Gruff Rhys Flexes Sonic Palette Of Soaring Tempos On ‘Sadness Sets Me Free’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
25 albums and a few decades into his career, Gruff Rhys shows no signs of slowing down. The multi-faceted pop excentric who once led Super Furry Animals takes a nomadic approach to his music, developing a relationship with the world around him and putting those emotions into smooth melodies and superb production. For his latest […]
Scottish Songsmith Malcolm MacWatt Delivers Hard-hitting Protest Songs on ‘Dark Harvest’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Scottish singer-songwriter Malcolm MacWatt is here to remind us that poignant, oft visceral protest songs via folk music live on in this century. He is an angry, thoughtful writer with important messages. On Dark Harvest he hits harder than he did on his 2021 Settler and takes a different approach as well. Instead of inviting […]
LISTEN: Family Habits Drop Technicolored Plushness On Jazz Leaning “Never Done”
Close your eyes and fall backward into the technicolored plushness of Family Habits. The father-son soulful duo creates jazz-leaning arrangements with melodies that lean towards neo-soul for an amalgamation of some seriously smooth tunes. “Never Done” is the latest single from the Italian-bred duo. The single borrows its unpredictable structure from jazz while the vocals […]
The Messthetics Join Up With James Brandon Lewis For Self Title Album- Share Lead Single “Emergence”
Instrumental-trio The Messthetics joins forces with acclaimed jazz-saxophonist James Brandon Lewis for their forthcoming self-titled album, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis. The album is set to release on March 15th via the legendary jazz label Impulse! Records. Alongside the album’s announcement, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis share the lead single “Emergence,” which arrives with a […]
South by Southwest (SXSW) Drops Third Round of Musical Acts for 2024 Festival
The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the third round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 38th annual event. The festival features one-of-a-kind music showcases from rising talents and renowned artists from around the world performing in front of industry professionals, influencers, press and a multitude of engaged fans who have […]
25 Years Ago Today – Underworld Releases ‘Dubnobasswithmyheadman’ Album
VIDEO PREMIERE: Breezers Showcases Infectious and Wayward Folk-rock in “Orion’s Belt”
Breezers is the musical identity and songwriting vehicle of the Los Angeles-based, multidisciplinary artist and songwriter Evan apRoberts. His songs are influenced by the vastness and romanticism of life in the West and much like the walls of apRoberts’s music and art studio in northeast LA, they are brimming with desolate views into a world […]
SONG PREMIERE: Dan Bern Makes Timely and Clever Statement with Bold Piano-rock Tune “Bible”
January 12th saw the reissue, in a newly remastered edition, of New American Language, the 2001 album by acclaimed American songwriter Dan Bern. Surprisingly, the occasion marks the first appearance of a Bern album on vinyl, during a career spanning more than 30 releases. The remastered, first-time-on-vinyl edition of New American Language is followed by […]
Weirdo Wednesday: Kraftwerk “The Robots” Live 1978
Kraftwerk is a band that, in many ways, personifies the notion of “weird”. And that’s not just the case from an aural perspective, but really, their whole aesthetic defies easy categorization or explanation. In a nutshell, they sound like the most extreme version of what you would expect an electronic band spawned from Germany in […]
Willi Carlisle Explores Backroads of America with Ambitious Folk Sounds on ‘Critterland’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Folkie Willi Carlisle follows up his strong 2022 sophomore effort Peculiar, Missouri by continuing to take the backroads through America looking into the oddities and charm of the landscape and characters that make up the more rural, less traveled parts of the country. The result is a much broader lyrical and musically ambitious album than the […]