other way. After slaving over a decade's worth of unrecognized lo-fi indie anthems, he deserves a complete, full-throttle band to flesh out his earnest ballads and scrappy pop songs.  The Kyle Sowashes are a supergroup of sorts, composed of four dynamic players assembled from formidable Ohio bands such as 84 Nash, SPD GVNR and The Cabdrivers, but each is channeling a little Kyle Sowash on Everybody.   Recorded in August 2014 in Columbus, Ohio by Keith Hanlon, Everybody's 16 songs are straight out of the indie rock cookbook. Tracks like the propulsive "King Shit of...

Kyle Sowashes, The

Somebody

Anyway

Every fertile music scene in America has a Kyle Sowash to call its own. He’s the integral, overambitious, indie rock everyman responsible for bringing to town bands that, barring his begging, would otherwise pass on by. He’s the fervent local enthusiast always in the front row, even on a wintry Tuesday. His floor’s been infinitely crashed upon, his bank account tapped from self-financed / self-made tours of the country—basically he’s racked up enough DIY karma points that you’re obligated to buy Somebody on his good works alone. Sowash’s selfless moral character may be common in places like Cleveland, Portland, Athens and Chapel Hill, but his style, his demeanor and his songs are distinctly Columbus, Ohio. Sowash readily admits his debt to indie rock’s golden age—Somebody is a study in the work of bands like Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Silkworm and Pavement—but he draws on those influences judiciously. In other words, this is no tribute album. While “Pain Don’t Hurt” and “Gray Hair” will certainly signal a nostalgic flag, the themes are distinctly Columbus, distinctly Kyle Sowash. This album makes getting older and longing for the mid-’90s sound fun... It’s time to get your beard ready again.