PREMIERES

Rather than wait for inspiration to strike, Joshua Radin will seek it out wherever possible. His search for inspiration led him to hit the road in 2022. He left his material existence in the rearview, grabbed a backpack, packed his guitar, picked up a pen and a pad, and sought new stories to tell. Those […]

While it’s still the festival season for another month, it’s no better time to absorb some string band euphoria. One of our latest discoveries is the cutting harmonies of Sheridan WY quartet The Two Tracks. Cutting undeniable grooves in the road of Americana music with their new release It’s a Complicated Life, the band proudly […]

For a band that counts My Bloody Valentine, Ride, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and The UK Charlatans, amongst those it has influenced; its almost shocking that Rain Parade isn’t slightly below R.E.M. in the music nerd vernacular. This Los Angeles band had two albums in the ’80s that have stood ahead of their time […]

Summerlyn Powers is an old soul who warmly welcomes listeners into her world on a new five-song EP, The Hive (due out October 6th via Kind Blue Eyes Music). Her stories of loss, love, faith, and friendship meld “the fun and the groove” of the southern rock she heard growing up in Fairhope, Alabama — […]

Joslyn & The Sweet Compression are bona fide, and they want the world to know it. A rising force out of Lexington, Kentucky, the band led by Joslyn Hampton come out swinging on their sophomore album, ready to uplift and inspire through their singular and stirring soul-funk sound. 2019’s critically acclaimed debut album made them […]

When speaking of San Francisco these days, it seems like it is stereotypically presented as either a city full of young tech nomads lining up for artisanal coffee, or as a blighted, urban hellscape of fentanyl zombies and street crime. But with his sixth solo album 24th Street Blues (due out October 6th), Tom Heyman […]

There we were messing around with our favorite toys in our parent’s basements, and then here we are again years later sifting through those very same items packed away in boxes. This time, though, they’re just souvenirs from a bygone era stuffed in a storage container. Singer-songwriter Rose Gerber’s latest release, the four-song EP Memories […]

Any festival-goer has most likely heard Bend, Oregon’s Jeshua Marshall – even if they don’t know it. With 18 years of experience writing, playing, singing, and touring original music with Larry And His Flask, and as a solo artist, he has performed in every state in the U.S., every province in Canada, 15 countries in […]

Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Tony Cuchetti is following his debut album, Hid It On The Sly (2020), and performance album, Live From Drum Farm Studio (2020), with 2023’s Freer Street, a collection of original songs punctuated by a couple of beloved cover tunes. Cuchetti returned to home turf at Drum Farm Studio in Menomonie, WI to record, […]

While OSEES continually gets caught up in the race for the world’s most prolific band alongside Guided by Voices, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and Ty Segall; there is no denying this San Francisco band might lead the quality-over-quantity race. John Dwyer and his cohorts recently announced details for their forthcoming LP, Intercepted Message, due August […]

The ’70s blues guitar rock energy of Humble Pie, Free, and Rory Gallagher blast to the surface when listening to American Restless’ self-described “Rust Belt Rock and Roll.” This Racine, WI-based band trio hones some legit chops in their growling package that is strikingly vintage. With their debut, Rust Belt Rock N Roll on San […]

Psychedelic singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Anton Barbeau has always been prolific. Since 1993, the California-born artist has released over 30 albums and countless singles, EPs, anthologies, and collaborative works. The songs on Barbeau’s forthcoming record Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager are culled from three feverish writing sessions. In 2022, Barbeau made two trips to Berlin, where he’d lived for […]

Karma Fête is a collaborative project between singer Kat Karasi and keyboardist/producer Zach Bain-Selbo, aka Blue Dreams, founded in August 2022. Melting synths and bright ethereal vocals tie together with the roots of hip hop, disco grooves, and experimental neo-Soul. Accompanied by Marcos Rios (Guitar), Dolan Heard (Drums), Jazmine Stubbs (Vocals) and Eric Novak (Bass, […]

While most people have never heard of Wastelander, they may however remember the man behind the band name as Cooper Formant who was the guitarist of the band The Fluids – who were semi-popular some time ago. While past triumphs can only get you so far, sometimes we got to go by the age-old phrase […]

Bluegrass music may be one of America’s “traditional” styles, but at its heart it has always been wild and spontaneous. The style demands every ounce of facility and intent that each performer can muster— it fires on all cylinders or none at all. Few bands do it as well as East Nash Grass. An ensemble […]

If there is any artist that should be crowned the pure instigator of the current burgeoning Americana movement (Avett Brothers, Jason Isbell, Margo Price), it should certainly be Gram Parsons. Although his time with The Byrds was short-lived, his contributions to 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo are undeniable. Parsons added a graceful twang and melancholic […]

Pierce Edens is an independent musician and singer-songwriter from Western North Carolina. He is best known for his powerful vocals and haunting, fiery music that captivates listening rooms and excites dance floors in equal measure.  Edens has shared the stage with notables such as the Wood Brothers, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle, Southern Culture on […]

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album debut, Smoking Popes been busy in the studio, cooking up a fresh batch of songs, including a pair of digital singles coming this summer; a punchy new version of the Human League classic “Don’t You Want Me” featuring Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer on vocals, and an […]

You might not be familiar with Steve Salett, but your favorite artists know him well. A “musician’s musician,” the New York City singer/songwriter, producer, and musical advisor has led a multifaceted career since the mid-1990s, playing in several bands, performing his own music as The Poison Tree, and forming music collectives that have been a […]

Who would have thought a bassist, known mightily for his bass work with the heavy punk onslaught of The Circle Jerk would make an album described as “12-string guitar meditations”? Well, Zander Schloss isn’t one to get fooled by genre descriptions or expectations and that stands true on his upcoming new album Californias Burning (out […]