PREMIERES

Mirrors on the Moon is the brainchild of singer, guitarist and producer Donny Dykowsky (Chesterwhite). He’s joined by Chesterwhite bassist Freddy Pastore as well as drummer John Hummel [Lady Gaga] keyboardist Dave Archer [UNI and the Urchins], with Emily MacMahon [Colorjoy] on backing vocals. “There are mirrors on the moon,” Dykowsky says. “We shoot lasers […]

Foreign Fields have spent the last few years actively trying to simplify their lives. In 2022, with the world drastically changing, they realized a desire to do things differently: they sought out joy and excitement. Pulling a live band together with their long-time musical companies Nate Babbs (drums) and Nick Morawiecki (guitar), ideas were shared, […]

3 + 5, the long-awaited ninth studio album from Tokyo-based Noise-Rockers, MELT-BANANA, is being released August 23rd on 12” LP vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming platforms on their own A-Zap label. The album showcases the duo’s visionary musical approach and extraordinary abilities as performers: Yako’s giddy, hyperactive vocalizing and Agata’s glitchy, cyberpunk guitar, delivered […]

After his sophomore album, 2019’s Grammy-nominated Spectacular Class, positioned the young guitars and blues purists as a leader in the genre’s revival, the follow-up is finally right around the corner. Willis’s long-awaited third LP, West Georgia Blues, is set to be released on August 16, and if the name suggests anything, the album is shaping […]

My name is JLen. A time traveler and one of the last people left anywhere. This is my last trip to here before I go back to live there. For many years now, I’ve been living in the bot years with the robots. The bots are serious business when they are at work, and they […]

Manicburg is a new project born in northern Manhattan. It is the trait d’union of two musicians: NYC native Ray Lustig, whose sound (“surreally beautiful…ecstatic…rapturous” – New York Times, “eerie prescience” – The Washington Post)—melds with the mystery-soaked production of Italy’s Luigi Porto—“abstract, hypnotizing, absolutely unique” (Angelo Badalamenti), “incredibly striking atmospheres” (Stuart Maconie). Together they […]

Chapel Hill pop-noir band The Old Ceremony is releasing their seventh full-length album, Earthbound. The album was recorded at Overdub Lane in Durham, NC, co-produced by the band and Thom Canova. It features 11 new originals penned by founding member Django Haskins, who’s also an ongoing member of a troupe touring in tribute to seminal Rock […]

Minnesota-born songwriter and vocalist Pamela McNeill is releasing her new EP Wave After Wave today via John Richardson’s (Badfinger, Gin Blossoms) Farm to Label Records via 12-inch vinyl, digital, and streaming. The album was recorded at Soul Train Studios in Nashville and produced by Richardson and Adam Ollendorff. McNeill has been a sought-after songwriter and vocalist throughout her career, working […]

Every time we hear from the multi-faceted and genre-defying artist Joe Samba, another layer of his artistry is revealed. Over the past few years, Samba has been building a diverse catalog centered around the artist’s deep musical roots. Today (July 25), Samba announces the next chapter in his musical journey with Lifeline, his third studio […]

The Disappearing Act, the evanescent “not-actually-a-band,” the occasionally reappearing recording project, has finally phoenixed once again, for the first time since their last album, Born to Say Goodbye landed nine years ago. The forthcoming An Illusion, the project’s third offering, is cause for celebration on several levels, not the least of which is that the […]

The music of Asheville, North Carolina-based outfit Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters is nuanced, bringing insight and wit to the stories Platt tells through songwriting. Lyrically driven, the band’s country roots music often inspires introspection, whether it be about life on the road, heartache or hope. The Ones That Stay is the band’s seventh […]

Individually, JD Simo and Luther Dickinson are building their own legacies as solo artists, sidemen, songwriters, and guitar heroes. Together, they’re a creative force to be reckoned with, making their own version of amplified American roots music. On the pair’s first collaborative album, Do The Rump, the musicians trade blistering guitar solos, take turns at […]

Recalculating’s forthcoming album, Do You Like To Laugh?, is a burning missive from the depths of the pandemic. Frothing over with jagged guitars, pent-up emotionality, and intriguing cultural and literature references, the record confronts vulnerability, absurdity, isolation, and big feelings with the trio’s trademark abstractly insightful poetics. The exhilarating 12-song collection of wiry post-punk and […]

Since the start of their musical journey, Naked Giants has avoided falling into one genre. The trio of vocalist/guitarist Grant Mullen, bassist/vocalist Gianni Aiello, and drummer Henry LaVallee started the band when they were 18. The project has evolved into an all-encompassing rock outfit that touches on the frantic nature of punk just as much […]

Folk duo Adrian and Meredith have always been ones to march to their own beat, and have never been apologetic for the art they create. The project brings together two performers who grew up on opposite ends of the musical spectrum. Adrian was raised on rock, punk, and Motown with a unique croon to his […]

Kate Prascher doesn’t want you to look at her. She wants you to see what she sees. She wants to know if you see it too. For Prascher, songs are a chance to say things that don’t usually make it into polite conversation, a recognition of our everyday darkness. They are letters folded up and […]

What I love about Kasey Anderson is what you will undoubtedly grow to love about Kasey Anderson as you sink into the world of this record, and I say world in a way that is urgent, and not flippant. There is a world within The Places We Lived and the magic of that world is […]

Wisconsin indie-rockers Redshift Headlights completed tracking their fourth studio album with legendary recording engineer Steve Albini in March of 2024. Albini passed away two months later. The self-released album, entitled If You Are Around Still, comes out Friday, July 12th on their redshiftheadlights.bandcamp.com page and via all streaming and online platforms. The 9-song album blends […]

Michelle Malone is a lifer. She’s been a mainstay of American roots music for more than 30 years, building her community onstage and off, mixing roadhouse rock and roll with blues, folk, and country-soul. It’s a sound that’s taken the award-winning songwriter around the world, but it’s inspired by Malone’s home in the South, too. […]

“The two most significant influences on this song were Bruce Springsteen and Tyler Childers.  I grew up listening to a lot of Springsteen through my dad, and I was captivated by the Nebraska and Born in the USA albums,” says Garrett Hendricks about his new single “Adrift in the American Dream,” that Glide is premiering […]