The Go Round

Add Date: July 26 

Artist: The Go Round 

Album: Gone 

Label: Self-released 

Genre: Folk, indie rock 

Comments: Brooklyn songwriters Brandon Whightsel and Richard Duke created The Go Round after they spent time traveling down their respective folk roads. Their self-released Gone has that realistic quality that a majority of today's music has lost, and you can just tell that their voices transfer from the studio to the stage perfectly. Sometimes resembling a toned down or acoustic Drive-By Truckers, the duo has settled into the likable groove of folk-rock music that is accompanied by engaging lyrics that maintain a simple directness and a ring of ripped-from-the-headlines truth.

Tracks 9, 2, 6 and 8 are keepers.