Indie spotlight for August 13, 2017 (Show 161)

Arley Hughes is a multidimensional songwriter, musician, lifelong learner, and music enthusiast. She has been a vocal coach, music educator, and songwriter for 15 years in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has now decided to retire from teaching and fronting a band to allow herself to pour 100% of her energy into her own music career.     @ArleyHughes

American High are a punk and 60's influenced indie/alternative rock quartet from Sacramento, California. They play 'catchy tunes with dark themes'. "Bones in the Attic, Flowers in the Basement", released March 8th, 2017, is their debut full-length. Their sound and lyrics have an optimistic perspective on the personal, the social and the political.     @americanhigh1

Ghostly Beard’s kaleidoscopic creativity has garnered him comparisons to such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, James Taylor and Cat Stevens. He crafts immersive dreamy sonic landscapes that  blur the line between dark catharsis and subtle rays of hope. Now, he lets us into his universe with an eclectic clutch of thoughtfully sequenced albums.     @ghostlybeard

Johnny Nobody's power lies in their shifting back and forth from barroom blues rock riffage, gritty psychedelia, fuzzed up power pop and unbridled punk energetics. The foundation of White's relentless pounding and Roberts' throbbing bass lines is covered over with Vaeth's blistering guitar and choirboy gone wrong tenor.      @muchosdece