Archive: 2015

[rating=4.00] Wasted on the Dream is an ode to a lost time period: a wistful love-letter to some bygone era, or perhaps simply an imaginary creation of JEFF the Brotherhood, the songwriting duo that cultivated it. In any instance the thesis is, for the most part, a sham: an alternate timeline where bad mustaches, muscle […]

[rating=9.00] When Stone Jack Jones came on the scene ever so quietly in 2014 with his dark, brooding debut Ancestor, it was impactful. Those who paid attention were blown away by his steely, sepia-tinged growl and haunting lullabies. And those who caught him on tour were even more affected, and perhaps a bit perplexed that […]

“Should Have Known Better” stands up and walks us through a devastating path of isolation, loneliness, regret, and ultimately resurrection.

[rating=8.00] Elliott Smith was known to most as a kind of tortured genius. His demons overcame him far too young, but the music he made has always lived on, even garnering new life after his death. His songs are quiet and contained, but full of silent rage and gut-wrenching sadness. But they are beautiful and […]

Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters have announced their 2015 tour. Kicking off Sunday, May 24, at the Sasquatch! Festival in George, WA, the dates include his return to Bonnaroo the weekend of June 12, and finish off on June 17 in Philadelphia, PA, at the Mann Center. The complete itinerary is below. Tickets […]

Juliana Hatfield was a star. Her 1993 album, Become What You Are, which she recorded with her band The Juliana Hatfield Three, hit the ground running, spawning the #1 single “My Sister.” She was all over MTV, made the cover of Spin, had a song in the Winona Ryder flick Reality Bites, hung out with […]

The Good Shit is a new Glide column which revisits and weeds out the televised and tubed trash of the prior week and highlights the good shit you might have already saw or could have missed. On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the Afghan Whigs dropped by for a set of blistering performances that included a cover […]

Giant Sand, the iconic and influential band fronted by Howe Gelb, celebrates 30 years of freewheeling and ever-evolving music making on new album, Heartbreak Pass, due May 5, 2015 on New West Records. The album spans founder Gelb’s far-reaching career and mixes the rollicking nature of the band’s 1985 debut, Valley of Rain, with the […]

[rating=10.00] Three years ago, psych-rockers Tame Impala released their signature opus “Apocalypse Dreams,” the sprawling centerpiece of their second LP, Lonerism. But they’ve matched its brilliance with new single “Let It Happen,” a seven-minute epic with not one second misspent. The song burrows in deep within the first 30 seconds, with a jittery MGMT-styled keyboard […]

Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead had a far-reaching influence that stretched way beyond their inner circle of improvisational minded bands.  Since playing their first shows 50 years ago the Dead have earned their place in the lexicon of culture as perhaps the quintessential American band. In light of their final shows, which take […]

Photos by Cathy Poulton of Brandi Carlile at the Music Box/Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ on 3/7/15.

After recently announcing news of their new self-titled album, due April 13th via pinkflag, Wire has shared a new track ‘Split Your Ends’ (below) showcasing the record’s heavier side. ‘Split Your Ends’ is also a fine example of the lyrical subject matter on the record, encompassing love songs, cryptic narratives and coded messages. Singer/guitarist Colin […]

The album Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith grew from the admiration Avett and Mayfield share for the songs of Elliott Smith. A three-year project, it was recorded in their spare time, partly in both of their homes. Perhaps it was the homegrown and personal nature of the project that inspired the […]

As if shot from a cannon, Irish musician Andrew Hozier-Byrne, now known globally as simply, Hozier, burst onto the music scene with the hit “Take Me to Church”. The viral music video of the song has over 140,000,000 views on YouTube. High profile appearances on Saturday Night Live, The Grammy Awards and Jimmy Fallon, along […]

One of the artists Glide is most excited about in 2015 is Dutch psychedelic multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner whose forthcoming album, Hypnophobia is out 5/5 on Polyvinyl. Take a little bit of the musical mastery of Ty Segall and the psychedelic flair of Tame Impala and you’ll get rewarded with Gardner’s new single “Find Yourself.”

[rating=7.00] Here’s the good news: Rebel Heart is better than anything Madonna has put out in a while – a long while. Critical opinion is fairly unified on the fact that it’s her best since 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor. And while it’s not as consistently good as the non-stop dancetravaganza of Confessions, it’s […]

Austin band the Bright Light Social Hour are tripping into new musical territory on their first album in five years, Space Is Still The Place (Frenchkiss Records). Compared to their debut self-titled album, which was loose, soulful rock and roll, Space expands into deeper psychedelic terrain. Heavy use of synthesizers and an array of other intriguing […]

Last week’s episode: a collection of everything I don’t like about this television show. This week’s episode: an exact representation of everything I love.