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SONG PREMIERE: Caitlin Cannon Dabbles in Dreamy Americana Sound on Title Track Off New EP ‘Beggar’
Caitlin Cannon’s upcoming release, Beggar, a four-song EP set to debut on April 5th as a standalone precursor to her forthcoming full-length album Love Addict, is all songwriting chops and vibe. With cinematic soundscapes, nostalgic atmospheres, and words that are a testament to the enduring power of storytelling at their center, Cannon is evolving beyond […]
TUESDAY’S GONE: Lou Reed “Sweet Jane” Live in Paris 1970
Speaking of cocaine (see Manic Monday), does anybody else out there miss the late great Lou Reed? From his groundbreaking years fronting The Velvet Underground in the 60s, to his storied solo career that featured classic albums like “Transformer”, the underrated “Coney Island Baby”, and his late-career triumph “New York”, the man’s impact on music […]
55 Years Later- The Flying Burrito Brothers Pioneer Cosmica American Music With ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’
For all of the late Gram Parsons’ solemn pronouncements about his mission to nurture the creation of ‘cosmic American music’–an amalgam of rock, and country laced with R&B– there was a readily discernible tongue-in-cheek permeating much of his work. That thread of humor may be no more obvious than on The Gilded Palace Of Sin […]
Brittany Howard Soars Mightily On Game-Changing ‘What Now’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
In 2019, Brittany Howard’s fantastic debut solo record Jaime was a genre-defying coming-out party, and that exciting sense that anything can happen at any moment is alive and vibrant throughout the even better follow-up, What Now. Gone is the retro rock of The Alabama Shakes and in its place is a radiating neon kaleidoscope of […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Laney Jones and the Spirits Play with Hyperbole on Grungy Indie Rocker “Stay At Home”
Laney Jones and the Spirits have big f*cking heart. It’s undeniable watching Jones, who usuallyperforms live as a trio on her gnarly 1960s Sears Roebuck Silvertone guitar with her life andmusical partner (Brian Dowd) holding the heartbeat on the drums. They’re “everything that’sgood about rock and roll” says GRAMMY-winning icon Lucinda Williams. And like Williams, […]
Bikini Kill Announces North American Tour
Bikini Kill will keep on spreading the good word with dates in South America, Mexico, UK and Europe in the coming months. After an exhilarating reunion in 2019 which marked their first full shows since 1997, the legendary feminist punk band has just announced a slew of North American tour dates. These shows see the band performing […]
Grammy Recap: Billy Joel, Tracy Chapman & Joni Mitchell Return To Big Stage; Jason Isbell Boygenius, Molly Tuttle Win Big
It feels like Grammy season is over as quickly as it starts every year. Last night (February 4), the 66th Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena, filled with jaw-dropping grandeur and exciting wins. The ceremony featured some well-deserved nods to legends and some of the most exciting young acts got their chance in […]
Nick Oliveri Questions His Stoner Rock Icon Status & Talks ‘N.O. Hits At All’ Series (INTERVIEW)
Discovering artists after they’ve been recording for several decades can be both inexplicably exciting and overwhelming. The rush of discovering something new washes over your brain as you hear that song for the first time, you rush to their website or Spotify page to see what other remnants of magic they have out there. What […]
55 Years Later: After Four Albums, Cream Says Farewell With Impactful ‘Goodbye’ Album
In its combination of studio and live tracks, Cream’s fourth album Goodbye (released 2/5/69) amounts to something of a miniature version of Wheels of Fire. Released in the summer of 1968, the double-LP set consolidated the seminal power trio’s popularity in the wake of their across-the-board hit, “Sunshine of Your Love,” off their sophomore long-player of 1967 Disraeli […]