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Bobcat Rob and the Nightly Howl are premiering their brand single via Glide today titled “Engineer,” from their yet unnamed record due for release in the fall of this year. The players on the single, a trio, led by Bobcat Rob Armenti, with Tyler Larson on bass and Joe Kaplow on drums, is centered around […]

Chris Lacinak started playing professionally at age 16, performing in street parades, at neighborhood clubs, Bourbon Street tourist traps, hotel lounges… you name it. Over the years, he’d perform with many iconic NOLA musicians including Henry Butler, Gatemouth Brown, Tab Benoit, Papa Mali, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias as well as Jazzmen […]

Joshua Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Portland, OR. Thomas independently released his EP The Harboring in 2014 and has subsequently released a string of singles, garnering praise for “conjuring the kind of sad-eyed balladeering of artists like Rufus Wainwright, Anohni, John Grant, and even fellow Portlanders like Matt Dorrien” (Vortex […]

Upon tallying how many decades he’s worked as a professional guitar slinger, Telecaster master Bill Kirchen quips, “Well, they don’t make 50 years like they used to.” They don’t often make careers like his, either. From performing with his Who Knows Pickers jug band in Ann Arbor High School’s senior talent show (also on the […]

With a lineup that stretches from Norway through Athens, Georgia to the Northwest corner of the United States, Scott McCaughey’s The No Ones consists of members from R.E.M.; I Was A King, The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, etc., The No Ones are classic two guitars, bass, and drums, sounding like what you might expect, […]

On their new EP Electrokitty Sessions, Seattle, WA “soulgrass” combo Paula Boggs Band refines their signature blend of jazz, world, rock and Americana. The record is imbued with a sense of yearning, and Boggs and her team of deft musicians unfurl their tales of love and its various guises with a relaxed, in-the-pocket groove that […]

Northern Californian singer-songwriter, Eric Anders, and southern Californian guitarist-composer, Mark O’Bitz, will release their twelve-song concept album, American Bardo, on July 31st. American Bardo was recorded, produced, and mixed by Mike Butler of San Diego.  All the songs were written by Eric and Mark and inspired by George Saunders’ Mann-Booker-Prize-winning novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.  […]

Robert Francis was just 19 years old when he kickstarted his career with 2007’s One By One, an album whose lushly-layered folk songs — all of them written, produced, and performed by the L.A. native, who played nearly every instrument himself — pointed to a songwriter whose evocative songwriting belied his young age. More than […]

Glide Magazine now has a podcast. Film critic James Roberts and contributor Cody Villafana invite you to enjoy Glide Magazine’s Medium Fidelity podcast, a new interview series that features our two hosts in conversation musical artists, producers, and others from across the music industry. With a laid back, more conversational tone, Medium Fidelity aims to […]

Easy Love is the solo project of Justine Brown, a multi-instrumentalist and DIY artist based in southern California. Wander Feeler, Easy Love’s sophomore album is being released by Loantaka Records June 26th on 12” vinyl, for paid download and via all major streaming platforms.  Wander Feeler is a summary of sentiments arising from long drives, of reflections […]

Forest Ray experiments in the analog and psychedelic, combining guitar driven psych rock with elements of raw synth-laced post-punk, americana, garage and organ-laden pop. Following in the footsteps of Pacific Northwest greats from The Sonics to The Kingsmen, Forest Ray brings a new spin to the classic garage lineup but with the same youthful punk […]

The Oakland based Once & Future Band’s latest release Deleted Scenes combines their love of larger than life psychedelic pop, progressive influences and overall 70’s aesthetic in throwback fashion. The band, Joel Robinow (keyboards, lead vocals), Raj Ojha (drums, recording / mixing engineer) and Eli Eckert (bass, vocals), work their talents while constantly recalling their heroes. Once & Future […]

Rooted in distorted grit, punk energy, and American songbook eloquence, Dramarama has always been both classic and cutting-edge. With the group’s seventh full-length and first album in 15 years, Color TV, the iconic New Jersey alternative rock quintet—John Easdale [singer, songwriter], Mark Englert [lead, rhythm guitar] Peter Wood [lead rhythm guitar], Mike Davis [bass], and […]

“Music is magic. It’s mood management and it’s a way to connect, especially during uncertain times,” shares Leanne Kelly, primary songwriter of New Spell. New Spell—which also features drummer Jacob Frautschi and producer Max Savage—is known for lavish indie-pop that has garnered favorable comparisons to Beach House, Chromatics, Goldfrapp, and Psychic Twin. The group released […]

Making it as an artist today can require a heavy helping of DIY spirit, and Tommy Alexander has that in spades. It carried the California born musician all the way to Burlington, Vermont, where he founded Jenke Arts, a nonprofit artists’ collective and record label, and eventually all the way back west, where he found a new […]

Greg Loiacono started writing the songs that would make up Mystic Traces a few years ago when he committed them to demos in his home. From there he traveled down the coast to his friend Scott Hirsch’s studio in Ojai, California where together they would mold them into his latest release from Blue Rose Music, […]

North Georgia Americana duo Gypsy Outfit are gearing up to release their debut album, 1969 (out July 10). It’s an alternately twangy and rocking slice of nostalgic longing for the time of their parents’ generation. The days of endless, mysterious blacktop, out of the way diners and the inviting neon of roadside motels. It dives […]

In 2019, the Mrs. Henry Presents the Last Waltz documentary debuted at the Oceanside Film Festival just two short years after the original performance electrified a sold-out crowd at the Belly Up San Diego. The two years between were filled with requests and offers to once again recreate the Band’s famed concert. Mrs. Henry led […]

Hoofing through the better part of a decade, Gainesville’s 9-piece retro-soul and blues amalgam The Savants of Soul (9/18) have been threading the needle, pinpointing the evolution of their sound to the city of Muscle Shoals, where they recorded their forthcoming record at Rick Hall’s legendary FAME Studios. Over the course of ten days, the […]

Active since 2013, Paisley Fields is the project of singer, songwriter, and bandleader James Wilson, who splits his time between Brooklyn, New York and Nashville, Tennessee. He writes country music. His songs are tender and authentic, but also pretty quick with a joke. They’re mindful of tradition, but deeply informed by his singular background. On […]