Posts by Shawn Donohue

In recent years Brendan Benson has focused on writing and producing other people’s records while also being central to The Raconteurs revival so it has been seven years since his last proper solo record was released. Now arrives Dear Life, an album that looks at his personal situation as a father, husband, and musician in […]

It has been a long time since Other Lives released Rituals back in 2015. A lot has changed, but what has remained the same is the band’s use of large swelling sounds and all-encompassing orchestral pop on their newest album For Their Love.  The trio of Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals), Jonathon Mooney (piano, […]

These are some trying times for the world, but Diane Gentile has lived through recent life-altering events and grown from them, fronting The Gentle Men on their newest album The White Sea. Named for the churning froth the New York City outfit sprinkles in paisley underground influences and clean pop production successfully.   During a tour […]

The Oakland based Once and Future Band’s newest release Deleted Scenes combines their love of larger than life psychedelic pop, progressive influences and overall 70’s aesthetic in throwback fashion.  The group’s love of David Bowie, ELO and The Beatles (especially the Paul McCartney tunes) is immediately evident from the first notes of opener “Andromeda”. The […]

Thundercat has been crafting genre-bending music for years, but 2017’s Drunk was a break out record propelling Stephen Lee Bruner to a higher level. His follow up, It Is What It Is, is even better. Bruner exuberantly deploys his bursting at the seams electro-funk, but also adds a layer of emotional depth showing growth, maturity […]

The winning streak continues for The James Hunter Six and Daptone Records as Nick of Time is yet another fantastic slice of grooving retro soul. Hunter and producer Bosco Mann merge their Northern English style with classic American R&B over thirteen pristine sounding tracks that lovingly recalls past greats of the genre. Opener “I Can […]

The San Francisco blues-rock outfit The Stone Foxes newest release Gold is an EP mixing modern sounds with overblown retro rock staples, all-around passionate vocals. Led by the brothers Koehler, Shannon and Spence tie their clear devotion to classic rock into full-blown, arena-ready jams.  The group has a long list of successes using their music […]

The first collaboration between the always recording freak rocker Ty Segall and the monster noise drummer Brian Chippendale (Lightning Bolt) as Wasted Shirt is titled Fungus II and the vociferous record oscillates between artistic/experimental outings and ripping rawness, sometimes measure to measure.  The band opens with the driving clanging feedback of “All Is Lost” and […]

The five-piece Drive-By Truckers pulled into New York City on Friday night February 21st to play a show at the recently renovated Webster Hall as they tour behind their excellent, politically motivated record, The Unraveling. The group seemed revved up walking out to the stage and while there was a clear focus on their new […]

Man Alive! is the third album from the London based artist King Krule (real name Archy Marshall) and it’s a gloomy mix of everything from hip-hop to noise rock to jazz. Marshall walks a fine line between artistic experimentation and somber passages he combines disparate elements into an urban grey rain cloud of a record.  […]

Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree are two fantastic guitarists, Ranaldo as a founding member of noise rock legends Sonic Youth and Refree as a flamenco innovator, yet their first co-release, Names of North End Women, displays almost zero guitars. However, these are also artists who work with sound just as much as their particular instruments […]

Joe Russo has a had a wide and varied career working with members of the Grateful Dead, Phish, The Hold Steady and Ween, as well as many successful recordings/tours as half of the Benevento/Russo duo and leading his own successful outfit Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, however, Russo has never released a solo record until phér•bŏney. […]

The Williamsburg, Brooklyn based Afrobeat band Antibalas are celebrating their twentieth year as a collective with the release of Fu Chronicles, proving they are still on top of their game and even improving as a unit. While the band is known for their exuberant live shows, this six song collection from Daptone Records is a […]

Dan Deacon’s newest full-length release opens with “Become A Mountain” which contains the lyrics which are the true heart of this release: “I’m so lucky, yet I forget I’m still hungry for the future. On this day before me will I seize it or scroll? All of time is right here, is right now”. Mystic […]

The fourth full-length offering from Brooklyn based artist TORRES (aka Mackenzie Scott) is her first self-produced effort and as she states, it is “the exact record I wanted to make”. The end product is a mix of confessional synth/art/pop numbers which can both challenge and sooth as Silver Tongue flows along.    The album opens with […]

Recently Glide had the opportunity to talk with a unique voice in the music world as the New Orleans bassist/ composer Stoo Odom gave us some time. An artist who inhabits the murky world where psychedelia, jazz, and noise intersect, this original voice is currently wrapping up work on his first solo album titled Indefensible, slated […]

Algiers previous album, 2017’s The Underside of Power, was a career highlight and one of the best albums of the year.  Their follow-up doesn’t reach those lofty heights; There Is No Year is an artistic collection of industrial synth-laden restrained music with slight gospel/soul/punk/protest flourishes. The band, Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan and Lee Tesche […]

On Tuesday night December 17th, Steve Earle hosted his fifth annual John Henry’s Friends Benefit for the Keswell School at Town Hall in New York City. John Henry is his Earle’s youngest son who has Autism and he attends the Keswell School which challenges students to accomplish in aspects of school life, and prepares them […]

The Never-Ending Tour keeps rolling on for Bob Dylan who at 78 still delivers the goods as he did on a cold Tuesday Night (December 3rd) in front of a sold-out diverse crowd for the eighth show of his ten-night Beacon Theater residency.  Since the late 80’s Dylan and his band have revisited some of […]

The Soul Rebels newest release Poetry in Motion puts their brass band style in the background and shifts to a wide genre encompassing scope, touching on soul, pop, jazz, R&B and most directly hip-hop with a variety of beats and a host of MC’s (including band members). While the outfit has always loved hip-hop and […]