PREMIERES

Some people travel the world searching for themselves and their sound, others ultimately find them in their comfort zone back home. Mark Cline Bates is definitely the latter. After stints living and recording in Los Angeles and Nashville, Bates went home to the mountains of West Virginia Though he recorded his new album King of the […]

Kris Kelly is a singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Austin, TX, he moved to New York City at the age of 17 to attend NYU, where he studied classical vocal performance and music composition. For years he performed his original compositions for guitar, vocals, flute, violin, bass, and percussion at many popular NYC […]

Los Angeles area indie artist Alex Bloom has been racking up the plays on Spotify of late courtesy of “Cigarette” and the buzz track “Elevator.” With noteworthy press from various buzz-worthy publications, Bloom is beelining towards a career in line with other bonafide blog era artists like Bleachers. Glide is premiering his most recent track “Cam Girl” (below) […]

Dave Schramm is perhaps best known as an original member and lead guitarist for Yo La Tengo, but over the years has worked with a wide assortment of notable artists from the Replacements to Richard Buckner and all points in between. In recent years, he created the Radio Free Song Club with singer / songwriter […]

Caroline Kingsbury grew up in Florida and began writing songs at the age of 12. The project Kingsbury began last year when Caroline released three singles that amassed over a million plays on Spotify.  Her new music takes a jump light years ahead, starting with the early summer single “All Gone.” A homemade, DIY pop song that started out […]

Bitch is no stranger to the stage. As on half of the duo Bitch and Animal, she released 3 albums (including two on Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records). After going solo, she put out an album via Kill Rock Stars, three on her own imprint (Short Story Records) and starred as herself in Shortbus (the […]

Ten years ago, Ikebe Shakedown began pushing the boundaries of instrumental music. Each new track and live set has sent them deeper into combining the foundational elements of ’70s soul, raw psychedelic style, and cinematic Western soundtracks with powerful grooves and soaring melodies. With their new release, Kings Left Behind (out August 16th via Colemine […]

Angela Perley’s been writing tragic love songs rooted in folk, cosmic country and indie rock for over a decade now, and it all started with The Howlin’ Moons, an American rock band from Columbus, Ohio. Perley began making demos in college, dressing them up in brown paper bags (CD sleeves with personalized artwork and a […]

In the holes carved by loss, love is often the only thing left. Clinging to love in these voids becomes an act of resistance against the emptiness that looms and the walls that threaten to close in. Finding hope in hardship is a mighty crusade. When writing How We Got By, due out June 21st on Velvet […]

The Small Glories make their US debut with ASSINIBOINE & THE RED, an album that celebrates the Canadian Prairies. The album will be released worldwide on June 28 on Red House Records. The album title references the junction of two rivers, the Assiniboine (pronounced ‘uh-sin-uh-boin’) and the Red, in the duo’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and celebrates […]

Gangstagrass has been cooking up the heat to stun their fans once again with the release of their 5th album and first live recording, Pocket Full of Fire. At first thought, the idea of mixing hip-hop and bluegrass and country music seems fairly ludicrous. Even though the hitmakers in Nashville have been doing this kind of […]

The Dollyrots is a band from Los Angeles that has long entertained fans with its extraordinarily catchy songs and energetic live shows. The band has released six albums, including two on Joan Jett’s Blackheart Records, and is preparing to release a new full length album entitled Daydream Explosion, which will be available from Wicked Cool […]

While building his career from the ground up in Istanbul, 25+ year veteran singer-songwriter/guitarist Demir Demirkan recorded and performed with Turkish musicians and bands mainly as a member of the Turkish Heavy Metal band The Pentagram a.k.a. Mezarkabul. Internationally, he recorded and performed with world-renowned names like Mike Stern, Al Di Meola, Dave Weckl, Trilok Gurtu, […]

A kleptocracy is defined as a government comprised of leaders who exploit their people and natural resources; Kleptokrat embodies a benign representation of this dynamic. The band’s crime is a post-modern misdemeanor: Kleptokrat borrows from different genres, eras, and musical traditions to create a wholly unique sound. True to the spirit of its name, Kleptokrat […]

Austin, Texas-based indie rockers Origami Ghosts have spent years honing their shimmering blend of folk-tinged jangly pop, traveling the world and drawing inspiration from the melange of cultures they’ve been exposed to in service of their DIY rock & roll aspirations. On their new LP, Healthy Travel Potions (out 7/12), they deftly merge the mundane with the […]

By the year 1994, Dave Alvin had already build a prolific career with his band The Blasters, as a member of X, and through his own solo recordings among other impressive ventures. Then he decided to record an album of acoustic songs, which would in turn find this veteran rock and roller stripping down to […]

Quicksilver Daydream is Adam Lytle, Alex Bayer, Alf Lenni Erlandsen, Brett Banks, and Glenn Forsythe. Employing both the mechanical and mythical, the band paints sweeping, symbolic landscapes, conjuring worlds that vibrate between the hallucinatory and nostalgic. Fly Oblivion, Quicksilver Daydream’s sophomore record was co-produced by the band and Jonathan Schenke (Parquet Courts, The Drums), recorded at […]

Nashville-based rock band The Prescriptions recently released their debut album Hollywood Gold through Single Lock Records. In an interview with lead singer and songwriter Hays Ragsdale, Billboard stated that Hollywood Gold, “demonstrates a considerable breadth in Ragsdale’s writing, ranging from Laurel Canyon folk rock and Americana to echoes of vibey new wave and power pop.” Indeed, […]

Drivin N Cryin is a rock ‘n’ roll institution. From their days as MTV-approved radio stars to their rebirth as DIY icons of the American underground, they’ve spent three and a half decades building a legacy grounded in sharp songwriting, southern stomp, and loud, life-affirming shows. Trends have come and gone. Bandmates have done the […]

Mixing the rhythms of funk and vintage soul music with the guitar-driven crunch of blues and rock & roll, Shaun Peace whips up a sound that’s both fresh and familiar. It’s a musical mixing pot that nods to his influences while also pushing into bold new territory. Raised by military parents, Peace moved between Texas, […]