Manic Monday- Jethro Tull Blends Monster Riffs, Folk Storytelling & Dynamic Interplay On “Minstrel in the Gallery” (Live Paris 1975)
Too often, lists of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs make the rounds—and somehow, Jethro Tull is left off far too many of them. It’s baffling enough that they aren’t already inducted. For this Manic Monday, we’re diving into one of Tull’s most dynamic pieces: the title track from Minstrel in the Gallery. Minstrel […]
LISTEN: Ones Loved’s “Undone” Is Slow-Burning Dream Pop With Pure Poetry
For the Phoenix, Arizona/New York City band, Ones Loved, making music is truly a family affair. With all the best elements of indie/alt/pop jangled and tangled up, the band is ready to make luscious waves in a hungry musical world. There is a beautifully balanced sincerity in Ones Loved that comes from the deep connection […]
LISTEN: MEMORIALS Craft Hauntingly Beautiful Indie Rock On “Dropped Down The Well”
MEMORIALS, Electrelane frontwoman Verity Susman and Wire guitarist Matthew Simms, are excited to announce North American tour dates with Holy F*ck in support of their new album All Clouds Bring Not Rain, out March 27 on Fire Records. Sounding like an unearthed lost classic, MEMORIALS twist their influences into their own unmistakable sound. Imagine Nico […]
Golden Age Thursday Samples: The Charmels’s “As Long As I’ve Got You” (1967) Finds Its Way Into Hip-hop History Via Wu-Tang Clan (1993) & Blackstreet (1996)
There is a twinkle of magic in every melody lifted from a classic and revitalized through Hip-hop. When a certain chord progression hits the right producer’s ear at the exact time they need to hear it, and the ethereal nature of inspiration enters the room, there is an otherworldly presence that inhabits the artist, the […]
Genesis Owusu Announces Third Studio Album ‘Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge’
Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu has announced his explosive third studio album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, arriving May 15 via OURNESS. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s most inventive contemporary voices, Owusu previews the record with recent singles including the incendiary “PIRATE RADIO,” the Brit rock-leaning “DEATH CULT ZOMBIE,” and the anthemic “STAMPEDE,” the […]
Surfing The Tube: Death Cab For Cutie Return; Broken Social Scene Share New Music Video; Broadway Musical The Book Of Mormon Is Back
Surfing the Tube is a daily recap of recent must-see YouTube happenings, from music videos and live performances to interviews and everything in between. Death Cab for Cutie – Riptides (Official Music Video) For the first time since 2022’s Asphalt Meadows (and the subsequent acoustic version of the album), Death Cab for Cutie return with […]
Butthole Surfers To Unearth Mythical Missing Album ‘After the Astronaut’ June 26th
In 1998, when Butthole Surfers prepared to follow up their 1996 breakout Electriclarryland with a new album titled After the Astronaut, their major label abruptly pulled the plug, deeming the record insufficiently “commercial.” It was a baffling expectation to begin with—anyone familiar with the band’s unpredictable catalog would’ve known better than to anticipate another “Pepper,” […]
John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd (PiL) Announces Extensive North American Tour
John Lydon’s Public Image Ltd (PiL) has announced an extensive tour of North America beginning this fall. Billed as ‘This Is Not…The Final PiL Tour’, the first leg begins September 3rd in Pioneertown, and includes Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, and other major cities, concluding October 9th in Nashville, with […]
Surfing The Tube: Melissa Aldana Releases A New Music Video,; Tiana Major9 Plays NPR Tiny Desk; Sinners Take The Oscars
Tiana Major9: Tiny Desk Concert Following a string of well-received EPs and after providing music for the 2019 film Queen & Slim, Tiana Major9 released her long-awaited debut album, November Scorpio, just last month. Now she shows off her live chops as the most recent guest on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. I Lied To […]
LISTEN: My Life As A Moth Crafts Intricate & Beautiful Post-Punk On “Maybe”
When My Life as A Moth forced herself to sit down at her piano in her pajamas, determined to create in defiance of a global pandemic that narrowed her world to four walls, as she rested her fingers on the keys, she discovered a dead moth. “I looked at it,” the Swedish singer-songwriter says, “and […]