Articles by: Jeremy Lukens

For Toadies’ seventh studio album, the Fort Worth quartet went into the studio without a plan, coming up with songs as they went with no roadmap in terms of the sonic terrain they wanted to ...

For its follow-up to 2013’s Negativity, Deer Tick has released two full-length albums, each showcasing a distinctly different side of the Rhode Island band. Volume 1 is a soft, mostly acoustic album that emphasizes Deer ...

Jonny Lang’s seventh studio album, Signs, is his loudest and most rocking to date. Though rooted firmly in the blues, the Fargo-based guitar prodigy has always incorporated different styles into his sound. Lang has been ...

Over the last three decades, New York pioneers Living Colour have made a habit of defying convention, fusing unrelated genres, and blazing new trails for their unique brand of hard alternative music. Shade, the band’s ...

Turning to trendy pop producer Mark Ronson for its seventh album, Queens of the Stone Age has again redefined its sound while still remaining true to the roots it planted with its 1998 self-titled debut. ...

Eight albums into his decorated blues rock career, guitar virtuoso Kenny Wayne Shepherd is ready for a change. He is no longer the fresh-faced six-string gunslinger dropping jaws with his fretboard mastery. With Lay It ...

Manchester Orchestra’s fifth album is another unexpected detour from a band that seems to reinvent itself with each release. From the underrated excellence of their 2006 debut to the experimentalism of 2011’s Simple Math to ...

Capacity, Big Thief’s follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed debut Masterpiece, is an indie folk gem that builds upon the themes and successes of the band’s previous work. It is moody, melodic folk that ...