PREMIERES

Truett’s debut self-titled EP released Sept. 30 via Brooklyn Basement Records is a mind-melting onslaught of fuzzed out guitars and urgent vocals. He worked out each song while touring the South, night after night, screaming into the bright lights and cigarette smoke until the EP was fully formed. Years ago, when he was still just a […]

Listen up for release day Friday 10/28, as Lo/Hi steers the beats and pop aesthetics with the Lessons From The Low End EP. Steve Rusch’s 808-laced, beat-driven sensibility and Mischa Mandel’s bluesy and soulful vocal melodies mix in a way that is undeniably delicious. Writing and producing together, Lo/Hi delivers lyrics filled with both the hardship […]

Who would’ve guessed that members of Austin’s Latin funk projects Brownout and Grupo Fantasma would be responsible for one of most solid tributes to heavy metal legends Black Sabbath that has ever been made? After a handful of acclaimed Sabbath-centric live performances, this gaggle of musicians decided to immortalize their take on the band’s music […]

What happens when some of the finest purveyors of soul music in the modern era team up for an album? The Olympians, that’s what. With the venerable Daptone Records behind it, this all-star cast of musicians features members of  Charles Bradley, The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, Budos Band, Tonight Show Band, Lee Fields, El Michels Affair, The Arcs, Sugarman 3, […]

Often it’s the best songwriters who seem to fall right under the radar, making their way as a career musician while never fully getting their due. Interestingly, these lesser-known songwriters often garner the most devout fans from fellow musicians. Such is the case with Texas songwriter Adam Carroll. Though he is only forty-two, Carroll’s uncanny […]

Upon forming at a Halloween house party debut in 2011, the Chicago 7 (sometimes 8 or 9) piece Gramps The Vamp has been carving out its own niche of orchestrated funk workouts. In 2014, a year after being named Best New Band by Chicago Reader, Gramps The Vamp released its first official album produced by Sergio […]

It’s easy to generalize Nashville these days as the home to market-driven pop “country” for the masses, but anyone who’s been paying attention can tell you that’s only a small part of what’s actually coming out of Music City. With their debut album More Than A Little, which comes out on November 4th, husband and wife duo Adrian + […]

On October 21st the Dallas-based band Vandoliers release their new album Ameri-Kinda. The title is fitting considering this band is an eclectic mix that goes beyond your standard Americana pigeonholing. With lead singer Joshua Fleming’s background, rock influences are evident, but the band also brings Tejano and bluegrass into the fold, all while playing anthems about […]

Hoots and Hellmouth’s fourth album In The Trees is coming out October 28th, and this is an effort that has felt like an expedition. The new album began to take shape over two years ago in a transformed silversmith mill in the little Philadelphia suburb of Clifton Heights, PA. Listen to In The Trees and it should come […]

On October 28th Chicago-based quartet The Youngest will release their sophomore album See It Through. Compared to their debut Feral Road, this album finds the band taking a more progressive, grown-up approach to their music, even if their band name suggests otherwise. See It Through is thirteen shimmering, fleshed out folk rock tunes. With each song the band taps into […]