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The Pinx has shared the stage with The Sonics, Blue Oyster Cult, Dead Confederate, Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome and many more – quite an impressive resume, but its there hard hitting stormy sound that proves this Atlanta band can fly like fellow Georgians The Black Crowes once did and Drive by Truckers triumph today. The […]

Vocalist and innovative multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and producer Rachael Sage will be releasing of her forthcoming full-length studio album, “Choreographic”, due May 20  (MPress/ILS/Caroline). Through this self-described album of “ballet-pop”, Sage delivers a musically ambitious and emotionally accessible tribute to her very first love: Dance. Fresh off the heels of her 16th song placement on Lifetime TV’s Dance Moms, Sage’s music has reached an ever-widening audience since […]

Back in 1992 filmmaker Robert Mugge decided it was about damn time somebody make a documentary that captured the spirit of the beloved and legendary Alligator Records. Since blues lover Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator in 1971, the Chicago-based label had been championing blues, zydeco and roots rock acts such as Koko Taylor, Clifton Chenier, Lonnie Brooks, […]

Portland-based band Fruition have built a strong following with what can best be described as a West Coast Americana style of music. With mandolin, acoustic guitar and dobro often taking center stage, the group has roots in bluegrass but are by no means tied down by the strict confines of the form. Instead, they take […]

Heavy metal has always been tied up in fantastical lore. At its best we’ve gotten groups like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Celtic Frost, and at its worst the comical spoof on the genre with Spinal Tap (think the infamous Stonehenge scene). Lucky for us, the young British band Wytch Hazel seems to be tapping […]

Let’s be honest – the world needs more guitar rock. Luckily for us, Canadian quartet The Sheepdogs are doing a damn fine job at bringing guitar rock to the world. The band’s fifth album is titled Future Nostalgia (Dine Alone Records), an appropriate name given the fact that their music is steeped in the classic and psychedelic […]

Fans of country music will immediately recognize the name Nudie because of Nudie Cohn, the infamous tailor who crafted legendary suits for the likes of Gram Parsons, Porter Wagoner, Elvis Presley, and Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top among many others. His colorful suits often featured loads of rhinestones and elaborate designs that […]

When Brad Cole started thinking about his new album, he realized he was on a mission to create something that would stand apart from the music he had been making for many years. For a singer-songwriter best known for crafting thoughtful tunes that generally lean towards Americana and folk, it was time to step outside […]

When Eric “Roscoe” Ambel decided to cut his first new solo album in 12 years, the inspiration came from an unlikely source: a bar. Sure, musicians have been writing songs about bars since the guitar was invented, but this was no ordinary bar. Lakeside, which was released on April 1st, is a reference to the Lakeside […]

By the mid-1970’s Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd aka Professor Longhair was in the midst of a career resurgence. Well, maybe resurgence isn’t the best word for a musician who, despite being a piano legend in his hometown of New Orleans, had spent his life evading or simply missing any chance at success. Nonetheless, by the year of 1976 “Fess” […]

Back in 2012 songsmith Benjamin Scheuer found himself bouncing around the coffee shops of Greenwich Village performing autobiographical songs. Scheuer’s material dwelled on emotional subjects like the passing of his father when he was just 13, a romantic relationship gone awry, and getting diagnosed, treated for, and ultimately cured of advance stage cancer. This was heavy stuff, […]

Originally from New York City and now based out of the culturally vibrant town of Asheville, North Carolina, The Broadcast are a band destined for big things. Caitlin Krisko is the frontwoman of The Broadcast and she immediately draws you in with her powerful, dynamic vocals. While the singer has formal training in music, the […]

Within the city of New Orleans there exists numerous cultural microcosms. These microcosms historically involve music, and like everything in the Crescent City, they often overlap in ways that are simultaneously strange, mysterious, and beautiful. In many cases there seems to be an almost symbiotic meshing between the the musical cultures of the city, and […]

Let’s get something important out of the way: Frontier Folk Nebraska are not a folk band and they are not from Nebraska. Don’t ask me to explain the name, because it’s definitely not important here. What I can tell you is that they are a hard hitting rock and roll band from Kentucky and they […]

Back in the 1980’s there were a handful of years when two of the most revered figures in Southern rock joined forces. Texas blues virtuoso Johnny Winter and New Orleans’ prodigal piano-playing son Dr. John teamed up for a number of appearances throughout the 80’s, mainly for television tapings outside of the U.S., which may […]

Janiva Magness has been through a whole lot in her long career as a singer, and with each lesson learned from the trials of life she has taken a bit of knowledge and applied it to her music. Her new album Love Wins Again, due out April 8th on Fathead Records/Blue Élan Records, is the accumulation of conquering […]

We Are The Willows and The Homestead Records/Amble Down Records are gearing up for the double vinyl release of Picture (Portrait) parts 1 and 2 on March 25th. Available for pre-order now at WeAreTheWillows.com, the release of the double vinyl album will mark the first time Part 2 is available to the public as the […]

In 2014, Jerry Joseph headed to Afghanistan to volunteer as a teacher at an underground co-ed rock school. With thoughts of family on his mind and the backdrop of Kabul, Joseph began to write what would become the songs of his new LP By The Time Your Rocket Gets To Mars, which is out April 15 […]

Since forming in the late 70’s, New Jersey band The Feelies have always belonged to an elite club in the rock world. For better or worse, this is the club of acts that, while hugely influential to other bands and adored by critics, somehow always eluded the mainstream and the financial success that comes with […]

The City of Brotherly Love has been on a role lately when it comes to its music scene, which has seen a slew of talented indie rock acts emerge in recent years. One of those acts is Up The Chain. Once the longtime solo project/labor of love for singer-songwriter Reed Kendall, the self-proclaimed neighbor rock outfit has landed […]