This Great Divide reunion is not what most would have predicted but we are all the beneficiaries of this thematic album Providence, which deals with time, forgiveness, and moving forward.
2022 has been a remarkably busy year for Scott Metzger. In addition to maintaining an assiduous touring schedule with vaunted Grateful Dead revivalists Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, the Brooklyn-based guitarist released his first solo album, Too Close to Reason, and has now followed that up with the third studio effort from his enigmatic “Telecaster rock trio”, Wolf!.
The second release from the adventurous supergroup Dead Cross was recorded through pain and torment as guitarist Michael Crain was progressing through chemotherapy while laying down his guitar lines, the pandemic was in full swing, and lead singer Mike Patton struggled with alcohol and agoraphobia. II finds the group digging deeper into despair, hatred at organized religion and other offenses over the nine pummeling efforts, rarely finding easy solutions or anything to be positive about.
On their latest release, Hiding In Plain Sight, Drugdealer continues to improve on what defines them and experiment with new tones and sounds, exchanging the intimacy of their first two releases for satin-laced grooves that lean towards classic soul records for Drugdealer’s best work to date.
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Caleb Caudle’s new album Forsythia, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best
More than 15 years after her debut, Megan Slankard is continuing that indie ethos with her latest, California & Other Stories.
Angela Easterling and her musical and life partner, Brandon Turner, deliver a rich album of eleven originals that run the gamut from parenthood to gun violence to gender identity, and by covering Woody Guthrie’s “Deportee,” immigration issues as well.
Pianist and composer Emmet Cohen picks up where he left off with his 2021 Future Stride, while continuing to augment his trio with a couple of terrific horns on select tracks for Uptown in Orbit.
The Arctic Monkeys continue to evolve their sound on their new album ‘The Car’.
The fourth album from the UK-based Young Gun Silver Fox is a continuation of the group’s Yacht Rock-inspired sound. Straight out of the late 70’s/early 80’s Ticket To Shangri La grooves with polished shiny efforts.
