Wilco, Avett Brothers, Beck, Jason Isbell Lead 12th Annual Mountain Jam Lineup
To celebrate its 12th year Mountain Jam has just announced one of its most impressive lineups to date, and in our humble opinion, one of the best festival lineups of the summer. Though the festival remains rooted in the jam band scene with acts like Gov’t Mule, Umphrey’s McGee, and The New Mastersounds, in […]
M. Ward Reveals U.S. Tour Dates- Shares Video for “Girl From Conejo Valley”
M. Ward returns with his eighth solo album, More Rain, which will be released on March 4 via Merge Records. Today, he unveiled the music video for this new single “Girl From Conejo Valley.” Directed by Ward and Carlos Forster, the track is a nostalgic trot through people he used to know and a place he used […]
Super Furry Animals Return To The States For U.S. Shows
Super Furry Animals burst onto the music scene in 1995 with the release of their first EP Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space). They were quickly recognized as being amongst the most interesting and inventive bands of the ’90s British music boom and a string of lauded albums, which included their breakthrough Rings Around The World, , cemented […]
Bully Brings Smoldering Vocals & Grinding Guitars To Hudson NY’s Club Helsinki (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Nashville band Bully, still basking in the glow of their debut album, Feels Like, hit the road again and landed in the sleepy upstate town of Hudson, NY to open their US tour. Club Helsinki is a very cool performance space with a vintage nightclub feel with tables on multiple levels that enhances the live […]
The Avett Brothers Pure Spontaneity Captured on ‘Live Vol. 4’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Anyone who’s ever caught them in concert will attest to the fact that an Avett Brothers show is one of the most exhilarating experiences one will ever encounter. The energy, enthusiasm and spontaneity the band offers its audiences are not only contagious, but an experience that resonates long after those live last notes fade […]
Dopapod Announces Spring Tour – Extended Runs in Boston, Denver, Philly, Asheville, Columbus
Progressive quartet Dopapod closed out 2015 with their biggest NYE show yet at the The Palladium in Worcester, MA and kicked off 2016 with a packed out Gramercy Theatre in NYC. The improv-ridden outfit is now proud to announce a five week spring tour that will see the band performing multi-night stands every weekend. Kicking […]
Jam Cruise 2016 Captured In PHOTOS
The 14th annual Jam Cruise took place on the high seas January 6-11 and featured a smorgasbord of funk, jam, and rock and roll music. Check out our daily reviews and photo galleries from Andrew Bruss: DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 Photos by Dave Vann, Jason Charme, Chris Monaghan, Dylan […]
Widespread Panic Announces Spring Tour – Multi-Nights in Austin, Jackson, Live Oak, Knoxville, Chicago
Widespread Panic has just announce their spring tour and it will kick off April 8 at Austin’s Moody Theater for a three night run. Among the big shows are two shows at Wanee Music Festival, a home state show in August, GA on 8/19, multi-night stands in Knoxville and a three-night closing run in Chicago. […]
David Bowie (1947-2016) – Watch Bowie Sing Majestic Lead Vocals With Arcade Fire on “Wake Up” (2005)
Jam Cruise 14- Award Wrap-Ups & Photos (SHOW REVIEW)
As news of David Bowie’s passing spread throughout the globe, Jam Cruise 14 gradually crept closer back to shore following a five day adventure that neither photo galleries or daily recaps can fully encompass. Needless to say, hearing of the loss of the Starman first thing back to port was a hard way to rejoin […]
SXSW Drops Massive List Of Acts In Third Music Lineup Announcement
The South by Southwest® Music Conference and Festival (SXSW®) has announced the third round of artists invited to perform. This is a small sample of the wide array of artists performing for the attending global music community. SXSW Music’s 30th annual event takes place Tuesday, March 15 – Sunday, March 20, 2016 in Austin, Texas. You can also check […]
M83 Announces Initial 2016 Tour Dates, New LP In the Works
M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, has announced an initial series of North American tour dates, including special performances at theCoachella festival in Indio, CA and The Governor’s Ball in NYC. This summer will see further festival performances across the globe, including stops in Spain, Germany, Sweden and more. Tickets will be available for pre-sale from January […]
Bob Mould Confirms the Release of New LP ‘Patch The Sky’ Out 3/25 Via Merge
Extending the prolific tear that kicked off with the 2012 release of Silver Age and intensified with Beauty & Ruin in 2014, Bob Mould has confirmed the release of Patch The Sky out March 25th, 2016 on Merge Records. Once again featuring his stalwart band of Jason Narducy on bass and Jon Wurster on drums, Patch […]
The Cure, Alabama Shakes, Florence & The Machine Top Sasquatch 2016 Lineup
The organizers behind Sasquatch Music Festival have announced the lineup for the 15th edition, taking place May 27th – 30th, with over 120 artists including performances by The Cure, Florence & The Machine, Disclosure, Major Lazer, Alabama Shakes, A$AP Rocky, Sufjan Stevens, M83, Grimes, Chet Faker, and Jamie xx. Created by Adam Zacks in 2002, the […]
The Dave Rawlings Machine Folks It Up In Austin (SHOW REVIEW)
As the Dave Rawlings Machine neared the end of a lengthy tour in support of their latest studio album Nashville Obsolete, they found themselves in Austin, Texas on a chilly Saturday night. The quintet took the stage at the ornate and historic Paramount Theater to a near capacity crowd of fans both new and old, […]
Explosions in the Sky Announce New LP ‘The Wilderness’ Due April 1st
Explosions in the Sky have announced their first album in five years, The Wilderness, which will be released April 1 through Temporary Residence Ltd. The Wilderness is the band’s seventh studio album, is available for pre-order an the new song “Disintegration Anxiety” can be heard below. For the LP, the band hired on John Congleton (St. Vincent, Spoon) for additional […]
Gary Clark Jr, Randy Newman, Mac Demarco, All Them Witches Top Nelsonville Music Festival Lineup
The Nelsonville Music Festival taking place in Nelsonville, OH over June 3-5th 2016 (taking the weekend spot of Wakarusa which isnt happening this year), has announced their lineup. Pulling from a unique pool rather than the carbon copy we’ve seen on many other cards, The 2016 Nelsonville is led by Gary Clark Jr, Courtney Barnett, […]
Steve Kimock Breaks New Ground With LP ‘Last Danger of Frost’ Due 3/18 – New Touring Ensemble KIMOCK Set For Spring
Steve Kimock, finds himself breaking new ground with his latest solo effort, Last Danger of Frost due 3/18/16. “There are other spaces and experiences music flows into, fills, and conforms to: family, nature, travel, quiet study and contemplation, imagination, to name a few. For me, the balance of the music has shifted to ‘other,’” Kimock declares. […]
Robert Plant Confirms “Blues…Roots and Hollers (A Southern Journey)” tour in March
Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters will return to the road this spring with Blues…Roots and Hollers (A Southern Journey), an 11-date tour of the American South. The dates begin March 4 – 6 at the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival in Florida and then travel highways and byways below the Mason-Dixon Line through […]
SONG PREMIERE: Austin’s BUHU Share “Youth is Breaking” – First Song Off New LP ‘Relationshapes’ Due 1/22/16
Austin’s BUHU like many other like minded bands out of that region, play music that embodies experimentalism and artistic integrity: and they’ve pretty much nailed it wth the first single off their debut full length LP Relationshapes. BUHU is comprised of Clellan Hyatt, bassist, synth-wrangler, and abstract programmer Juan Pablo Mendez, and guitarist / vocalist Jeremy Rogers. […]