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Water Tower Sessions: Course

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Jess Robbins is feeling grateful for things mostly working out the past few months. Robbins has been performing under the moniker Course...

Water Tower Sessions: Our Man in the Field

We recorded the songs at Henry ’s place. Henry is our dobro and pedal steel player, and he lives in Brixton, England. At the...

Artist Essay: 12-String Odyssey By Matthew Iwanusa

I find myself drawn to the expressive potential of two seemingly disparate instruments: the 12-string acoustic guitar and the analog synthesizer. While one basks...

Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates – Restless Spirit (2024) Album Review

Hello Reader, Welcome back. Hope you're doing well. On February 17th the album Restless Spirit was released via WarHen Records for your listening pleasure. This is...

Quarters of Change – Portraits (2024) Album Review

Hello Reader, Welcome back to Scummy Water Tower. I hope you're well. Elektra Records and 300 Entertainment present a new album from alt-rock quartet Quarters of...

Berens & Greuel – Dive Bar Dinner (2023) Album Review

Hello Reader, Welcome back. Full disclosure: We were not compensated for our thoughts; all thoughts are entirely my own. The following will be especially exciting for many Midwesterners....

Squirrel Flower – Tomorrow’s Fire (2023) Album Review

Hello Reader, Hope you're doing well. Welcome back to SWT. Squirrel Flower is the self-appointed moniker of the musician born as Ella Williams. She was born...

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Singles Spotlight: Molly Brandt – “The Gloom”

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