PREMIERES

You find Andrew Gabbard on the road and in his creative prime on this astral road trip, collecting songs like a cosmic traveler hitching a ride. Ramble & Rave On! (due out November 15th via Karma Chief Records), Andrew’s third solo LP, sounds like the kind of weathered tattoo you’d see etched on a barfly’s […]

Phillip Lammonds has done it all. As a songwriter’s songwriter, he’s penned more than 4,000 songs over the decades. More than a few have been hits: Hootie & the Blowfish (“One Love”), Lee Brice (“Best Part of Me,” “My Carolina”), Craig Morgan (“Love Loves a Long Night”), and many others. After Brice (Phillips’ friend and […]

Taylor Hollingsworth, the fingerpicking songwriter hailing from the vibrant city of Birmingham, AL, is back with an electrifying, foot-stomper of an album titled Yahola (due out October 4th via Dial Back Sound). With his unique blend of folk, rock, and blues, Taylor has carved out a distinct musical niche that he calls “folk n’ roll” […]

Street Nights is the solo project of Jake Morris, longtime drummer for Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, and his new album, The Long Goodbye, is due out on October 23rd. However, based on the casting of contributors, it’s, in retrospect, a whose who of Portland, Oregon indie rock respectability. Joanna Bolme (The Jicks, Quasi) and Jay […]

Twin Cities-based band We Are the Willows is preparing its sonically explorative forthcoming full-length album IV, set for distribution in collaboration with Brooklyn’s Youngbloods imprint August 29th. In title, the album nods to the project being the band’s fourth LP and is shorthand for Inside Voice, a side project between Willows lead Peter Miller and […]

“It was the first song we initially jammed together where it felt like we had pulled on an interesting thread- the amalgamation of our individual styles. It ended up being the North Star for the direction of our record, the first song we demoed, and the first track in the album sequence,” says Nathan Trueb […]

There’s an unmistakable urgency you can feel when a song is written and performed from a place of complete honesty. That feeling permeates singer-songwriter Juliet Lloyd’s new album, Carnival (due out October 25th). The album is Juliet’s first full-length effort since 2007. Shortly after releasing her sophomore album that year, she walked away from music […]

With lyrically driven songs, Rachel McIntyre Smith’s comforting twang music reminds listeners of the classics while also adding a relevant and fresh perspective. The Boot writes that she is “part Musgraves, part Phoebe Bridgers, all sincere storytelling and heartstring pulling.” Rachel began working with producer Dran Michael in the fall of 2020. Since the beginning […]

“I had no idea when I wrote this song in 2018 that it would become our band’s anthem,” says singer/bassist Erin Walte of Parker Woodland about their rip-roaring single “The World’s On Fire (and We Still Fall in Love).” Glide is premiering the feisty new single below, a shorter, tighter version (than the 2021 debut […]

Bob Sumner believes that music is made to evolve. On his latest work, Some Place to Rest Easy (due out September 6th via Fluff & Gravy and North Country Collective), you’ll hear countrypolitan strings alongside ambient sensibilities; tasteful synth tracks followed seamlessly by numbers with dobro and steel guitar. It’s an album that takes as […]

Tim Lappin is the creative force behind Casual Male and began recording and releasing music of his own under this catchy moniker after spending years playing bass and touring in bands for the likes of Pepi Ginsberg, Chet Faker, and others. The impetus to begin putting his own songs out into the world came about […]

It goes without saying that 21-year-old singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Veronica Lewis got off to a rousing start following her 2021 debut album You Ain’t Unlucky. Not only did she win the 2020 Boston Music Award as Blues Artist of the Year (in a town that boasts the likes of Ronnie Earl, Diane Blue, Anthony […]

In the end, three days was all it took to record Kelley Mickwee’s Everything Beautiful. The songs were all written a fair bit before she hunkered down with producer David Boyle and the rest of the players at Austin’s Church House Studios over those three days in October 2023, and overdubs, mixing, and mastering all […]

If you have not yet heard of Ty Walker and the Humanoids, now is the time to pay attention. Far out in the void, beyond everything we humans know and love, there lies The Moosh: a luminous deity who controls the nine universes within the multiverse, each one stretching from its sparkling center like a […]

Like the tides of the Bay of Fundy on which she was raised, or the steadfast city line that broods along its port, Kylie Fox has been devoted to honing her craft as a songwriter for as long as she can remember. Growing up with a mother who would sing to her and a father […]

Justin Webb & The Noise is a new band crashing the modern indie scene with a deep passion for creating pure rock music, and in an age where fusing different sonic landscapes is easier than ever, this is a refreshing approach. The band comprised veterans from the rock scene, including Webb, who performs vocals/guitar; Ben […]

In 2017, with Matal v. Tam, Portland, Oregon-based all-Asian-American dance-rock band The Slants took on the U.S. Supreme Court to trademark their name. In a unanimous ruling, 8-0, the Supreme Court decided that a federal law prohibiting trademark names that disparage others was unconstitutional because “speech may not be banned on the grounds that it […]

In late 2019, Sea Caves released Across the Water and received glowing reviews and a dedicated fanbase in the Pacific Northwest. As momentum was building and they were set to embark on a West Coast tour, the pandemic brought a quick halt to their plans. During this time, as some relations frayed and others grew, […]

The Down Hill Strugglers spent years honing their craft in the style and spirit of those indelible 78-rpm recordings made in the late 1920s and early ’30s of square dance tunes, sacred songs, and tear-jerkers of lost love and violent death. In that, they were firmly in the tradition of their forebears of the mid-century […]

Ashtyn Barbaree is an internationally touring Americana singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Fayetteville, Arkansas, noted for her distinctive style of ethereal vocals and melodies, heartfelt songwriting, and passionate performances. Barbaree’s dedication to creating authentic, emotionally resonant music continues to push boundaries and enchant audiences. Her latest project, Sent Through The Ceiling, is set for independent release […]