PREMIERES

Eliza Noxon doesn’t hide behind metaphor. Her songs arrive unguarded—clear-eyed dispatches from the messy interior of becoming. Rooted in traditional folk but streaked with an indie-rock pulse, Noxon’s music wrestles with loss, identity, and the off-kilter ache of growing up. Open tunings bloom into widescreen arrangements on her debut LP Good Monsters with Bad Habits, […]

Love is a tricky thing to get a hold of, and even when it’s in your grasp, the complexity of it all forces a loose, slippery grip. Once forged by time and memory, love becomes a solid stone to rest upon, but the moments of its creation can be among the most confusing and, ironically, […]

Reverends’ new album, Sunsight, Sunclipse, is its most vivid and unguarded statement yet—a record that most maturely and confidently blends Americana, shoegaze, psych and cosmic country. Fronted by singer and songwriter Dandy Lee Strickland—with Kyle Jones on drums and Andy Watts and Matt Boehnlein on bass and guitars—the Atlanta trio has carved out its own […]

Consummate troubadour and songwriter Tim Easton wrote much of his new album beneath a painting of a red horse. The artwork—created by his sister, visual artist Susan Easton Burns—was executed in an abstract-realist style, using gardening tools instead of paintbrushes to form a vivid image from fragmented strokes. It now serves as the cover art […]

While commercial air travel is an easy punchline on the comedy circuit, others approach it with far more gravity—among them Paula Boggs, who knows the terrain from every angle. “Flying in 2025 is not for the faint of heart,” Boggs says. “Between DOGE, the firing of air traffic controllers, helicopter crashes, delayed or canceled flights, […]

While commercial air travel is an easy punchline on the comedy circuit, others approach it with far more gravity—among them Paula Boggs, who knows the terrain from every angle. “Flying in 2025 is not for the faint of heart,” Boggs says. “Between DOGE, the firing of air traffic controllers, helicopter crashes, delayed or canceled flights, […]

John Hollier has been experiencing a handful of full-circle moments lately. Originally from Louisiana, the rising singer-songwriter has been relentlessly chasing down not only his unique sound — this searing fusion of rock, soul and alt-country — but also himself in the process. The result is his latest album, Rainmaker (due out March 20 via […]

When taking on the moniker Chicago Farmer, singer-songwriter Cody Diekhoff aimed to not only showcase the dichotomy of his life and travels — growing up in the tiny Illinois farm community of Delavan, and calling “The Windy City” home for several years — he also wanted to honor his past through his uplifting, introspective melodies. […]

Rooted in soul and steeped in rock ‘n’ roll, Reckoners is a Boston-based band built from some of the region’s most respected and road-tested musicians. Fronted by singer and guitarist Tim Gearan, the group features guitarist and band leader Johnny Trama (Bettye LaVette, The Silks, Dub Apocalypse), drummer Tom Arey (Peter Wolf, The J. Geils […]

Party goodies and introspection copiously consumed together are the breakfast of champions for Philly-based psych-rock duo, Kewl Haze (not to be confused with the cannabis strain). The twosome’s full-length debut, Suburban Sherpa, can black out all of your adult problems. Kewl Haze’s clandestine chemists Dan Scott Forreal and Derek Sheehan—both accomplished multi-instrumentalists, producers, singers, songwriters, […]

City of the Sun may call Brooklyn home, but the band’s wordless, genre-blurring sound has always traveled well beyond borders. Drawing from indie rock, Latin folk, blues, and global traditions, the instrumental outfit creates music that feels both intimate and expansive, evoking full landscapes without ever needing lyrics. Formed by guitarist John Pita and drummer […]

Rather than a nostalgia-driven tribute, Portland-based Chicano rocker Joshua Josué’s Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom (due out January 30th) is imagined as a transmission sent back to that final stage — completing songs Holly and Valens never lived to finish while asking what their music might have become had their lives not been cut short. […]

For Clayton Chaney, songwriting is a spiritual practice of acknowledging darkness and allowing the light to shine through. His songs are saturated with themes of love, loss, faith, humility, and humor, creating an honest and approachable catalog. With nearly two decades of songwriting under his belt, the Arkansan-turned-Angeleno feels more connected than ever to his […]

The idea of a contemporary troubadour seems far-fetched, given that everyone records and posts every last waking moment to a social media page. Maintaining an air of mystique becomes increasingly complex in modern times, especially when you’re one of the hardest-working, most well-traveled musicians of your era. For Scott Kinnebrew, the centerpiece of his solo […]

Lockport, NY rock trio Handsome Jack channels the spirit of classic American music into a sound that’s as timeless as it is electrifying. Drawing from the deep wells of rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, blues, and old-school boogie, the band crafts songs that feel both refreshingly raw and instantly familiar—music that could just as easily be […]

Blake Christiana, founding member of Yarn, has spent two decades chasing the perfect song—crafting a catalog that spans country shuffles, folk ballads, and rock-tinged roots music. Since forming Yarn in 2007, Christiana has steered the band from a scrappy New York City bar residency to sharing stages with Dwight Yoakam, Marty Stuart, Alison Krauss, and […]

Frank Viele has carved out his own lane in New England’s music landscape, blending blues, folk, and heartland rock into a sound that hits with both grit and grace. His new release, The Silo, marks the next chapter in that evolution—an intimate, cinematic five-song EP arriving on February 20th, via his own imprint, Bigger Beast […]

Meredith Moon’s third album, From Here To The Sea, marks a subtle but confident evolution for the Canadian-born songwriter and instrumentalist. Where its predecessor, Constellations, leaned deeply into Appalachian old-time traditions, From Here To The Sea widens the frame—embracing blues, folk, folk-rock, and even traces of old-time jazz, while placing Moon’s songwriting firmly at the […]

Corey Ledet was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and spent his Summers with relatives in small-town Parks, where he was exposed to their Kouri-Veni language and Creole traditions. This molded and shaped Corey’s world in a profound way. This culture has its roots in Louisiana, but eventually spread across the country, including into neighboring […]

Gran Moreno emerges as one of the most captivating voices in the new wave of psychedelic rock. With a sound rooted in analog warmth and expansive textures, the Austin-based band crafts songs that feel like sonic mirages—equal parts groove, grit, and atmosphere. Their music lives at the intersection of distortion and introspection, where hypnotic riffs, […]