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There’s nothing like an explosively passionate guitar rock song. The Heartways, a new project led by Peaches collaborator and guitarist Saskia Hahn endures encapsulating stylish rock from eras that wink at impressionists from Blondie to St. Vincent. Yet, aside from eye-pleasing visuals, The Heartways song train continues to fill up with brawn and boom as their debut album Damaged […]

Anybody who was a live music fan in the ’90s most likely crossed paths with one of the many ambitiously scoped songs Lo Faber wrote or co-wrote with his band God Street Wine. From multi-section instrumentals, R&B flavored tales of $1.99 Romances to a mix of almost anything that journeyed in an adventurous stew of […]

Jeremy Garrett, the raging fiddler from the GRAMMY-winning Infamous Stringdusters, professes a “demi-god” playing ability amongst the band’s fans and those in the know in the newgrass community. Let’s just say he simply rips, and if his band serpented the mainstream, there’s a good chance Garrett would grace the cover of a proposed Fiddle magazine. […]

Afton Wolfe is Mississippi. Born in McComb, and growing up in Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Greenville, Mississippi, the roots of American music are in his DNA. Mississippi is the birthplace of at least three American art forms: country music, blues music, and rock and roll. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmie Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the […]

Leon Majcen grew up in the town of Clearwater, Florida. He picked up the guitar at the age of nine and got his start playing open mics at local bars and coffee shops. Naturally inspired by the lyrical genius of artists like Bob Dylan, John Prine, Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt, Leon developed an […]

Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, which includes the twin cool college towns of Northampton and Amherst has certainly helped launch a band or two in the past forty or so years: Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, and Speedy Ortiz to name a few. However, due to its cultural progressiveness, there been little in the way of string bands and […]

Bluegrass has certainly progressed and planted itself into the indie mainstream in recent years thanks to the likes of Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons. Yet there are others that don’t necessarily aim to please the masses but play to play. And string musicians surely know how to play and when they do it smokes. […]

It’s only fitting that The Silk War would call New York City their home, because, with its seductive new-wave sounds, this rockin’ outfit could have opened for Blondie at CBGB. Lead singer Alexandra Blair flaunts an “IT” factor with vocals that lean on artsy pretensions and explosive garage rock- think a mix between Debbie Harry […]

“Help me remember how to be good/How to continue when I feel I really shouldn’t,” might sound disparaging to many, but translates to reality to many who are struggling to stay afloat. These are the lyrics penned by the late Vic Chesnutt on his song “Aunt Avis,” and more famously covered by fellow Athens musicians […]

The vibed-up, contagiously eclectic side of a true indie rock band has often been misled into territories of safety vs realms of possibility and intrigue. Take, Chicago indie rockers Save The Clocktower who offer a mix of rhythmic beat daggers, on-point horn lines, versatile vocals, and techy prog tendencies. The intrigue leads us forward as […]

LA-based Ari Herstand is surely a musical renaissance man, as his chops in the biz run the gamut from entrepreneur, musician, best-selling author, educator, advocate, and authority on how to succeed as an independent musician. He has collaborated with acts like Cake, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Ben Folds, and his music has appeared in […]

Portland, Maine-based GoldenOak is the creative partnership between siblings Zak and Lena Kendall. The hush folk duo is preparing to release their sophomore LP, Room To Grow, on June 25th. Engineered by Ryan Ordway and Dan Capaldi, mixed by Ordway and Sam McArthur, and mastered by Adam Ayan, GoldenOak’s second studio album is a kinetic […]

Atomic Bronco is a retro-inspired yet decidedly modern indie/alt rock act from London. The creation of producer and songwriter Kyle Nuss, Atomic Bronco blends an interesting mix of indie, alternative, garage rock, lo-fi and classic rock. The one-man rock band is originally from the heart of rural America, but now makes guitar driven music in […]

Pop wunderkind Elias Bendix from Denmark has a musically mixed background. Bendix’ childhood in France, Italy, and Spain sparked his curiosity for different music cultures and is a vivid source of inspiration for his self-made art-funk world. His latest destination is clean-cut funky pop embracing love in all its complexity. On his latest track “Revolution,” […]

Los Esplifs, the brainchild of Tucson’s younger music scene, is set to release Estraik Back, their first LP on April 20th, 2021. Los Esplifs has been a part of the latinx music scene since an early age. Bandleader Saul Millan has performed with musical acts The Mexican Institute of Sound, Calexico and Orkesta Mendoza since 2014 while co-creator Caleb […]

Tommy Emmanuel needs no introduction, as his fingers do the talking amidst his awe-inspiring picking, enabling the native Aussie to behold the title as one of the world’s premier guitarists. While young pickers like Billy Strings and Avett Brothers have rightfully claimed big sell-out shows and fanbases, guitar-slingers like Emmanuel have rightfully laid the foundation […]

Certain music makes an impression no matter what the decade. Include Tulsa, OK indie stalwarts Refund Division in that category of bands like Parquet Courts, Fontaines D.C., and Protomartyr that blend indie rock’s most defining eras into a listenable musical vaccine: a must for today’s gap in guitar-driven rock On their forthcoming LP In The […]

Warbly Jets are indeed creative gurus, one who somersault the sounds of early Brit rock with contagious alt-rock and modern nuances. Yes, if Twenty One Pilots kept it indie and jammed with The Stone Roses, we might catch a glimpse of what this LA duo comprised of founding members Samuel Shea (vocals, instruments) and Julien […]

Songwriter Shay Martin Lovette certainly has a way with delivery and story that summons the likes of Patterson Hood, Brent Cobb, and Rhett Miller. Yet there is a novel and mystifying tone in his folky delivery that wreaks of a creative pursuit unraveling, as one of folk rock’s vital new voices. After releasing his debut […]

No two ways about it, but the name Shannon McNally just rolls off the tongue as one of legitimacy: kind of like Reba, Tanya, or Martina. Or perhaps.. kind of like Waylon, that of the rugged outlaw country icon of whom she is covering on her upcoming LP The Waylon Sessions—a collection of songs from […]