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Fela Kuti, legendary Nigerian musician, producer, political radical, arranger, and outlaw – has been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The originator of Afrobeat also currently leads all 2021 nominees on the official “fan ballot” leaderboard. Fela is nominated alongside other varied and esteemed artists such as Jay-Z, Tina Turner, Rage Against […]

It’s been said that not all who wander are lost. Some of our greatest treasures have come from wandering hearts, those who are not afraid to take risks and experience what our world has to offer. On March 19th, singer–songwriter, upright bassist, and lifelong wayfarer Melissa Carper will unveil her new solo effort, Daddy’s Country Gold. This […]

The Pacific Northwest holds a wealth of beautiful things to get excited about: never ending pine forests and coastal views surrounded by stark, snow-capped mountains, some of the world’s finest coffee, and a blustering creative scene that leads many to migrate west. That said, it can be bleak, especially in the winter months where rain […]

The Sacramento-based trio of Kris Anaya, Joseph Davancens, and Fernando Olivia formed Best Move in 2019. Anaya and Davancens, the primary songwriters of the group, have spent the better part of the past decade playing a wide variety of music under various banners. Anaya, a talented songwriter with a penchant for wry, offbeat guitar-based folk-pop songs, was prone to following his muse down […]

Today, First Aid Kit has announced the release of Who By Fire, a live tribute album to Leonard Cohen, due March 26 via Sony Sweden/Columbia Records. Performed across two nights at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm in March of 2017, the 20-track recording is a theatrical staging of Leonard Cohen’s songs, poems, and letters. […]

Riley Downing of The Deslondes will release his debut solo album Start It Over on May 14th via New West Records. The 12-song set was co-produced by Andrijia Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff) & John James Tourville of the Deslondes. On Start It Over, Downing, Tokic, and Tourville are joined by an […]

Richie Quake is an artist and producer from Brooklyn, NY. Quake’s sound is nostalgic while pushing boundaries and maintaining a contemporary edge. He is inspired by the niches of daily life and the subtleties of emotion. Rather than luring the listener into fantasies of grandiosity, Quake focuses on what it means to be human. Check […]

On May 14, Paul Weller releases his 16th solo album since his 1992 self-titled debut, which comes in just under twelve months following June 2020’s magnificent, UK chart-topping On Sunset. It’s not hyperbole to state that this new album, titled Fat Pop (Volume 1), is among his most compelling collections. It’s an absolute scorcher. Weller heralds the […]

Ghost of Vroom – the new band comprised of veteran singer-songwriter Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) and his longtime collaborator, bassist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston – have shared the official music video for their new song “I Hear the Ax Swinging,” directed by Dicktown co-creator and co-star David Rees. The song is from Ghost of Vroom’s debut album, GHOST OF VROOM 1, out via Mod […]

The second live track recorded at a musical celebration of the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder Peter Green has been released, featuring Aerosmith’s, Steven Tyler and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, performing a raucous version of ‘’Rattlesnake Shake’. The full band on the track includes Mick Fleetwood himself, who curated the event, alongside […]

The past year of lockdown and self-isolation might just be the longest time that the band Real Estate has ever spent off the road and away from each other, but today they announce a brand new EP of their most intuitive and interconnected music to date. Out, March 26th on Domino, Half a Human is a collection of six songs created […]

Indie-rock trio Virgo Rising is back with their fresh new single “Molly Ringwald Dances in the Front Row.” Here we are re-acquainted with the band’s ability to forge sonic space using a thick and restrained tone. Shaded with fuzzy guitar and searing vocal charm via Emily Sinclair, “Molly Ringwald Dances in the Front Row” is a delicately […]

Lydia Luce was known as the go-to strings session player in Nashville working with everyone from Dolly Parton to Eminem but is now stepping into the spotlight with her album Dark River. Growing up in a strict musical household where her mother was a professional conductor for the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, learning the violin was […]

Blackberry Smoke, will release their highly anticipated new album, You Hear Georgia, May 28 via Thirty Tigers ). Across the album’s ten new songs, Blackberry Smoke continue to embody Georgia’s rich musical legacy as they have for the past two decades, honoring the people, places and sounds of their home state. With the addition of producer Dave Cobb, a fellow […]

Spiritualized and Fat Possum Records are proud to announce the first stage of The Spaceman Reissue Program: definitive vinyl releases of the first four Spiritualized albums. Curated by J Spaceman, the series will kick off April 23 with Spiritualized’s classic 1992 debut, Lazer Guided Melodies. Elevating the gritty, narcotic garage blues of Pierce’s recently disbanded Spacemen 3 into a […]

Garage A Trois return in the form from which they were born 22 years earlier with new studio album, ‘Calm Down Cologne,’ to be released April 16 via RPF Records. The title track is available across all streaming outlets today and can be heard below. Comprised by guitarist Charlie Hunter, saxophonist Skerik and drummer Stanton Moore, OG GAT released […]

Tipping the Stetson hat that covers his scruffy hair, Lasers Lasers Birmingham carries on the legacy of hard-living, left-of-center country music from the city of angels. Warning, the first full-length album from Los Angeles-based Lasers Lasers Birmingham, found Alex Owen, the man behind the moniker, walking a tightrope between honkytonk persona, real-life, and near death. […]

The Deep End is the moniker of Tim Jackson. Formed in the chaos of 2020, The Deep End continues their steady stream of releases whilst rehearsing as a live band, in anticipation for the world to start turning once again. The Deep End is here to present their newest single “Lightbulb Moment” With a crushing […]

In 2018, Lord Huron earned widespread critical acclaim and their first Top 5 debut on the Billboard Top 200 with their third album, Vide Noir. A cinematic collection of pensive, provocative, and powerful rock, the record garnered praise and sold-out tours. Now the Los Angeles four-piece indie-folkers band are back with new music. Check out “Not […]

Bloodkin has returned with its first new release in over a decade. Black Market Tango – a 15 song, double album will be released on April 16, 2021 on Cosmo Sex School Records and is Athens, GA-based Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter’s first album of new material in over a decade. Bloodkin has premiered their first single, “John Coltrane In Nagasaki” […]