Indie spotlight for October 30, 2016 (Show 130)

Soundstatues is the work of Neil Matharoo, based in Brooklyn, New York. Matharoo has been releasing music since 2008. The Soundstatues catalog ranges from hard rock to electronic music to acoustic guitar dirges. Soundstatues returned to the studio in the summer of 2016 and recorded Inhumanize, a ten-song album which was released in September.    @Soundstatues

Liamkins is Yury (George ) Lyamkin a recording artist and songwriter (BMI member). His act now consists of himself and the drummer Michael Ponkratyev. Both the acoustic songs and the rockers heavily reflect influence by The Beatles, in particular, Paul McCartney. He is nothing short of honest and brilliant as a songwriter and a performer.     @Updiver

American Football’s first record released in 1999 continues to resonate with an ever­expanding coalition of new listeners long after their brief existence and is proof of the skillfulness and subtlety with which they could express themselves.  After that first record, the band split up and now 15 years later they are back, and bigger and better than ever.     @americfootball

Drew Michael Blake is a singer /songwriter from Nashville, TN. His newest album "Blame The Miles Between,"  is a journal of his struggle to overcome rejection and dangerous idealism set to the sounds of soulful rock 'n roll. The record  is the culmination of two years of production, five years of songwriting, and over a decade of DIY music.     @drewble