Archive: 2024

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Little Rock, Arkansas venue White Water Tavern’s annual Holiday Hangout, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. This year’s event, which took place on December 6-8, featured Aaron Lee Tasjan, Adam Faucett, Emily Fenton, Tim Easton, Slobberbone, and more. Click on the image for full […]

We are now less than a week away from Christmas, but as we all know, most people start the Holiday season a bit too early. Before the pots and plates of Thanksgiving are out of the dishwasher, you can see people setting up their trees and inflatable lawn ornaments. While the lights are dazzling and […]

Chuck Berry isn’t usually considered a blues artist, but his genius actually lies in the means by which he modified elements of the genre into a style immediately recognizable as his. Take this 1958 performance of “Johnny B. Goode:” the storytelling elements in the composition are as readily discernible as the high-spirited but precise guitar […]

Following years of fan requests and speculation, Austin alt-country outfit The Gourds have announced a full reunion show to take place on Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at Sam’s Town Point. Tickets are currently on sale for $105-$305 here. The Gourds played their final show in Austin, Texas on October 27th, 2013 after nearly two decades. […]

Meagre Martin is a Berlin-based indie music project founded by African-American musician/songwriter Sarah Martin (she/her) in the summer of 2021. Martin is originally from Boston, MA, but moved to Berlin, Germany, in the fall of 2017. Searching for meaning in a crumbling global climate, this project was created as a means of survival and catharsis […]

Notre Noise is the brainchild of Canadian musician, producer, and video director Skutch Tully, former frontman of Toronto-based experimental punk trio Love Tapper. Drawing cues from artists who straddle the line between the avant-garde and the accessible- such as Devo, Love and Rockets, and early 70s Eno, Notre Noise made its debut in late 2021 […]

Eric Cannata is most known as the talented guitarist for celebrated indie rockers Young the Giant, yet he also has his own story as a singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer. The artist has recently announced the January 24th release of his full-length solo debut, Holding Onto the Holy, via Industry Houseplan where four singles have already been released, all with […]

It’s the holiday season, and folks are decorating their lawns and preparing feasts and presents for incoming loved ones. It’s hard to imagine this time of year without thinking of all the music that only feels fit to play as snow caresses dehydrated blades of grass. Frankly, much of the holiday music is watered-down commercial […]

Is there anything weirder than an awkward pairing? Probably (as evidenced by some of the selections from this column over the past year), but nonetheless, today we have one of the more notorious examples of odd holiday bedfellows, courtesy of David Bowie and Bing Crosby, who collaborated on a peculiar duet of “Little Drummer Boy” […]