Reviews

[rating=8.00] Wisconsin’s duo, oft expanded to quartet, Dead Horses, have been steadily building a loyal fan base for eight years now. This is their third release and it cites the moon with circles on the disc cover just as the previous two. Moreover, My Mother the Moon was recorded at Cartoon Moon Studio in Nashville […]

To see ODESZA is to experience an exuberant, joy-filled extravaganza. ODESZA formed in 2012 and quickly gained attention for their wonderfully upbeat, summery-feeling electronic sound. When Glide first interviewed them in 2014, they were reveling at the ability to finally add visuals to their light show and had begun adding live instruments to the stage. In […]

[rating=7.00] The story goes that in setting out to record the follow up to Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s masterful 2015 record, Multi-Love, the band’s mastermind Ruban Nielson opted to shake up his routine. In a quest for further inspiration, Nielson and the band ventured outside his home studio to a host of other locations around the […]

[rating=7.00] For diehards of psychedelic rock, those who have clung to the threads of the genre weaving their wave through the decades, the formation of MIEN is a perfect storm. Alex Maas of The Black Angels, Tom Furse of The Horrors, Rishi Dhir of Elephant Stone and John-Mark Lapham of The Earlies joining forces in […]

[rating=6.00] Consider Blackberry Smoke a group of retro-sounding rockers who also cling to contemporary credence. While their sound is clearly modeled on certain Southern Rock standard bearers — Skynyrd, the Allmans, Marshall Tucker and the like — they’re wise enough to know that it takes more than a rebel yell to inspire a broad audience. […]

[rating=7.00] The Austin trio Greyhounds have always had an affinity for the soul music from Memphis. On Cheyenne Valley Drive they wanted to directly capture the Bluff City’s vibe by recording at the newly refurbished Sam Phillips Recording Studio. Their previous album was tracked at the city’s famous Ardent Studios. With acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spang, […]

[rating=8.00] Phil Madeira is by turns multi- instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, illustrator, painter, producer, sideman, front man. Madeira, by his own admission, is far from a household name but he’s become a fixture in Nashville and certainly in Americana circles for nearly three decades. He has quietly released five solo critically-acclaimed records, two in 2015, and has […]

[rating=6.00] There have been surprisingly few raging protest albums during the Trump presidency, most have been resigned to stunned, can’t-believe-this-happened status, but with the release of Ministry’s 14th studio full-length AmeriKKKant, the industrial metal legends seemed to be the perfectly poised to increase the unrest threat levels. Unfortunately, the album is tired and squarely in the […]

[rating=9.00] Eels’ new album, The Deconstruction, nearly didn’t happen. After taking a four-year hiatus from which he wasn’t certain that he’d return, Mark Oliver Everett, the band’s eternal mastermind and provocateur, slowly recovered his muse. It didn’t happen all at once; the new music came into being at intermittent stages and with no particular plan. […]

The second night of their two show Brooklyn Bowl stand (3/30) found the Drive-By Truckers in solid form as they blasted out two full hours of engaging guitar rock to the receptive crowd on Good Friday/Passover. Alternating between front men Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley the group (Brad Morgan on drums, Matt Patton on Bass […]