Posts by Carter Gray Shelter

Asheville, North Carolina’s Wednesday might just be the most buzzed-about indie rock band of 2023; the April release of their latest album, Rat Saw God, was met with near-universal acclaim and set the group off on what’s scheduled to be a whirlwind year of touring around the world as they continue climbing up festival lineups. […]

Two clicks of the drumsticks and a machine-gun snare fill and Altın Gün are off, guitars blazing over a propulsive rhythm section like a car barrelling at high speed down a hazy desert highway. So begins the Amsterdam-based band’s fifth album, Așk. The song, “Badi Sabah Olmadan”, had previously served as the centerpiece of their […]

After a few years off Michael Dorf’s “Music Of…” concert series returned to New York’s Carnegie Hall last week for one of its biggest nights yet – The Music of Paul McCartney

Weyes Blood brought her “In Holy Flux” Tour to New York last weekend for a sold-out two-night stand at East Williamsburg staple Brooklyn Steel.

U.S. Girls, the experimental art-pop project of Toronto-based musician Meg Remy, has never been easy to pin down; shifting and evolving their sound with each album while Remy explores and toys with the nature and content of pop songwriting

Australian psychedelic outfit Pond is no stranger to the stage, but as their music has morphed and shifted over the years so too has their presence as a live band.

Hot on the heels of the release of their fifth studio album, this month’s Love Songs For Losers, Americana outfit The Lone Bellow rolled through their old stomping grounds Sunday night for a powerful show at New York’s Webster Hall on November 13th.

On Tuesday night (11/15) Magdalena Bay stopped through New York for their largest headline performance yet, a sold-out show at longtime Greenwich Village staple Webster Hall that brought in an eclectic crowd.

On Changes, King Gizzard’s fifth and final record of 2022, the band proves that they also know when to let one of those ideas marinate.

Continuing to tour the U.S. on the back of this month’s The Organic Album, the group’s fifth studio record, they brought their traveling party to New York City’s Bowery Ballroom on Thursday for a loose night of catchy tunes and more than a little boogieing. 

Not even a week removed from their last album King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are back with Laminated Denim

Kikagaku Moyo embarked on an extensive year-long farewell tour; making their final North American stop at New York’s Brooklyn Steel on October 6th for a thrilling and emotional two-night stand last week, the second of which Glide was fortunate to attend. 

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava makes good on its title with one of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s most elemental experiments yet; seven tracks, each built on improvisatory jams in one of the seven modes of Western music with just a tempo and a title to guide them. What they’ve ended up […]

Two years on from her impressive debut, Old Time Feeling, S.G. Goodman has finally embarked on her first headlining tour, and after building up her fanbase with opening spots for the likes of Jason Isbell and Shakey Graves and appearances at the Newport Folk Festival and SXSW – along with the June release of her […]

Tamara Lindeman, who records and performs under the moniker The Weather Station, took the stage at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg to a round of cheers, but as she knelt down center-stage – microphone in hand, head bowed – a hush quickly swept over the crowd until every rustling jacket and shuffling foot could be […]

With the haze of a certain band’s Madison Square Garden residency still floating over New York City, those in the know gathered on Sunday night (4/24/22) in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, on the rooftop of the psychedelic, Turkish-themed venue The Sultan Room for what was to be the weekend’s hottest aftershow. Taper’s Choice, a new jam […]

Continuing on with his Supply Chain Issues Tour, Jack White brought blistering punk energy and rowdy grooves to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 21st. With longtime collaborators, Daru Jones on drums and Dominic Davis on bass, along with newcomer Quincy McRary on keys, the Third Man Records founder was in good spirits as he delivered […]

Hot on the heels of the release of his first full-length solo album, You Belong There, Daniel Rossen was in fine form on Saturday evening April 2nd as he returned to Brooklyn for a sold-out performance at Bushwick venue Brooklyn Made. The sixteen-song set showcased the Grizzly Bear member’s formidable guitar abilities and distinctive voice […]

Listening to Second Nature, the new album from indie-pop outfit Lucius, you’d never guess that it’s been six years since their last proper studio effort, 2016’s underrated art-pop gem Good Grief. Granted, the band hasn’t exactly been dormant in that time, they released an album of acoustic re-workings which they toured behind along with sporadic […]

Hot on the heels of a multi-week stint supporting Khruangbin on their U.S. tour, saxophonist Nubya Garcia capped off the American journey – her first performance stateside since the release of her acclaimed debut album SOURCE in 2020 – with a headlining show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge. With accompaniment from keyboardist Jahari […]