Video Game Soundtracks That Just Didn’t Work
Over the years, music has had a positive impact on many video games. The same bands you hear from in interviews and the solo artists at major festivals have been featured in a number of leading gaming titles, although it hasn’t always gone to plan. In fact, despite some notable triumphs like Tony Hawk’s Pro […]
Bennett Graebner on Why Authenticity Replaced Conflict in Reality TV Casting
Reality TV casting has undergone a fundamental shift. Producers who once prioritized explosive personalities and guaranteed drama now search for genuine people capable of connecting with audiences on an emotional level. Bennett Graebner, who spent nearly two decades as an executive producer at ABC, has lived through this transition and actively championed the move toward […]
Golden Age Thursday Samples: Stanley Cowell’s “Here I Am” (1978) Brings Soulful Beauty To Modern Hip-hop Via Ras G (2014) & Roc Marciano (2017)
2026 is officially underway, and a new year brings the possibility of change. Sure, a positive habit can be formed at any moment, but something about starting fresh at the start of the year makes it feel more special, like making a pact with a friend. We over here at Glide want to usher in […]
LISTEN: Jon Danforth Escapes Into Folksy Solace On Gentle “Hot Springs Blues”
Jon Danforth is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Ferndale, Arkansas, and currently living in Dallas, Texas. His songs blend folk influences with indie rock elements to create an acoustic-driven, melodic take on Americana music. He has released four EPs and two full-length albums since launching as a solo act in 2017, and is now […]
LISTEN: Rude Films’ “Horseshoe” Paints An Immersive Portrait of Love Through Lush Shoegaze
Straddling the boundary between discordance and serenity, Rude Films contrast light and dark to craft alt-rock that is foreboding yet hopeful. Since 2018, they’ve occupied the dank mills of Manchester, heavily inspired by their precursors but determined to carve out their own sound. With a shared love of guitar pedals, they blend elements of shoegaze, […]
Ten Years Ago Today- David Bowie Releases Final Album ‘Blackstar’
Iron & Wine Announce New Album ‘Hen’s Teeth’ Out February 27th
Iron & Wine, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, will release their eighth full-length album and sixth for Sub Pop, entitled Hen’s Teeth, worldwide on February 27th. Hen’s Teeth arrives fully formed but sits as a sibling record, of sorts, to 2024’s acclaimed and Grammy-nominated Light Verse. Its seeds were sewn during the multiple sessions done over […]
Buck Meek of Big Thief Announces New Album, The Mirror, out 2/27 via 4AD
Buck Meek has announced his new album, The Mirror, will be out February 27th via 4AD, and has just shared its lead single & video, “Gasoline.” On The Mirror, love, as an idea, is always close—but in its reflection comes an afterimage of the way things could be and how they’ve been before. Meek holds the absurdity of devotion, the choice […]
Joe Pernice Releasing Debut Solo Studio Album ‘Sunny, I Was Wrong’ April 3rd via New West
Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers and Scud Mountain Boys will release his debut solo studio album Sunny, I Was Wrong on April 3, 2026 via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by Pernice and features Aimee Mann, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub. Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Webb, and includes liner notes written by Warren Zanes […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Yarn Basks in Gratitude with Soulful and Swaggering Rocker “Good Things”
Blake Christiana, founding member of Yarn, has spent two decades chasing the perfect song—crafting a catalog that spans country shuffles, folk ballads, and rock-tinged roots music. Since forming Yarn in 2007, Christiana has steered the band from a scrappy New York City bar residency to sharing stages with Dwight Yoakam, Marty Stuart, Alison Krauss, and […]