The B List: 10 Best Live Archival Releases of 2011
What artists put out our favorite live archival releases of 2011?
Allman Brothers Band Orpheum Shows in Review: Pt. 4
Our look at the ABB’s four-night stand in Boston concludes with a recap of the finale.
Bloggy Goodness: Return of Awesometown?
We roundup a few stories that hit the blogs this week.
HT Interview: The War on Drugs, Peeling Back the Layers of Slave Ambient
Our chat with Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs.
Audio: Will McCranie Trio (WM3) – Never Again
Sample a track from WM3’s self-titled EP, which comes out today.
Nneka Slated To Drop Soul Is Heavy in 2012
Soul is Heavy is the new album from the award winning Nigerian songwriter, Nneka. An effortlessly balanced combination of hip hop beats, reggae grooves, brass riffs and African-pop are the canvas for the motif of love, pain, politics and God. Respective albums have earned Nneka the moniker of 21st Century Soul for their sincerity and […]
Noise Pop Festival Announces 2012 Lineup
Noise Pop Festival turns 20 this year. Where did the time go? We can hardly believe it ourselves. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate in style and as such have put together a fantastic collection of bands. There’ll be plenty more additions to come, but for now you can get excited about indie […]
Amos Lee Releasing B Sides EP
Blue Note recording artist Amos Lee will release a six-song collection of previously unheard songs as a CD, digital, and 10”-vinyl EP, entitled As The Crow Flies, on February 14th, 2012. The songs were recorded during the sessions for Lee’s critically acclaimed album Mission Bell, which was produced by Calexico frontman and multi-instrumentalist Joey Burns. […]
Deer Tick, Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Los Lobos, Six Finger Satellite Members = Diamond Rugs
Partisan Records is very excited to announce their latest signing, Diamond Rugs. The band is a collaboration between John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). The debut offering from the new album, "Christmas In […]
Jonathan Wilson: Gentle Spirit
Known less as a musician and more for his role as producer (Dawes among other collaborations) as well as avatar for the (re-) burgeoning Laurel Canyon music scene in California, Jonathan Wilson aims to equalize the balance with Gentle Spirit, his second full length (and first widely-distributed) solo album. The beauty of the work is that it captures rather than contrives the tranquility implied in its title, not surprisingly with most of the musicianship supplied by Wilson himself