Interviews

Belgian-born and New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Ghalia Volt recently released her fifth album, Shout Sister Shout!, via Ruf Records. True to form, and as she did with her previous albums, she sought out a unique experience in working with a very specific Producer and in a special studio space. This time around she went to Rancho […]

It was the best of times, it was, well, also the best of times. Two recent gigs from Austin indie rockers Megafauna highlight its broad appeal and potential. The band—who dropped the dense and powerful Olympico album last May—combines a proggy, busy take on grunge riffs with the witchy, poised vocals of Dani Neff, who […]

Gov’t Mule loves to surprise us. I mean, here is one of the preeminent southern blues rock bands and they gave us a big dose of Pink Floyd. On their debut album in 1995, they pulled out an obscure quiet blues scratch by Son House. And they have roared through AC/DC and Zeppelin songs for […]

Benjamin Jayne is releasing his third full-length solo album, Broken, on October 13th, and it’s a project that pushes the boundaries of his previous work in terms of genre elements, song structures, vocal ranges, and even themes. Essentially, the album takes inspiration from confronting oneself in the midst of the life that has built up […]

Roots-Rock artist Adrian Sutherland is building on his solo work by following Juno Award-nominated debut album When The Magic Hits with a new collection called Precious Diamonds. While his first solo album necessitated the building of a studio in his home in the Attawapiskat First Nation of Northern Canada to write and record, for Precious […]

For Emily Kinney, music and acting have always existed side by side. She may always be “Beth Greene from The Walking Dead,” and even gets recognized on dating apps as Beth. Her most prominent role was Beth, but she’s also appeared on Showtime’s Masters of Sex and even guest starred on the CW’s The Flash […]

Take a renowned guitar player, give him some “extra” free time, and see what finally happens after thirty years. Trevor Rabin, guitarist for Yes from 1983 – 1995, culled together some ideas for songs he’d had lying around over the years and created one heck of a solo album that not only includes his fluidity […]

Almost a month ago to the day, the acoustic folk duo Mapache released their best album so far. Swinging Stars is a spectacularly mesmerizing display of psychedelic folk lined with poetic songwriting and weeping acoustics. The duo of Clay Finch and Sam Blasucci have been creating otherworldly folk since they formed Mapache back in 2016, […]

Last month marked the tenth Anniversary of Graveyard Lovers’ dynamite 2013 release, Dreamers. To commemorate, Glide reached out to the band to discuss the recording of the record, the release, our favorite songs, and a few other topics.  Ten years went by quickly and lots have changed for Graveyard Lovers (Zach Jimenez-Reynolds and Tricia Purvis) […]

The musical story of how Alan Palomo ended up creating his recently released World of Hassle LP is a beautifully unpredictable one. Palomo has been tirelessly creating otherworldly textures with synth-heavy projects, his most popular being the albums he released under the Neon Indian moniker. As the clock ticked forward, any sense of safety fell […]

Mississippi-based Indie duo Bark consists of Susan Bauer Lee (drums and vocals) and Tim Lee (Fender VI bass and vocals) who recently released their fourth album under that moniker, Loud, via a team up between their own label, Cool Dog Sound, and Dial Back Sound. Their musical history goes back even further, though, as both […]

The band Firefall are releasing the album Friends & Family on September 22nd via Sunset Blvd. Records. As the title suggests, this classic Rock band has turned their sights on their long history of touring with other bands that hail from 1960s and 1970s, and on their own experienced roster of players to recreate many […]

On Monday (9/18), Jon Gutwillig and Aron Magner of the Disco Biscuits were four hours into a Zoom session with author Nicholas Schmidle, writing music for their new theater show, The Very Moon: A Steampunk Musical, when they asked for my advice about the show’s finale. “We need you to help us figure out the […]

International Rock band SOEN recently released their sixth studio album, Memorial, via Silver Lining Music. Their five previous albums struck an interesting balance between having varied sounds and emotional beats, and having an overarching idea suggested in the album title and drawn from something the band had on their mind at the time. With Memorial, […]

Some artists like to switch sounds for each album, shifting between sonic realms and making them feel like home. In the case of singer/songwriter/harpist Mikaela Davis, she goes through a complete metamorphosis. The artistic leap between her 2018 debut and the recently released and stunning And Southern Star album shows the signs of a dedicated […]

On September 15th, Folk-influenced Indie artist Trevor Hall will release his new album, Trevor Hall and the Great In-Between via his label, 3 Rivers. It marks the first time that Hall has wholly recorded and Produced one of his own albums alone, and it also stems from a time where Hall developed a new home, […]

Margo Cilker has always been a roamer. Her second album, Valley of Heart’s Delight (due out this Friday via Portland label Fluff & Gravy Records), glimmers with a variety of imagery—from the vast Santa Clara valley to Oregon’s woodland trails.  “I had to remove the idea that if I was going to sing about a […]

Pittsburgh-based Deathcore band Signs of the Swarm recently released their fifth studio album, Amongst the Low & Empty, via Century Media Records. Having been touring intensely just before recording this new album, Signs of the Swarm were a little up in the air about what developments might be part of a new collection of songs, […]

The band Main Steam Stop Valve (mssv) are releasing their new album, Human Reaction, on September 1st, via Big Ego Records. It’s their second album together, although they’ve also released several EPs and done a fair amount of touring behind their work, since that’s a large part of how they operate. In fact, guitarist Mike […]

The cover art for Hiss Golden Messenger’s latest album, Jump for Joy, is in black and white, but it beams with hopeful and nostalgic happiness. As bandleader and songwriter M.C Taylor puts it, “It’s a sun-in-your-eyes feeling—that ambiguous joy and excitement for whatever is on the horizon.”  The photo looks like it was torn from […]