Archive: 2020

Revered songwriter David Olney (born March 23, 1948) died Saturday, January 18, 2020, after suffering an apparent heart attack during a performance in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He was 71.  A key member of Nashville’s music community since his move to Music City in 1973, the Lincoln, Rhode Island native was a compelling and enigmatic […]

Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia have two fingers on the pulse and two feet on the street in both their historical understanding of the NY scene and their own perception of individual style. As they cook up new fits, Ropeadope returns to their apparel roots to design, market, and distribute the new, evolving line of S & B […]

Puss N Boots—the charming trio featuring Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, and Catherine Popper—have announced a February 14 release date for their second full-length album, Sister, which is available to pre-order on vinyl, CD, or download. The first single “It’s Not Easy” featuring a lead vocal by Jones is available to stream or download now. The band will also play […]

Algiers previous album, 2017’s The Underside of Power, was a career highlight and one of the best albums of the year.  Their follow-up doesn’t reach those lofty heights; There Is No Year is an artistic collection of industrial synth-laden restrained music with slight gospel/soul/punk/protest flourishes. The band, Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan and Lee Tesche […]

Trends never die. Social and cultural phenomena always cycle back again and again. And artists with a vital creative core can embrace the waves without getting swept away by the tide of changing tastes. LA-based alt-rock quartet Trends have forged one of those intrepid indie-rock identities that allow ample wiggle room for artistic adventurousness. Essential […]

It may be unnecessary, but whatcha gonna do?

Australian punks The Chats announce their debut album, High Risk Behaviour, out March 27th on Bargain Bin Records/Cooking Vinyl Australia, and a North American tour. In conjunction with today’s announcement, they present a video for lead single, “The Clap.” High Risk Behaviour buzzes like an out-of-control chainsaw, propelled by spoken-spit-sung vocals, their three-chords-is-one-too-many approach, and an exacting combination of youth, vigour and drunkenness. It’s […]

If the unpredictable arc of Marshall Crenshaw’s career has proved anything, it is that he’s never been interested in just cranking it out. And he’s independent too which is why, now that he’s regained ownership of his five albums previously-released out on Razor & Tie between 1994 and 2004, he’s seen fit to judiciously add […]