On Saturday, April 23rd, Ben Vaughn’s celebrated career will come full circle with the release of The World of Ben Vaughn. A return to his roots—his recording roots, that is.
Few have trod a more divine intervention musical path than John Mark Nelson. The previously well-known local Minnesota artist had a knack for working on other people’s music, yet his
The music of Dallas Ugly shimmers with an iridescent nostalgia. Built on a foundation of mellow interchanges of electric guitar and pedal steel, the rhythm and flow evoke an old-school
Led by drummer Brad Elvis (Screams, The Elvis Brothers, Big Hello, The Romantics) and vocalist/guitarist/saxophonist Chloe F. Orwell (Big Hello), Chicago’s The Handcuffs will be releasing their fourth studio album,
The Darkness’ US tour took them through Austin, TX on Tuesday, April 5th, where they played the outdoor stage at The Mohawk. Like the rest of the world, the Red
Chicago’s Panda Riot certainly rekindles the glory years of indie rock where shoegazing and dream pop bands like Slowdive, Ride and Lush filled our ears with swirling guitar chords, and
Bonafide. Yacht. Soul. Supergroup. An amalgamation of all things funky—and a stacked roster of Los Angeles’ finest, hardest working musicians—is exactly what vocalist/saxophonist Woody Mankowski envisioned when he started piecing
“I made friends with a fellow songwriter that I met sharing a gig in a seaside town. We kept in touch over a few years, and I saw him at his
For anyone looking to quickly learn how Matt Dorrien’s second LP differs from the first, the Portland pianist and songwriter has provided some helpful hints. The first is right there
A transcendent emotional odyssey of a record, Taylor Barefoot’s solo debut, Distressed Signals, is at once ethereal and bracing—an effortless fusion of shoegaze, dreampop and post-rock. Layers of gauzy, beautifully flawed,
