Archive: 2020

For a musician, there’s nothing like the feeling of a band coming together: the camaraderie, the creative mating of musical ideas, the grooves falling in all the right places. For the Allman Betts Band, that bond has solidified on their second release, Bless Your Heart. Coming a year after their debut, Down To The River, […]

While attending art school in Baltimore, Dan Blakeslee, a native of Maine discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. Blakeslee would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. Through prolific artistic output and hard work, Dan […]

Josh Fudge is an 18-year-old singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Oklahoma City. In March of 2020, Fudge started releasing music on the internet independently, and by surprise he quickly found himself landing on numerous high-profile playlists. His debut record is expected to release early next year. Fudge delivers with an uncomplicated serenity on “There She Goes,” a delightful and beguiling new break up song. […]

Grace Gillespie is a London-based artist and producer originally from Devon, who spent much of 2017 touring as part of the live line-up for 4AD’s Pixx. In 2019 Grace released her debut EP Pretending, Gillespie’s sound takes influences from the folk, alternative, and dream-pop traditions, providing a backdrop to her intriguing vocal melodies, shifting harmonies, […]

Hailing from Portland, Maine, theWorst have found post-punk sublimity on their new single “Yes Regrets.” Lead singer/guitarist Brooke Binion has a deep sense of melodic mantra and honest emotion. Submerged in a beefy and warm bath of drums and bass, Binion illuminates the track, navigating with finesse and robust attitude. The track also features the […]

Raised in the grey anywhere of Greater London, Luca Wilding never played an instrument in his youth. It was a family tradition of gunslinger ballads and time-old story-singalongs, and his eventual love for Leonard Cohen, that spurred him to begin songwriting. Inspired later by a mixtape gifted to him by his supportive schoolteacher, he set out to […]

Vern Matz is often described as a bunch of hooligan folk-rockers who stand opposed to brunch culture. Mixing the edge between the angular and aching, Vern Matz offers up a punctuating sound via“Second Step” (below). The self-proclaimed Hi-fi DIY group creates a luscious bed of tone and color with ripping bass lines and distorted guitars […]

Maria Maita-Keppeler aka MAITA was ready for a breakout year in 2020. The recent Kill Rock Stars signee had assembled a great team and was sitting on her impressive label debut record Best Wishes. Preparing for a long year of touring – suddenly (as we all know) – everything was put on hold. For bands […]

Given Bill Evans’ iconic status in contemporary jazz, it should come as no surprise there’s been no shortage of posthumous releases since he passed in 1980. Evans In England and Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of The Gate are among those to precede Live at Ronnie Scott’s, the fifth such issue of unreleased music and […]