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Minneapolis indie juggernauts, Solid Gold, have made a bang yet again with their captivating electro-retro mood-inducing creations. Having taken six years off, the band has spent the past several years focusing on several other high-profile collaborations (Coulter with GAYNGS and Taggart and Rosewood, and Hurlburt with Aero Flynn, GAYNGS and Har Mar Superstar). The band […]

Kyle T. Hurley is a Philadelphia-born Londoner who cut his teeth playing shows in LA. His inventive style of rock n roll infused blues has made him a known entity, enlisting the help of Robin Banerjee, known for his role playing guitar in Amy Winehouse’s band, to fill out his own sound. Inspired by Led […]

Growing up in rural Dadeville, Alabama, Nikki Speake has a specific Southern grit embedded in her soul. More Flannery O’Connor than Margaret Mitchell, there’s a morbid spirit to much of Speake’s writing, and nowhere is that more apparent than Nikki & the Phantom Callers’ debut LP, Everybody’s Going To Hell (But You and Me) – set […]

Anthony da Costa is no stranger to the music world. At age 13 he started writing songs and playing out anywhere he could, and his career as a singer-songwriter never really stopped. In the last decade, he’s lived in New York City, Austin, TX and most recently, Nashville, TN, all of which have shaped him […]

There’s a whole lotta lonesome in the world. Trying to make sense of it all, including his own, Texas troubadour Zach Aaron travels through lifetimes of hurt on his new album. Fill Dirt Wanted weathers every kind of storm – from a dear friend’s final moments to working one’s hands to the bone. Spanning 12 songs – […]

Lord Buffalo was formed in 2012 in Austin following the dissolution of Daniel Jesse Pruitt’s former band The Hot Pentecostals. The band released its debut EP in 2012, recorded a Daytrotter Session that same year, and in the time since has performed live as direct support for artists as diverse as Roky Erickson, Dead Meadow, […]

It has been said that on a bad night Cowboy Mouth can do no less than then blow the roof off, and on a good night they’ll save your soul. That’s as true in 2020 as it was when they first burst out of New Orleans in 1990 and tickled the Top 40 with “Jenny […]

This week’s edition of The Grateful Dead’s recurring YouTube series “All The Years Live” features the overtly political Garcia/Hunter rocker “U.S. Blues” from the 10/18/74 performance at San Fransisco’s legendary Winterland Ballroom. The audio from this version was infamously used as the soundtrack to director Gary Gutierrez’s short yet brilliant cartoon that was ultimately tapped […]

With her wistfully gilded new album Paws of a Bear, Swedish artist Sofia Talvik gazes upon her life’s journey, carefully weighing each chapter. Lead single “Take Me Home” recently debuted in the top ten on the U.S. Folk Radio Charts, offering a hint of what’s to come for this artist on the rise. Beneath timeless layers of lush […]

Marlin’s Dreaming is a young band hailing from a cold, damp flat in Dunedin, New Zealand. In October 2017, just a couple of months after forming, Marlin’s Dreaming released their first body of work, Lizard Tears. It was an eight-song mix of indie-pop tasters, and one reworked track from frontman, Semisi Maiai’s, former band GROMz. The album […]

Lettuce both feed the rich history of funk and also combine it with strains of hip-hop, rock, psychedelia, jazz, soul, and go-go. The GRAMMY® Award-nominated six-piece—Adam Deitch [drums, percussion, arrangement], Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff [guitar], Erick “Jesus” Coomes [bass], Ryan Zoidis [alto, baritone, tenor sax, Korg X-911], Eric “Benny” Bloom [trumpet, horns], and Nigel Hall [vocals, […]

Ohio rocker Scott Gorsuch is gearing up for his 4th release, and his first release on vinyl. He engineered, mastered and did the vinyl mastering – literally cut the lacquer master for the vinyl press. The title of the record is Park Boulevard Park and it’s due out on March 27th. The name is an […]

A few years ago, lyricist Tom Siering met Nashville mainstay Tim Carroll and they discussed writing some songs together. The discussion turned into a recording project under the name, The 81’s. 2 Things & 118 Others marks their third album, all of which embrace great songs formed around thoughtful lyrics and Rock n Roll. With […]

Raised in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Matt Wilson became a fan of rockers like Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen and Devo. He and his high school friends formed a group called The Panic and spent much of their youth as under-aged performers in Minneapolis nightclubs, warming up for future luminaries such as Husker Du and The […]

Raised on Colombia’s Caribbean coast and united by its capital, Bogota, Ghetto Kumbé combines the rich musical heritage of their home, to invoke the spirit of digital rumba in audiences all over the world. The secret behind their irresistible electronic ritual lies in their powerful percussion base; Caribbean house beats and traditional afro-Colombian rhythms inherited […]

Before settling in to make Jazzhound, their most extravagant, ambitious, and fully realized album to date, The Buttertones had to face the hounds of real life. Prior to a headlining summer tour in support of 2018’s Midnight in a Moonless Dream, a fiery blast of an album capturing the band at their purest distillation, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Modesto ‘Cobi’ […]

2019 was an uncharacteristic year for Human Resources. On the heels of their successful 2018 full-length release, Champagne, the band signed with Nimbleslick Entertainment (Athens/Denver), which led to them playing more shows than ever before, filling small clubs in New York City, hitting larger festival slots (Fall For Greenville), and leveling up to professional venues […]

Church Girls—Philly’s emerging indie-punk outfit—delivers urgent catharsis on The Haunt (out NOW on Anchor Eighty Four Records) providing “a glimmer of hope amidst nihilism,” says bandleader Mariel Beaumont. The record tackles themes of addiction and despondency in a poetic will to move forward towards healing and developing healthier habits. The group has been busy since their last, […]

It is not simple to categorize Rum Buffalo, an 8-piece band that finds its sound by pushing the boundaries of what they can accomplish. Their songs unfurl like the evil twin of the bustling London metropolis that birthed them—vivid, energetic, and unpredictable. Their forthcoming album, Bloodmoon, is their most ambitious work to date: tracked in […]

Portland, Oregon’s Size 85 High Tops’ forthcoming album, Rev It Up (due out March 27th on In Music We Trust Records), fuses power pop, prog, acid-folk, and country to deliver a dark and lovely psych-rock cornucopia over their sprawling thirteen-track sophomore release, which will be available digitally and on double vinyl this spring. Led by […]