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Valley Maker (Austin Crane) is excited to announce North American tour dates in support of his recent studio album, When the Day Leaves (Frenchkiss Records). The first leg kicks off on August 12 in Columbia, SC and concludes in Nashville, TN on September 1. The tour picks back up in Ft. Collins, CO on October […]

Last month, London-based band Dry Cleaning released New Long Leg, their 4AD debut and one of 2021’s most praised albums thus far. Dry Cleaning will play select shows across the states, performing for the first time ever in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, and Chicago, plus return appearances in Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Following in early 2022, the band will […]

Drawn toward each other by some magnetic force and a mutual love of Yo La Tengo and Polvo, the early conversations that led to forming Pardoner wouldn’t have happened had it’s members not been living in the dorms at San Francisco State University. In classic fashion, their new album Came Down Different, and first for Bar […]

At the start of summer 2020, Liz Lawrence left London and moved back to her hometown in the West Midlands. She built a studio from scratch with her dad, a carpenter, on the site where her grandfather’s garden shed had stood unopened for 20 years. She christened it ‘The Coffin’. During that period of upheaval, she completed […]

Wilco is excited to announce the return of Sky Blue Sky, a destination concert experience curated by the band, taking place January 17-21, 2022 in Mexico at the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. Sky Blue Sky will feature three Wilco shows, plus performances by Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Thundercat, Waxahatchee, Stephen Malkmus, Jeff Tweedy, Tank and the Bangas, Mountain Man, Nubya Garcia, The […]

The Moving Stills have been making their presence known in their homeland, making numerous appearances at prestigious Australian music festivals. The Aussie pop-rockers wade through surf flavor and 80’s inspired New York sounds, also adding acoustic driven numbers and pop melodies that soothe. Step into the sunny psychedelic new single “Downlow” from The Moving Stills. Distinct […]

Robert John Hope is an Irish, Berlin based singer-songwriter whose music is rooted in ambient folk and alternative pop/rock. In Ireland, he will be known mostly as the man with the distinctive voice and poetic lyrics who fronted the band Senakah, with whom he toured Ireland, the UK and US extensively in the past. He […]

Austin City Limits Music Festival returns at full capacity this fall to celebrate its 20th Anniversary with an extraordinary lineup featuring George Strait, Billie Eilish, Stevie Nicks, Miley Cyrus, Rüfüs Du Sol, DaBaby, Erykah Badu, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Black Pumas and many more.  ACL Fest 2021 will deliver an abundance of highly anticipated live music performances […]

The Tragically Hip has announced a brand-new album, Saskadelphia, out Friday, May 21. Saskadelphia (Universal Music Canada/UMe) is made up of six previously unreleased tracks written in 1990. Five recorded in that same year during the Road Apples sessions in New Orleans, and one live track, “Montreal (Live from The Molson Centre, Montreal, Dec 7th, 2000),” written […]

On his new album For Free, coming out July 23rd via BMG, David Crosby shares the latest offering from a life devoted to the pure and powerful alchemy of music. Arriving just a month before his 80th birthday, For Free finds the folk-rock legend continuing to tap into the tremendous surge of creativity he’s experienced […]

We’ve lost so many great ones in the past year, some to Covid, some to other causes. For this writer, Ralph Peterson’s loss is especially difficult but my memories of Peterson leading the crowd in a chant of “Art Blakey, Art Blakey” before and after his Legacy Messenger Band’s riveting performance at Newport Jazz 2019 […]

The Kerosene Hours is the moniker for Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Silverstein. Silverstein tends to muse artistically on scary nights, passionate dreams, cigarettes, mistakes, the road to Hell, apologies and Downtown Los Angeles. Named for hours between midnight and 4 AM, The Kerosene Hours are a time when everything feels like a moment between reality and someone else’s […]

Today, Sam Evian returns with a joyous new single “Easy To Love,” and an accompanying video. It’s Sam’s debut release on his new label, Fat Possum. Two years ago, Sam and his partner, Hannah Cohen, split from the bustle of New York City and settled in a quiet Catskills town upstate. Buttressed by bold baritone […]

Born in Memphis and based in Chicago, Apollo Mighty is the epitome of pure soul vocal release. Delivering both with a classic and new-style R&B feel, his recent releases have amassed over 600,000 streams. Apollo Mighty returns with the tender ballad “Smile” that leaves its footprint as a modern soul anthem and soon to be […]

Lollapalooza makes its official return to Chicago this summer, featuring an all-star lineup including Foo Fighters, Post Malone, Tyler, The Creator, Miley Cyrus, DaBaby, Marshmello, Illenium, Journey, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch and more to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the world-class festival.  More than 165 bands will perform on eight stages over four full days […]

There has been a great deal of fervent energy surrounding the release of Squid’s debut album, Bright Green Field, out earlier this month via Warp Records. Delivering on the expectations for this long-anticipated release, it garnered perfect scores from several UK publications. Today, Squid present an ambitious video for one of the album’s singles, “Pamphlets,” a searing look […]

Originally introduced to the world as the frontwoman for the nu-disco band Escort, Adeline spent most of 2020 soothing our frazzled nerves with a constant stream of soulful, heartwarming songs — 21 of them in fact, including two EPs, a fire hot duet with Kamauu called “Mango” and numerous other collaborations and guest appearances with artists. […]

Counting Chances is a multi-voice acoustic studio project with a diverse rotating cast. Collaborating with a mission to share a message of truth in love, loss, mistakes, forgiveness, and hope. Their debut EP is set to be released in August of this year. With “Take My Heart,” (below) Counting Chances paint warm pictures with a stirring vibrato and delicate piano interludes that hit the ears […]

Last October on Dead Oceans, Kevin Morby released Sundowner and last April, Hamilton Leithauser released his acclaimed album The Loves of Your Life on Glassnote Records. Today, Morby and Leithauser announce a Fall Mixer US tour. Tickets are on sale Friday, May 21st at 10am local time. Kicking off in October, both will perform with a full band and will travel across the country in support of their […]

Bob Mould has announced his “Distortion and Blue Hearts!” tour starting September 16, 2021, in Boston at Paradise. The tour is in two parts. For the first three weeks, Bob will be joined by Jason Narducy on bass and drummer Jon Wurster. Beginning October 15 in Bloomington, IL, Mould will perform “Solo Distortion” electric shows […]