Interviews

Changes often have to happen for someone to move forward in their life or their career. They can be scary, stressful, or exciting; usually a combination of all three. So when Tyler Bryant and his band The Shakedown made the decision to leave the safety of a record label to form their own, they took […]

Imagine you play a vital role in the most prolific band on earth that has just announced its third, fourth, and fifth albums of 2022, yet you have another band that has been doing it almost as long. Take Ambrose Kenny-Smith of The Murlocs who fits this welcomingly vital musical role. Yes, that “Amby” the […]

Brett Anderson, frontman for The London Suede, seems relaxed during a recent Zoom video call from his home in Somerset, England – but his laid-back demeanor contrasts sharply with the edgy persona he presents on his band’s latest album, Autofiction (out September 16th via BMG). “I describe it as our punk record,” Anderson says of […]

In the realm of jam bands, moe. has earned its place as one of the most legendary acts. The band was founded in Buffalo, New York and became of the biggest acts to popularize the genre beyond the Grateful Dead alongside acts like Phish and Widespread Panic. Some of those acts may have become bigger, […]

The Electric Blues outfit GA-20, made up of Matt Stubbs, Pat Faherty, and Tim Carman, will be releasing their third LP on September 9th, 2022, via Colemine Records. Crackdown is a direct follow-up to the original songs on their debut album Lonely Soul, which took some time to release due to the disruption in touring. […]

Dublin-based singer/songwriter Tony Tyrrell is a longtime instrumentalist in Classical clarinet and Folk-Rock saxophone who has racked up a great deal of live play and studio experience, and for some years, he’s also worked on songwriting. He was a founding member of the band The Afternoons in the mid-90s and has supported the artist Donovan, […]

California-based Psych-Rock band Westerner are releasing their album Kali Yuga Kama Sutra on August 19, 2022, via Coconut Spaceship Records, and will also be hosting a release show at L.A.’s School Night on August 22nd. The album represents the culmination of many months of work that commenced back in early 2020 when they made a plan […]

Bluphoria is an Oregon-based Alternative Pop-Rock band who incorporate Psychedelic and Southern Rock influences. Already known for playing live sets in the Pacific Northwest, the band consisting of Reign LaFreniere (lead vocal and lead guitar), Dakota Landrum (rhythm guitar, background vocals), Dani Janae (drums, background vocals) and Rex Wolf (21, bass, background vocals) had released […]

Southern Californian and Mexican-American band Los Saints recently released their debut EP, Welcome To Confusion, with Enci Records building on their live play sound and previous songwriting. This particular group of songs had a very timely genesis when frontman Angel Mariscal decided to write about a very sudden end to a relationship that happened within […]

Some artists become legends in a burst of electricity – like Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin – while others ascend to that status steadily, by being consistently good over long periods of time. Pete Sears is among the latter. With his career beginning in 1965, he has built up a stellar reputation on bass and […]

Riley Pearce recently released his debut album with Nettwerk Music Group, The Water and the Rough, though he’s been making and performing music for a number of years. This album has a specific intentionality to it for Pearce, who rented a house in which to write and record the songs, wanting to focus on capturing […]

Philadelphia-based artist David Jamison recently released his sophomore LP, Late Bloomer, building on his Heat Check EP released in 2020 and 2021’s Enjoy the Journey LP. The bassist, composer, and Producer also has a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and has a long history of playing drums and percussion in various groups including the Johns Hopkins Jazz Band, Johns […]

When you think of some of the most well-respected musicians in the business, it’s a good bet that Jeff Baxter, better known as Skunk, ranks very high on that list. Known for his exceptional guitar work with Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and on many notable albums by big-name artists such as Rod Stewart, Dolly […]

Alyssa Coco and Matt Merritt of Roses & Revolutions released an EP in 2020 called Midnight Monsters that ran riot with the nighttime exile feeling of the early pandemic period, but also confessed those shadowy dreams and found some beauty in that sense of stillness. Now, almost accidentally, they’ve put together plans for a new […]

As Wynton Marsalis approaches his 61st birthday, his career as an ambassador and curator of jazz history, its seminal importance and influence as an original American art form, has been both critical and essential. Beyond his accomplishments as a supremely gifted trumpeter and composer, stellar performer & veteran band, and orchestral leader of top-tier talent […]

The artist Queen Kwong, also known as Carré Kwong Callaway, just released her new album Couples Only on July 12th via Sonic Ritual. The expansive new collection shows some significant sound developments and an approach to darker themes surrounding relationships, all balanced out with a certain amount of dark humor that’s often couched in a […]

Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz calls from Istanbul, Turkey, where his gypsy punk band will soon take the stage in the latest stop on their extensive European tour. Since Gogol Bordello’s inception two decades ago, they’ve become legendary for their exuberant, high-energy performances – but there’s a new urgency now, as they use their music […]

It’s easy to scoff at bands from the 90s as being the music of flyover states that are trapped in an endless loop of nostalgia, but this is a snobby elitist take that overlooks a key factor in their success and longevity. If you think about it, the wave of 90s alternative rock bands were […]

DYLYN is the moniker for Canadian artist Gwendolyn Lewis’ multi-genre music, and she released the EP Bring on the Blues via Nettwerk this Spring, and while the collection shows a wide range of influences and traditions, the prevailing currents are Rock-influenced, confessional, and reflective. Her new single “Skin & Bone” arrives on July 8th. DYLYN […]

Shinedown fans have been waiting a little longer than they expected for the new album to show itself. Planet Zero was originally supposed to be released in late April but because of some production details it was pushed back to the mid-summer, which excitedly, was this past Friday, July 1st. The title track serving as […]