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Great Lakes at Stereo Embers

Perhaps the greatest crime of many perpetuated by such splashy celebrations of glossy mediocrity like the recent Grammys broadcast (the astonishing Kendrick Lamar appearance and a handful of others – the Hamilton bit, the heartfelt BB King tribute – notwithstanding) is the leveling – nay, dulling – impact it tends to have on the sharpness… Continue reading Great Lakes at Stereo Embers

Great Lakes at Magnet

Great Lakes hail from Brooklyn and have just released new record Wild Vision. MAGNET’s got you covered if you’re a newbie to Great Lakes, since today we’re offering a free download and stream of “Bird Flying.” A dark and spinning rock tune, “Bird Flying” is the perfect introduction to the band’s intimate-yet-psychedelic style. Check it out… Continue reading Great Lakes at Magnet

Great Lakes at Independent Clauses

Growing up, my mother always made me listen to her music: Bad Company, The Eagles, The Police, etc. Often, I petitioned for listening to “cooler” music, but now I take those words back. I find myself regularly in the mood for some classic rock, and I now understand that you honestly can’t get any cooler… Continue reading Great Lakes at Independent Clauses

Great Lakes at AllMusic

Less than a minute into 2016’s Wild Vision, the fifth full-length album from Great Lakes, group leaderBen Crum and bandmate Suzanne Nienaber join their voices and sing, “I say fare thee well/To all of trouble, to all of care/Let’s breathe the purer air/All the old sadness won’t be there.” However, it’s not hard to get… Continue reading Great Lakes at AllMusic

Great Lakes at The Vinyl District

Having emerged in Athens, GA roughly two decades ago, Great Lakes’ formative period was the byproduct of three individuals and a load of Southeastern psych-pop support. However, since 2008 the outfit’s increasingly mature country and folk inflected shots have been called from the home base of Brooklyn by founding singer-songwriter-guitarist Ben Crum. Now after a… Continue reading Great Lakes at The Vinyl District

Great Lakes at Here Comes the Flood

Brooklyn based folk band Great Lakes have a new LP, Wild Vision. HCTF is premiering Wild Again, one of the tracks form the new album. Main man Ben Crum provided a little background: “Wild Again” is a song about longing for a life more connected to the natural world, but settling for some form of… Continue reading Great Lakes at Here Comes the Flood

Great Lakes at Mad Mackerel

Great Lakes formed back in 1996 in Athens, Georgia and has been based in Brooklyn, NY since 2002. The band has released four albums. A fifth record called Wild Vision will come out this month on the band’s own label, Loose Trucks. While their early records traded in a whimsical, light-hearted psychedelia, the band have… Continue reading Great Lakes at Mad Mackerel