PREMIERES

With his new debut, Collecting Trip (due out on January 19, 2018), R. Finn has created a heartfelt album rooted in timeless Americana and colored by subtly lush, alternately haunting and hopeful arrangements. The Southern California songwriter took the long way around on this journey, some of his songs on the record tracing back nearly a […]

Chattanooga, TN band Mythical Motors have been chugging away since 2006, honing a  lo-fi garage pop sound that draws influences from venerable acts like Guided By Voices, The Clean, Wire, R.E.M, and Superchunk among many others. That being said, these guys have always steadfastly refused to linger in any one vein of music. If there is […]

Jersey City’s Low Doses have been making their home state proud since 2013 with their own brand of kinda poppy, kinda sloppy rock. Their sound is the result of what happens when former high school classmates, in this case Ryan Masterson and Vin Russoniello, reconnect and form a band based on a shared love of back to […]

Charleston, S.C.’s Stop Light Observations has quickly garnered a following with their potent blend of Southern rock that incorporates elements of psychedelic, electro, reggae and hip-hop. If you listen to the band’s newest album Toogoodoo you’ll quickly realize this is catchy stuff with a wide-ranging appeal. The album is loaded with powerful anthems that balance […]

Jamie McLean is a triple threat. As a guitarist for New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, he’s toured the globe playing fiery guitar everywhere from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze raw emotion and his top-of-the-line songwriting chops bring everything together. With hundreds […]

As a former member of venerable indie outfits like The Cusacks, The Proper Nouns and The New Gentle Soul, Travis Kokas was well suited to take on his newest project Cryptids After Dark. The project finds Kokas drawing from a wide range of influences such as The Byrds, Sloan, and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, while also paying tribute to […]

Based in the lush, interconnected Oakland music scene, four-piece experimental band Meernaa – featuring members Carly Bond, Rob Shelton, Andrew Maguire, and Doug Stuart – have been longtime collaborators in a plethora of projects. Now, with renewed dedication and sights re-focused, the band is gearing up for some big things. The group’s upcoming EP Strange Life […]

Portland-based folk-rock band The Builders and the Butchers released their fifth full-length album, The Spark, earlier this year. The new album features a wider array of sounds and shorter, hard hitting songs, while remaining a Builders’ record at heart. They spent the last five years writing the music and a year mixing, drawing on influences ranging […]

Dallas Moore’s old-school country sound developed honestly, following over 20 years of sharing stages and studios with his honky-tonk heroes. Satellite radio support, paired with a willingness to perform over 300 shows a year, finds the seasoned veteran positioned to reach the Americana masses with his forthcoming album Mr. Honky Tonk. Recent career strides caught […]

Leah Calvert is many things, among them a singer-songwriter and in-demand Atlanta-area fiddler and vocalist. Over the years, she has shared the stage with award-winning artists including Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Kristian Bush (Sugarland) and renowned songwriter Radney Foster. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she is a member of Atlanta acts […]

Arkansas Dave learnt at an early age that there are only a few roads out of a place like Camden, Arkansas. One road heads to the prison, another to a career in the army, and the other’s a swampy dead end. It’s a romantic cliché to find an escape in music and the blues, but […]

Arielle LaGuette makes her home in Austin, Texas, but wrote her latest EP while traveling across the country. With ukulele in hand, LaGuette performed everywhere from Denver to Toronto and drew inspiration from the people around her. Her EP combines her signature ukulele-driven melodies with new, effortlessly cool guitar lines. LaGuette’s love songs dive head first […]

Austin’s Golden Dawn Arkestra are the type of heady musical collective that could only exist in a town filled with musicians. Fronted by local scene veteran Topaz McGarrigle aka Zapot Mgwai, this group consists ten or more musicians and dancers. This may explain why the band doesn’t tour outside of Austin much, as their live […]

Hans Chew has travelled a long way from Tennessee to Georgia to New Orleans to East Harlem, and has sang many songs along his journey. But what happens when a ramblin’ man stops moving? Chew’s 4th studio album, Open Sea, which drops December 1st on UK indie label At The Helm Recordsm represents a satisfying evolution […]

Fans of Pokey LaFarge, the California Honeydrops, the Dustbowl Revival, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats will delight in the debut album by The Love Light Orchestra, a group of the best Memphis has to offer. The self-titled debut album was recorded live in concert to a full house at Bar DKDC in their […]

Inaugurated in the autumn of 2015 by multi-instrumentalist Thor Harris after five years of touring as the percussionist of iconic avant-rock ensemble Swans, Thor & Friends is an elongated greeting and ode to Harris’ community, his woodworking shop, and the instruments his hands shape and bring to life. In true communal spirit, lineup of Thor […]

Surabhi Ensemble is a global music and dance collective representing different cultures. The group was founded by Indian veena artist Saraswathi Ranganathan in 2010 and is based in Chicago. The ensemble began with the intention of producing cross-cultural music influenced by Indian raga. It has grown to include Arab Maqam music from North Africa, the […]

St. Louis folk musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer Kevin Buckley performs nearly every night of the week with a variety of bands ranging from Irish music to western swing and country. One of those bands is the rock and roll project Grace Basement, who will release their fourth full-length album, Mississippi Nights, via Buckley’s own Avonmore Records […]

Unabashedly joyful and joyfully unapologetic, on their self-titled debut album, The Stanleys deliver a concentrated dose of Australian Power Pop delight. With the help of guest performers / producers Ken Stringfellow (REM, Big Star) and Michael Carpenter (king of Aussie Power Pop), Perth pop proponents  Mark Di Renzo and Jamie Horsburgh, together with Oslo’s Tomas Dahl […]

In 2015, Joseph and the Jackmormons went into TRI Studios with Dave Schools and walked out with 20 songs. Those songs became the albums Istanbul/Fog Of War and By The Time Your Rocket Gets to Mars. The plan was to release a third album, an EP, with the remaining three finished songs supplemented by couple of […]