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The Allman Brothers Band is preparing to officially release another historic show via the Allman Brothers Band Recording Companylabel. Recorded on September 28, 1971 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, TX, Down In Texas ’71 will be available through an exclusive pre-sale at www.merchmountain.com, and beginning March 26 (the band’s formation anniversary) at The Big House Museum gift shop and online store, and as a digital […]

Rose City Band, the solo project of singer/guitarist Ripley Johnson, has announced a new album Earth Trip, out May 21st. On Earth Trip, Johnson colors songs with a country-rock twang and a melancholic, wistful undertone. Themes recur such as pining for summers spent in the company of friends to newer meditations on space, stillness and the splendor of […]

Over the last few years, Norwegian songwriter and producer Tuva Hellum Marschhäuser has proven herself a master of crafting songs that capture a special atmosphere in her sound. As Tuvaband, she writes songs that are airy, ghostly, and effortlessly cinematic. With her new album Growing Pains & Pleasures, she’s set to take her songwriting to […]

The Drives formed in early 2017 around bedroom recordings of Andrew Levin and Casey Chen. After Geo Botelho joined the band later that year, The Drives started gigging around Southern California and developing an online buzz. Check out the raw and intoxicating new single, “The Comedown” (below) from The Drives. With striking guitar color cutting across a thick bottom of drums and bass, “The […]

Today, Menahan Street Band has released the crushing new single, “The Starchaser,” off of their upcoming album The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, out February 26 via Daptone Records – their first album in over nine years. “The Starchaser” follows the scintillating single “The Duke” and lustrous “Midnight Morning.” “The Starchaser” pounds the pavement […]

Les Claypool releases the short film “Precious Metals” today, co-starring Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo and directed by Claypool’s son Cage. The film originally screened at this year’s virtual NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show and is presented by EMG Pickups. “Precious Metals” was shot at Claypool’s estate in Northern California and concludes with an epic dueling bass performance by Claypool and Trujillo. “As a veteran […]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2021 Nominees and this list is as diverse as any year with many urban and soul artists making their case to win induction. Jay-Z, Carole King and Tina Turner are among those up for induction this year in the big album sales realm while radio […]

Rhiannon Giddens’ new album They’re Calling Me Home, recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, will be released April 9 on Nonesuch Records. Giddens and Turrisi, who both live in Ireland when they aren’t on tour, have been there since March 2020 due to the pandemic. The two expats found themselves drawn to the music of their native and adoptive countries of America, […]

Where once was Superwolf, now roam Superwolves, the new album and demon spawn of Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, out digitally April 30th on Drag City and available physically on June 18th. Today marks the arrival of their new single “Hall of Death,” (below) which follows “Make Worry For Me.” Sweeney and Will Oldham (aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) wrote “Hall Of Death” with visionary Tuareg guitarist and producer Ahmoudou […]

Santa Cruz based indie-rockers and Glide favorites Bobcat Rob & The Nightly Howl are back with their offbeat brand of jangly psych on their new single “Popcorn Lung.” Built on a warm and wide bed of low end and sprinkled with fastidious keys and rich guitar tone, “Popcorn Lung” is an expressive track touching on […]

Gracie Convert is a London based contemporary R&B artist, becoming known for her raw unapologetic lyrics and silky vocals over alternative beats. Having already garnered support from tastemakers and received National radio backing, Gracie Convert returns with her new single “Stay.”  Glide has gotten hold of the fresh new single “Stay” (below) from this burgeoning […]

Singer/songwriter, Yacht Rock icon and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last night to perform his classic hit “What A Fool Believes;” check it out the nearly flawless performance below… The television appearance comes in anticipation of McDonald’s upcoming livestream performance Home Alone 2, Birthday Bash: A Party of One, set for […]

Bluegrass maven Billy Strings has announced a three-night run of socially distanced outdoor concerts in St. Augustine, Florida at the St. Augustine Ampitheatre from March 19-21. These shows, which mark Strings’ first in-person performances in front of a live audience since his critically acclaimed “Meet Me at the Drive-In” tour last September, will feature enhanced […]

The new album from Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Bandwas written by candlelight and then recorded using the best technology available . . . in the 1950s. Scheduled for independent release April 9, 2021 via Thirty Tigers, Dance Songs for Hard Times conveys the hopes and fears of pandemic living. Rev. Peyton, the Big Damn Band’s vocalist and world-class fingerstyle guitarist, […]

Roll The Bones X, the special edition reissue celebrating the 10th anniversary of Shakey Graves’ breakout debut album Roll The Bones, is set for release on April 2 via Dualtone Records. Originally released in 2011 exclusively on Bandcamp, the forthcoming double LP release will now be available on all digital service providers for the first time. In celebration of the upcoming […]

The Hold Steady announce plans for an unprecedented 2021 edition of The Weekender, the band’s annual multi-night live event for fans in the United Kingdom and European Union. Traditionally held at the legendary Electric Ballroom in Camden, London, this year will see The Weekender livestreaming directly from Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl for two concerts on Friday, March 5 […]

With their scuzzy and feverish grunge riffs, Yorkshire based post-punk group LUMERLUMER are fast becoming a manic force to be reckoned with. Recently likened to acts such as Yak, King Nun and Black Flag, LUMER have bloomed out of Hull’s thriving alternative music scene, holding the garage-punk torch aloft and lighting the way for the […]

Inspired by uncertainty and crystallized in isolation, Brooklyn based Jack Symes’ sophomore album is a testament to spending time with yourself and making peace with the parts of you that have been neglected. Written while uprooting his life, and recorded in the blurry ebb of life under a pandemic, the deeply personal songs are at […]

San Diego indie label Glory or Death Records has teamed up with Australia’s most prolific and revered psychedelic pop-rockers King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, for the limited vinyl release of their previously unreleased record ‘Teenage Gizzard’ — a must-have collection of the band’s early works, with preorder starting now on Glory or Death Records […]

Check out the distinctive and quirky lo-fi gem “Samurai Sword” (below) from Chad VanGaalen who has been with the prestigious Sub Pop label since 2005. With innovative and bizarre instrumentation colored by household percussion items and warm acoustic guitar, VanGaalen offers a different spin on indie rock. “Samurai Sword” combines the musical oddity shades of […]