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Back in September, Glide contributor Christian Long had this to say about the new album from indie pop group Superhuman Happiness: “There’s not a lot of bad things to say about Escape Velocity; the crisp, clean production lets the eclectic arrangements alternate between instruments as they move in and out from one another. A precise work of […]

Most music publications have just finished wrapping up 2015 with their year-end “best of” lists. This doesn’t mean we can’t be thinking about next year, and many of us already are since the advances for 2016 releases are already pouring in. I can pretty much promise that one of the standout releases of 2016 will […]

Photo by Sonia Child. Melbourne band The Glorious are excited about their upcoming album Falcon, which will be released by The MuseBox on January 8th. Produced by Julian Mendelsohn (Belle and Sebastian, Paul McCartney), the album is filled with The Glorious’ trademark haunting, vividly rendered melodies and emotionally immediate songs penned by lead vocalist/co-founder David Mather. Mather’s […]

Toronto band Sultans of String have a worldly sound, but it doesn’t seem appropriate to classify it as world music. Since forming eight years ago the group has been fusing cultures and genres from around the world to create music that sounds entirely different than anything else out there. What links this diverse group of […]

Twiddle is gearing up to  release their highly anticipated studio album, PLUMP on 12/11/15.  The album features 11 original songs including fan favorites “Lost In The Cold”, “White Light”  and “Syncopated Healing”. The Vermont-based quartet recorded  PLUMP in their home state using Kickstarter funding that reached their $20,000 goal in less than 24 hours, eventually doubling that […]

Wrapping up their 20th anniversary year, Vancouver Canadian musician Tom Landa, is looking back on the legacy of his much-loved folk rock band The Paperboys. For two decades, The Paperboys have been touring the world and lighting up stages with their free-wheeling blend of influences from Celtic and bluegrass, to Mexican son jarocho, brass bands, […]

Koncept & J57 were weaned on crate digging and local deep cuts, but have always kept one foot in the mainstream. It was this deep immersion into NYC’s hip-hop scene that brought the two together. Lyrically, Koncept delivers intimately biographical rhymes that explore where he’s at now by dissecting his past. His friend and cohort J57 […]

As the term “jamband” has become one of open ended sounds and possibilities, Denver’s Digg relates to the core sole of the genre by keeping guitar, drums and bass at the forefront while never swaying from the temptations of spontaneity and improvisation. Digg started out in Denver, Colorado in 2012 by playing a variety of styles […]

It’s been eight long years since David Terry, the man known as Aqueduct has released a full length record. Founded in Tulsa, OK as the solo recording project of pop-mastermind Terry, Aqueduct rose to prominence after a relocation to the Pacific Northwest. An album deal with Seattle indie label Barsuk and a series of infectious bedroom-rock […]

Photo courtesy of Resonance Records At this point in time there is little that needs to be said about the talent and legacy of the great jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Whether it be his own preferred style of jazz, or rock, blues, or even more progressive variations on all of those forms, Wes Montgomery made […]