Archive: 2017

Last spring, after 11 years of performing and recording under his own name, Dave Bazan’s growing fatigue with working alone hit a tipping point. “I missed the energy of making music with other people on stage and constantly traveling alone was starting to really sting”, Bazan recalls. “I needed to be in a band again”. […]

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Karen Elson, Conor Oberst), returns with his third solo release on Bella Union on March 2nd, 2018. The ambitious “maximalist” album, titled Rare Birds, features contributions from Father John Misty, Lucius, Lana Del Rey, and New Age music legend Laraaji. The first track from the album, the […]

A sense of place has long permeated the music of J.D. Wilkes. He’s a native of Paducah, Kentucky, a city located at the confluence of various rivers and cultures — an area where musical variety is in the air and in the blood memory of its people. “Of course, there’s bluegrass and hillbilly songs, but […]

Freedom’s Goblin is the new Ty Segall album: 19 tracks strong, filling four sides of vinyl nonstop, with an unrestricted sense of coming together to make an album. Out January 26th via Drag City with a North American tour to follow, it wants you to get your head straight – but first, the process will […]

Jamie McLean is a triple threat. As a guitarist for New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, he’s toured the globe playing fiery guitar everywhere from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze raw emotion and his top-of-the-line songwriting chops bring everything together. With hundreds […]

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood brought their cosmic groove to a packed house at Portland, Oregon’s Revolution Hall on Saturday, December 2nd. There was no opening act, ensuring fans would have two full sets to find the flow with these seasoned road warriors. Together, Chris Robinson (guitar, vocals), Neal Casal (guitar), Adam MacDougall (keys), Jeff Hill […]

Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will embark on a select series of tour dates in 2018. The tour includes a very special co-headline show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on April 13 with Sturgill Simpson (solo) as well as dates at Philadelphia’s Merriam Theatre on April 14, Chicago’s Chicago Theatre on […]

In a city as 90s obsessed as Portland, it comes as little surprise that the Pixies sold out three nights at one of the larger venues in town. Touring in support of their 2016 album Head Carrier, the band played the last of three shows at the Roseland Theater on Friday, December 1st. Anyone who […]

One of the pioneering musicians in synth-laded rock in the late ’70s and early 90’s, Gary Numan played a tremendous influence on new wave and electronic music. Sounding and looking as good as ever, Numan visited Minneapolis’ First Avenue on 11/28/17. Photos by Billy Briggs.  

Today, Kevin Morby announces over a month of US tour dates in April 2018. The dates continue to support his excellent new album from earlier this year, City Music, out now on Dead Oceans. The record has already appeared on many year-end best album lists, including Paste, NME, Q, and more. Opening all the dates […]