LISTEN: Tel-Aviv’s RGB Moves The Needle On The Neo-Soul Spectrum Via “Carried Off”

LISTEN: Tel-Aviv’s RGB Moves The Needle On The Neo-Soul Spectrum Via “Carried Off”

The music of Tel-Aviv’s RGB goes around the spectrum of Neo-Soul music, combining it with elements from the worlds of R&B, Jazz, and Pop. With their common passion for romance, the band creates music that is full of feelings and honesty, highlighting the pain and sadness in life on one side and the loveliness of […]

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Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Broadcasting New Year’s Eve Show From TRI Studios

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros Broadcasting New Year’s Eve Show From TRI Studios

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros will broadcast a special performance this New Year’s Eve on FANS from Weir’s own TRI Studios. Tickets start at $19.99 and there are packages that include merchandise-  get tickets and special merch bundles HERE. The show begins at 10p.m. EST with a 10 p.m. PST rebroadcast to follow. “We’re back and we’re here to light y’all up,” Weir says of the performance.4 […]

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Mark Andes of Legendary Bands Firefall, Spirit & Heart Tells Tales of Hendrix, Sahm, Morrison & New Firefall LP (INTERVIEW)

Mark Andes of Legendary Bands Firefall, Spirit & Heart Tells Tales of Hendrix, Sahm, Morrison & New Firefall LP (INTERVIEW)

I was a Stones/Zeppelin/Beatles kid but in 1978 I heard a song called “Strange Way” on the radio that perked up my ears. It was catchy, it was rock-y, it was prog-y. I went and immediately bought the album, Elan, and tried to find out more about this band called Firefall. Well, it seems they […]

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Portland Duo Wonderly Team Up with Ural Thomas for Soulful Duet “Please Please You”

VIDEO PREMIERE: Portland Duo Wonderly Team Up with Ural Thomas for Soulful Duet “Please Please You”

What if longtime friends Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk came clean about the fact that their bevy of instrumental theme songs and film soundtracks—including the New York Times’ famed podcast The Daily, Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar Radio, and many indie film scores—were only half of the story? Well, there’s no need to get rhetorical, because […]

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Desolation Horse Conjure Personal Lyrics and Dreamy Folk-Rock Sound on Self-titled Debut (ALBUM REVIEW)

Desolation Horse Conjure Personal Lyrics and Dreamy Folk-Rock Sound on Self-titled Debut (ALBUM REVIEW)

It’s an odd choice to release an album at the tail end of any year after most publications have already published their best-of lists. Add a pandemic ton top of that and it seems crazy that any band would want to release a new album. For Cooper Trail and his project Desolation Horse, these factors […]

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Buster Shuffle’s Jet Baker On The 10th Anniversary of ‘Our Night Out’ And Recapturing Its Demo Charm (INTERVIEW)

Buster Shuffle’s Jet Baker On The 10th Anniversary of ‘Our Night Out’ And Recapturing Its Demo Charm (INTERVIEW)

What would have been a big tenth anniversary year for the London-based Ska Punk band Buster Shuffle has been mediated by the difficulties of 2020, but the party goes ahead in the form of a fully remixed and remastered edition of the band’s first widely released album, Our Night Out, coming to vinyl for the […]

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Happy 50th Birthday Beth Orton (Watch “Stolen Car” Live at Glastonbury ’99)

Happy 50th Birthday Beth Orton (Watch “Stolen Car” Live at Glastonbury ’99)

Happy 50th birthday to the accomplished and versatile British folk-electronica artist Beth Orton (born 12/14/70), who over the course of six albums, has found her running the gamut of singer-songwriter experimentalism. From her early efforts with electronica artists William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers to albums Trailer Park (1996) and…
Bear’s Sonic Journals: That Which Colors the Mind Ali Akbar Khan/Indranil Bhattacharya/Zakir Hussain (ALBUM REVIEW)

Bear’s Sonic Journals: That Which Colors the Mind Ali Akbar Khan/Indranil Bhattacharya/Zakir Hussain (ALBUM REVIEW)

As much as That Which Colors The Mind may present a test of listening patience, it offers ample rewards for the exercise. On this double CD, just two selections, Indian ragas both, comprise slightly more than one-hundred twenty-minutes of a sophisticated demonstration of musical dynamics. Surprise of surprises perhaps, this exhibition isn’t altogether dissimilar from […]

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The Funniest New Slot Games Characters

The Funniest New Slot Games Characters

Apart from hitting the jackpot, many gamers visit the casino to be entertained by the sound, themes, and characters. Now, casino designers have introduced funny characters to attract more players. You can identify these characters by their costumes, facial expressions, and colors. There are a plethora of online casinos where you can play free online […]

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Belle and Sebastian Capture Magnetic Energy with Career-spanning Live Album ‘What to Look for in Summer’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Belle and Sebastian Capture Magnetic Energy with Career-spanning Live Album ‘What to Look for in Summer’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Most of 2020 has been a disappointing heap of cancellations, curfews and COVID. For music lovers, it has been especially difficult because of the absence of live performances. Some of us still can’t bring ourselves to throw away the tickets to those cancelled shows. For Belle and Sebastian, plans to tour as well as plans […]

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