Happy 60th Birthday to The Fearless Freak Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips
SONG PREMIERE: SAUGEYE Carry the Tulsa Sound Torch with Blues-soul Take on Malcolm Holcombe’s “One Leg At A Time”
Saugeye is the self-titled debut and collaborative project of veteran Tulsa musicians Jared Tyler, Seth Lee Jones, Jake Lynn, and Casey Van Beek. The band is named after avid fisherman and frontman Tyler’s favorite catch, a hybrid cross of the sauger and walleye. Fittingly, Saugeye’s sound is a unique mix of hybrid roots music: folk, […]
Howie Klein Revisits The Rise of Punk and Alternative Music With 415 Records & Liberation Hall Releases (INTERVIEW)
Over the last few months of 2020, 415 Records and Liberation Hall teamed up for the remastered release of an anthology and several albums by bands who were part of the 415 label’s original slate of releases in San Francisco in the late 70s and early 80s during the rise of Punk Rock and Alternative […]
Wannabe Reviews The Dirty Nil’s ‘Fuck Art’
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Fuck Art, the timely new album from Canadian rock and rollers The Dirty Nil, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Matthew Sweet Drops Infectious Melodies On 14th Album ‘Catspaw’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Matthew Sweet’s Catspaw, is a marked contrast with his previous two albums, Tomorrow Forever and Tomorrow’s Daughter. Like those LPs Recorded in the Honeycomb Hideout home studio he established after having moved back to his native Nebraska in 2013, this latest LP sounds less zesty than either of its predecessors. And yet for all the […]
SONG PREMIERE: Randy Lewis Brown Shares The Truth of Prejudice Before MLK Day Via “”Desoto Parish Nights”
With a gritty directness and a quiet strength, Randy Lewis Brown has been the voice of reason for quite some time. Just add him to each of our own never-ending lists of artists you must hear during these trying times. Brown was born in Louisiana, spending his childhood in pre-civil rights Shreveport, immersed in the […]
Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird Team Up For New LP ‘These 13’, Share Video for “Sweet Oblivion”
Today, for the first time in decades, Jimbo Mathus and Andrew Bird have come together to announce a brand new album. Out March 5th on Thirty Tigers, These 13 is about the special type of human connection that can survive any distance of time or geography. As former collaborators in Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mathus and […]
Jeremy Earl (Woods) and Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards) Announce New LP as Painted Shrines, ‘Heaven and Holy’
In 2018, longtime friends and collaborators Jeremy Earl of Woods and Glenn Donaldson of Skygreen Leopards met in Northern California to record an album under the name Painted Shrines. The album, titled Heaven and Holy, will finally see release this year, coming out on March 5 on Woodsist Records. “It was a pleasure to work […]
LISTEN: Wurld Series Ushers In Must Hear Guitar Squalls On “Nape Gate”
Wurld Series was founded by Luke Towart, a British expatriate with strong familial ties to New Zealand, when he moved to Christchurch from Lancashire, England in 2012. Check out the angular new single “Nap Gate” from Wurld Series. “Nap Gate” is an audacious rock anthem built on a radio-ready distorted electric guitar that squalls with […]
LISTEN: Dylan Rodrigue Drops Elliott Smith Styled Hush Folk on “Forgetting”
Dylan Rodrigue’s music has always been a journey, exploring all genres and musical forms. Rodrigue started playing guitar and writing his own songs at age eight and studied classical guitar in high school, eventually obtaining a degree in songwriting and avante-garde composition at the California Institute of the Arts. Check out the intimate new single “Forgetting” from emerging Southern California singer-songwriter Dylan Rodrigue. […]