Archive: 2015

Can the world afford to wait every two years until Dengue Fever release another album? The more I delve into their music, the more insatiable my ears become, eagerly awaiting the next psychedelic spy thriller soundtrack set to frontwoman Chhom Nimol’s uber confident vocals. Like a slow drip of the sweetest pressed coffee, their spurts […]

Israel Nash’s 2014 record Rain Plans was one of the best releases of 2014. It’s a kind of electric mash up of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Neil Young, with gritty, Southern roots. Nash himself, all in black with a tangle of blonde hair and weathered cowboy boots, is a convincing Texas rock star. He […]

[rating=5.00] The Lone Bellow’s sophomore effort Then Came the Morning is a mixed product.  The album strikes out as a synthesis of various traditional styles, but filtered through a modern lens. The result is an ambitious series of songs that maintains a consistent style alchemizing all of these ideas but often underwhelms in their execution. Early on […]

Tucson Arizona’s Calexico are returning with the follow-up to 2012’s Algiers and the 2013 live album Spiritoso. Their ninth studio full length recording is called Edge of the Sun  and is due out April 14th via Anti-/City Slang and it features collaborations with Neko Case, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam, Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell, DeVotchka’s Nick Urata, Gaby Moreno, […]

After the surprise announcement that they will be playing next to the likes of Tyler the Creator, Kaskade and Bad Religion at Coachella this April, that pink elephant on the lineup bill – Steely Dan- have announced a series of shows that surround their two Coachella weekend appearances. The band led by Walter Becker and […]

This morning Forecastle Music Festival dropped the first round of artists playing the annual event in Louisville, KY on July 17-19. As per usual, the festival features a wide range of acts, offering something for every type of music fan. The lineup announcement comes one day after the festival confirmed a 5-year deal to keep […]

Neko Case will be reissuing her iconic album Fox Confessor Brings The Flood in a limited edition run of red vinyl to commemorate Record Store Day 2015. Neko will be performing in Portland, Oregon on April 18th at Revolution Hall to celebrate the indie record stores that have been so integral to her life and […]

[rating=9.00] In their campaign to revivify the power trio concept originated by Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gov’t Mule always emphasized improvisation. Five years into that initiative, the band in its initial configuration of guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes, bassist Allen Woody and drummer Matt Abts, began to alternately fine-tune and expand their approach to jamming […]

Just when we thought the method of purchasing money orders, decorating envelopes and going to the post office to request tickets might have gone the dated way of the Maxell XLII, we’ve come to find out that over 60,000 mail request envelopes were requested for the Grateful Dead 50 Fare Thee Well concerts in Chicago […]

(Photo Credit: Alissa Anderson) Last year Ethan Miller found himself in a dark place. For the last 14 years he had been working non-stop as a career musician, fronting Bay Area noise rock band Comets on Fire before shifting his primary focus to more of a classic rock sound with his Howlin’ Rain project. Between both […]