PREMIERES

Cashavelly Morrison has experienced a lot since the release of her first highly-acclaimed alt-country album, The Kingdom Belongs to a Child, back in 2015. On a personal note, she gave birth to her daughter. On a more global scale, she watched the 2016 election of Donald Trump play out amidst the protests of the #MeToo, […]

Over the course of the past seven years, Phoenix’s Jared & The Mill has garnered a devoted following, earning them accolades as perhaps the best original band from The Valley of the Sun. The band consists of Jared Kolesar (vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Carter (banjo, mandolin), Larry Gast III (electric guitar), Chuck Morriss III (bass), Josh Morin (drums). […]

Earlier this summer, Mungion debuted their first proper live release, with Live Fun Vol. 1, but all the while, they’ve been hard at work in the studio recording their second proper album. “We have spent the last ~15 months grinding away in different cities, studios, and apartments are very proud of the way the whole thing turned out,” […]

Punk. Swing. Ragtime. Southern jazz. Surf. Van Goat is a band to which you could apply many labels, but none would quite prepare you for what you’re about to hear as you pop on your headphones and queue up their new album Follow Me Under. Harnessing the diverse DIY aesthetic of their native Oakland, Van Goat […]

Five years can be an eternity in the music business. Yet, for The Herbert Bail Orchestra’s Anthony Frattolillo, whose songs often confront the illusory nature of time, a rushed follow-up to his collective’s acclaimed 2013 debut, The Future’s In The Past, was never in the cards. 2013’s The Future’s In The Past saw the band […]

Denver-based folk-rock songster Matt Hoffman, who performs under the name New Mexican, recently announced the release of his debut solo album Take It On Our Shoulders, out September 28th. The 11-track album sees New Mexican examining the stories of different middle-class people in present-day America — not those at the top, not the 1% — […]

Born with a desire for the finer things in life, a love of rock n’ roll, and a rich background in the entertainment industry, The High Plains Drifters are the new band that is effortlessly merging various genres with their infectious music that speaks to the rebel in all of us. Gearing up for the fall release […]

With her new album, Traveling Mercies, singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson offers a complex, thoughtful portrait of a true itinerant artist, one who carries the lessons of her past while searching for a hopeful future. She and her husband live full time in a motorhome and spend long stretches on the road, turning chance encounters with […]

Stephen Chopek is a busy guy. Since releasing his debut album, See Through, back in 2012, he has managed to follow with 3 EPs and a full length album, Things Moving On Their Own Together, which garnered its fair share of critical praise, Skin Back Alley calling it “A skillfully crafted tapestry of punk, pop, […]

Up-and-coming talent Kashena Sampson has a 70s folk-rock aesthetic and sound going on, drawing on California country and the classic Laurel Canyon folk sound. She’s been compared to legends like Stevie Nicks, Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt, as well as cult heroes such as Barbara Keith, Jim Croce and Bobbie Gentry. Sampson’s musical pursuit also […]

Elektric Voodoo is a “World Beat Rock & Roll” band from southern California that blends classic afrobeat, latin, rock & roll, psych, jazz, blues and many other influences into its own unique genre that tastefully straddles the line between modern and vintage. The band started when Scott Tournet (founding member of Grace Potter & The […]

Twenty-seven years, twelve albums, five EPs & several live recordings. If you haven’t heard of Clutch by now, you’ve been missing out for a long, long time. A hybrid of punk, hardcore and rock & roll, this foursome of school friends – Neil Fallon on vocals and guitar, Tim Sult on guitar, Dan Maines on […]

Ray Wylie Hubbard has put in more than his fair share of time as a songwriter, earning his place as one of the great Texas artists. Given his long and storied history as a Texas songwriter, not to mention his influence on a generation of younger acts all seeking to tap into his rugged authenticity […]

As a co-founder of Austin-based band Soul Track Mind, Jonathon Zemek put in years crafting a soundtrack of funk and soul music that delighted fans in the Live Music Capital of the World and beyond. When the band decided to call it quits, Zemek began to pursue something totally different. His latest venture is more […]

In 2017, Birmingham-based Americana/indie-folk artist Wilder Adkins was invited to perform with Atlanta’s ATL Collective, who host a live tribute to a different classic album every month. This time it would be Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA. As he prepared for the show, Adkins felt a spark of inspiration. The idea of playing these Bruce songs without documenting them—especially after […]

Nashville-based singer/songwriter Guthrie Brown is set to release his forthcoming EP, Keeping On, this Friday, August 31. Produced by multi-Grammy Award-winner Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, Tom Waits, Niall Horan), the five tracks on Keeping On expand Brown’s Americana-leaning sound into new territories of pop and soul. The BMG-signed songwriter’s new music has been compared to […]

On their new self-titled LP British Columbia’s Fever Feel infuse the hazy wash of 60’s psychedelia with syncopated strutting rock & roll. Founded by the songwriting duo of Landon Franklin and Logan Gabert, Fever Feel is a modern take on rock & roll music, nodding to the simplicity of the past while moving forward with […]

Cletus, the fifth full-length album from Boise, Idaho-based Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats, is about finding the beauty that hides beneath the pain, finding hope within the struggle, and light in the darkness. Written and recorded during an on-again/off-again relationship, front man Jonathan Warren was in, Cletus serves as a record that encapsulates themes […]

In the years since Light Years formed in the year 2009 they have toured with many like minded acts that include Pentimento, Citizen, Turnover, Mixtapes, You Blew It! and Modern Baseball. In early 2014, the band played on The 2014 Acoustic Basement Tour, hosted by Warped Tour, went on a US tour with Neck Deep and Knuckle Puck, followed by the 2014 Warped […]

The Cody Sisters Band is the very heart of contemporary acoustic music in Colorado. At just 15 and 13, their warm harmonies and award winning instrumentation will grip your soul and make it dance. Along with their bass player Steve (Dad), Megan (guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Madeleine (guitar, banjo, vocals) have found the road to […]