PREMIERES

Out of the indie-punk bomb shelters of Birmingham, Ala., came the inevitable union of The Ohms and now-defunct Merge Records Verbena—purveyors of cult-favorite records that inspired scores of Southeastern kids worth their snot in rock & roll to go off on a fool quest and start their own bands. Originally dubbed Wes McDonald and The […]

Life in 24 Frames formed in Sacramento, California with one mission – to share the honesty and purity of their musical creations with as many people as possible. Since their inception, the band has fulfilled on their initial mission while opening for acts like Royal Blood, Band of Horses, Dredg, Cage the Elephant, and as […]

Sometimes bands happen to play in bars and sometimes bands are made for bars. Chicago outfit The Black Oil Brothers are the latter. This quartet seeks to draw that age old line between the Mississippi Delta and the Windy City with their own style of laid back bluesy roots music. Slider guitars, harmonicas, banjos and mandolins make […]

How much can you say you know about Northeastern Ontario? Chances are, not much. But here in this corner of Canada is where you can find the hard-hitting blues rock band Sulfur City. The quintet is fronted by the wildly charismatic Lori Paradis, a singer and electric washboard player who has drawn comparisons to legendary […]

Jared Deck seems to fit the profile of a workingman’s troubadour. He was raised on a family farm in an Oklahoma town with a population of 1,200 and grew up working in the fields and at his family’s grocery store before eventually getting a job on the oil rigs that dot the landscape of the […]

The first thing you probably wonder when you hear the band name SHEL is, what does that even mean? It may seem a little odd, but it is actually the acronym of four classically trained sisters: Sarah on violin, Hannah on keyboards, Eva on mandolin, and Liza on percussion and beatboxing. Together these sisters, who share the last name Holbrook, grew up in […]

When Billy Kingsborough put together a band that carried his last name back in 2011, his goal was to re-create the kind of big rock and roll sound that was commonplace in the 70’s. It didn’t need to be flashy or retro to the point of gimmick, just a gang of dudes willing to sweat out […]

Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Anna Tivel classifies her music with her own mash-up word “folkmericana”. Give her a listen and you’ll find this is a pretty damn accurate descriptor. Tivel’s voice is delicate and soothing yet confident when she sings of quiet love, big dreams and small town life. There is a stark beauty and vastness […]

Maybe I’m out of touch with the reggae scene these days, but if there is one thing I can note it’s the lack of acts embracing the legacy of the godfathers of the genre. While it seems like every other genre of music – soul, disco, rock and roll – has its retro purists, reggae […]

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 […]