J.D. McPherson - Signs & Signifiers (RS album stream)

Oklahoma native plays timeless, forward-thinking authentic rock & roll. JD McPherson hears the "retro" tag a lot, and no wonder: Signs & Signifiers, his debut album premiering today on RollingStone.com, rocks and rolls like it's 1955. Listen a little closer, though, and it's clear the album is not what McPherson calls "a time-machine record." Sure, he and producer-bassist Jimmy Sutton drew from vintage R&B and early rock & roll on songs laced with boxy drums, thumping upright bass and ...

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