THE PAYOLA RESERVE If it's possible for a band to embody both vintage sound and contemporary relevance, The Payola Reserve are on a mission to do just that. Purists seeking musical revelation, this is a band out to make people remember a time when music mattered. The Payola Reserve have all the elements of dark Americana, but with a psychedelic edge and dynamic instrumentation, infusing Rhodes, organ, piano, melodic, slide guitar, dobro, castanets, harmonica and sax. PopMatters proclaims, “The Baltimore quartet combine the folksy charms and arrangements of country rockers with an early British rock aesthetic. Truth be told, the unsigned band does so with such success that they should be snatched up by a label any day now.”