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Old Settler’s Music Festival returned to Tilmon, Texas April 21-24 with a lineup that featured a hefty mix of bluegrass, Americana, folk, rock, soul and everything in between. All photos by Amy E. Price.

David Knudson the guitarist and founding member of Minus the Bear has spent most of his adult life composing and playing complicated and heralding sonic explorations reminiscent of Kraut and post rock’s finest moments. With the recent conclusion of Minus the Bear, Knudson will be releasing his debut solo album The Only Thing You Have to […]

It took a long time for Brooklyn musician John Brodeur to find himself. After releasing several little-heard solo albums, Brodeur first imagined Bird Streets as a live band in 2016 before taking the moniker as a de facto nom de guerre with the release of the self-titled 2018 LP. And that’s when things clicked.“I used to write about finding ways […]

The Flaming Lips continued their bubblicious stage theatrics at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on April 25th. The Wayne Coyne-led band played a list of well-known and not-so-well-known songs, including “Enthusiasm for Life Defeats Existential Fear” and “Happy Birthday” to Micah Nelson of opener Particle Kid. Photos by Todd Radunsky.  

LP brought their fierce alt-pop to St Paul’s Palace Theatre on April 23rd, proving that showmanship, boisterous vocals, and an energetic song display make LP one of live music’s more vibrant artists. Photos by Billy Briggs.  

Riffing on crunching chorus, ferocious brevity, and an irritated kick prove The Wilful Boys certainly deserve a place amongst the punk acclaim of recent upstarts IDLES, Viagra Boys, and Turnstile. Forming in Brooklyn in 2014, The Wilful Boys’ inception began after a chance meeting at the now defunct Cake Shop, a venue that would become […]

Earth, Wind & Fire first gained notoriety in 1972 and has not lost traction as a band with universal appeal. They have crossed all genre of music having produced 23 albums that includes eight number-one R&B singles and eight double platinum top 10 albums with records sales totaling over 90 million. The soul and funk […]

Today, LA-based rocker Kate Clover shares her debut LP, Bleed Your Heart Out exclusively with Glide.  The record, produced by her boyfriend Brandon Welchez (of Crocodiles) and featuring members of Davila666, channels classic riot grrrl, post-punk, and even jangle-pop. Clover rocks out with a splash of punk’s raw noir and a blackened howl of garage rock reminiscent of Yeah Yeah Yeahs jamming with X. Clover kills […]

A shimmering new single featuring popstar Devan, “Already Know” is a stunning and infectious debut single from songwriter and acclaimed producer ELPENTHE. Known for his vast production work, ELPENTHE is here to share the first of his solo songs and announce his EP, Elpenthe I. Derived from the ancient Greek nepenthe, a potion used by the […]

Secret Emchy Society always has a way of turning expectations upside down with its middle finger throwing blend of Country that not only waves a rainbow flag in the face of naysayers, yet possesses a relentless evocative twang that begs to be Orville Peck’s next tour opener. As the First Lady of Queer Country, Cindy […]

“”It’s a song about the purity and sacredness of desire. I was thinking about someone I loved but that wasn’t really reciprocal in the way I wanted, and about the beauty of desire itself – whether for a person, a dream or something else. Sometimes we’re expected not to desire too much or too deeply, […]

For 20 years, Matt Butler has been exploring the spirit of improvisation with the help of talented musicians through his Everyone Orchestra project. Carefully curating each lineup, Butler serves as the alchemist for exploratory jams that keep both fans and musicians on their toes. Each performance is unique and spontaneous. With his notebook, hand motions, […]

Texas singer Barton Stanley David’s new album Crest out April 22nd, 2022 on Kenshire Recorda is a study in shifting definitions of adulthood, class, community, spirituality, and ultimately, shared perseverance. Anchored by BSD’s arresting, melodic voice and widescreen mixes by Grammy-winning engineer Dave Schiffman (Tom Petty, Adele, The Killers), Crest has an organic grandeur that […]

On Monday, April 11th, West London, singer/songwriter Arlo Parks brought her soulful and poetic pop sounds to Austin, TX for a taping of Austin City Limits. Read a recap of the performance.

Brothers Joshua and Jeremiah Zimmerman and their band The Silent Comedy should be headlining stages the size of Avett Brothers and Mumford Sons, who at similar times a decade-plus pass were riding the wave of the new Americana movement that brought new instruments and voices to the mainstream. The band enjoyed years of touring, performing […]

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 own voice was one that couldn’t wait to be heard. Nelson was finding new avenues of creativity as a producer and engineer among his circle […]

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 hazy vocals, and accessible jams. Rebecca Scott (vocals, keys) and Brian Cook (drum machine, guitar) are the ignition switches of Panda Riot and continue their […]

“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 best and at his worst. I made an offer to help him when I saw him on the rocks and ‘knee deep in need’.  The way […]

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, effects-laden guitar pour from the speakers over gently pulsing sampled beats and analog drum machines, unfolding cinematic dreamscapes both magnificent and forlorn.  “I express myself […]

“I remember Jamie showing this to me early on when we were locked down in 2020. He seemed a little hesitant to think of it as anything more than a silly song but I just thought it was good. The more we played it the more we liked it. Kinda has a Traveling Wilburys thing to […]