Archive: 2024

There’s been a fair amount of improbable reunions of legendary underground 90s bands lately (like Mr. Bungle and Unwound, just to name a couple of examples), but at the top of many people’s wishlist would be punk-rock legends Fugazi, who have been on an “indefinite hiatus” since wrapping up their last tour way back in […]

Bette Smith traces elements of her sound to her childhood in rough Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, connecting the gospel music she heard in church and the soul music on the corners. She remembers, “My father was a church choir director. I was singing since I was five years old. I take it to church. I just break […]

For as much as Sammy Rae & The Friends may be a band, this collective of dreamers and artists considers themselves a family first. Fronted by singer and songwriter Sammy Rae, the group flourishes in any spotlight with a combination of all-for-one and one-for-all camaraderie, palpable chemistry, deft virtuosity, and vocal fireworks. Their sound is […]

It’s been a tumultuous few years for New York jam legends moe. as they have navigated through the health issues of bassist Rob Derhak, who beat cancer in 2018, and most recently guitarist Chuck Garvey suffering a stroke in 2021. Of course, the pandemic didn’t help much either. Against the odds, the band has persevered […]

Gary Clark Jr. has surprised fans with a taste of new music; four new studio tracks from his much-anticipated upcoming album, JPEG RAW, set for release on March 22 via Warner Records. Check out Maktub,” “JPEG RAW,” “This Is Who We Are,” and “Hyperwave,” below. This new body of work signals a brave new world […]

The gray gloomy gust of winter storms continues to cloak the area with a certain bleakness. Bleak enough to force a sigh out of you while you make your morning coffee but not bleak enough to keep these glistening new songs from illuminating this Friday. Another work week to mark off the calendar has arrived […]

Patrick Davis has spent two decades leaving his mark onstage, on record, and in the writing room. He’s a critically acclaimed solo artist. A road warrior. An organizer of music festivals like Songwriters in Paradise – a boutique series of exclusive in-the-round style performances set in breathtaking locations. And most importantly, Davis has established himself […]

Perhaps the least heralded of the three Kings of the blues, Albert was arguably as influential on future generations as his namesakes Freddie and B.B. Little wonder the now-deceased impresario Bill Graham, in his usual pursuit of widening the musical palette of his Fillmore audiences, booked Albert for numerous dates at his famed venues: one […]

Just when you thought you knew everything about the modern renaissance man Ty Segall, he released a new album. Segall’s imaginative world of psychedelic garage rock seems to make a hyperbolized impression of itself on Three Bells, the monstrous new LP.  Imagine walking into a carnival on another planet, colors unrecognizable to the human eye […]

Their first album in ten years finds Seattle’s Brent Amaker And The Rodeo driving their wagons through spaghetti western sunsets as Philaphobia toys with outlaw country music conventions, heartbreaking cowboy laments, theatrical swells, revved-up country howling, and heavy doses of gallows humor.  Amaker fronts The Rodeo and he is the clear focal point as the […]