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Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2026 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 09, 2026 By Mayer Danzig

Don’t Let Go, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Records release Cat Out of Hell) A scream-along-at-the-top-of-your-lungs anthem about holding on to your dreams. Nothing you can buy can save what you soldSo hold on tight to the light in your soulDon’t look down, baby don’t let… Don’t let go Suffer, Boy Golden (from the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Ben Chapman, Boy Golden, Charlie Marie, Courtney Marie Andrews, Donovan Woods, Fantastic Cat, Ill Angel, Jeremy James Meyer, John Hollier, Joshua Ray Walker, Keegan McInroe, Langhorne Slim, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig, Patrick James, Sammy Kay, Sophie Gault, The Greenberry Woods, The Montvales

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2026 (So Far), the Albums

Wednesday, July 08, 2026 By Mayer Danzig

Cat Out of Hell by Fantastic Cat Fantastic Cat’s third album is another classic, nothing but pure pop perfection. Four songwriters with distinct styles blend here in a way that shouldn’t work as well as it does — sharp and spirited in both lyric and melody. And credit where it’s due: any album title that […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Blues, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Boy Golden, Charlie Marie, Donovan Woods, Fantastic Cat, John Hollier, Joshua Ray Walker, Kashus Culpepper, Langhorne Slim, Lucinda Williams, Mel and the Tall Boys, Patrick James, Pavey Ark, Sophie Gault, The Greenberry Woods, The Montvales

Now & Then: Fantastic Cat’s Cat Out of Hell and the reach of Stage Fright

Sunday, April 19, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Fantastic Cat’s Cat Out of Hell arrives with the band’s usual grin intact, but beneath the loose charm is a sturdier kind of record: one built on shared voices, accumulated mileage, and the small existential leaks that start showing up in adult life. That makes it a good candidate for a look backward, not to some obvious alt-country touchstone, but to The Band’s Stage Fright, another ensemble album where group chemistry sweetens songs about unease, pressure, and trying to keep your balance while the room keeps moving.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Fantastic Cat, The Band

Readers’ Pick: Fantastic Cat – Cat Out of Hell

Friday, April 17, 2026 By Tom Osborne

Fantastic Cat – Cat Out of Hell (cover art)

You picked Fantastic Cat – Cat Out of Hell  as your favorite new release for the week of April 10, 2026.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Fantastic Cat

Chip’s Top Albums of 2024

Thursday, January 02, 2025 By Chip Frazier

2024 was a difficult year to rank albums. There were so many exceptional releases this year that if I tried to re-rank the list it might look a lot different depending on my mood. My top 5 were the albums that really stuck with me, as for the rest it was very difficult to rank […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews Tagged With: 49 Winchester, American Aquarium, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Emily Nenni, Fantastic Cat, India Ramey, Jack White, Loose Cattle, MJ Lenderman, the Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, The Red Clay Strays, Waxahatchee, Yarn

Mayer’s Picks – Best of 2024, the Albums

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Lizzie No

11. Our Time in the Sun by Jeremie Albino Bursting with raw emotion, swaggering grooves, and a touch of grit, Jeremie Albino’s Our Time in the Sun is a joyous revival of classic soul. Albino may sing about “Rolling Down the 405” in California, but one listen and you’ll imagine yourself cruising down Highway 72 […]

Filed Under: Americana, Best of Year, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Christopher Paul Stelling, Denitia, Fantastic Cat, Garrett Owen, Jeremie Albino, Kevin Gordon, Leeroy Stagger, Lizzie No, Maggie Antone, Michael McDermott, Sophie Gault

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2024 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Better By Now, Heather Little (from the Need to Know Music release By Now) “I’ve wasted a lot of love being wrong, I learn too late and I stay too long,” in this haunting tale of heartbreak, “I oughta be better by now but I got mixed up with you somehow.” So Glad You Made It/Go All […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Christopher Paul Stelling, Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Lizzie No, Silverada, The Bluest Sky, The Decemberists, The FBR, The HawtThorns, Wesley Dean

Mayer’s Picks – the Best of 2024 (So Far), the Albums

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat by Fantastic Cat The sum is greater than the part with this collective of four singer-songwriters. Each of the four brings their own personality and songwriting style to the group, but they compliment one another beautifully. The songs crackle with intelligence and humor, all the better when the […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, Lizzie No, Sam Morrow, The FBR

Mayer’s Playlist for Summer 2024

Wednesday, July 03, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

So Glad You Made It, Fantastic Cat (from the Missing Piece Group Records release Now That’s What I Call Fantastic Cat) Fantastic Cat showcase their humor by maintaining a countdown clock until they’re eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, prominently displayed at their shows. Yet, it’s not entirely a joke – if […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Anthony D'Amato, Brian Dunne, Broken Gold, Fantastic Cat, Jesse Dayton, John Moreland, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Mavis Staples, McKinley James, Mike and the Moonpies, Silverada, the staple singers

Americana 2023, Mayer’s Picks (Part 2)

Thursday, October 05, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Sophie Gault

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the Americana Music Awards and continuing through several days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music. Here are but a few of my favorite performers and performances from […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Boy Golden, Darling West, Esther Rose, Fantastic Cat, Jaimee Harris, Jeremy Pinnell, Kevin Gordon, Sophie Gault, Ted Russell Kamp

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