Archive: 2017

New West Records is proud to reissue Vic Chesnutt’s seminal Texas Hotel and New West Records catalog throughout 2017.  Chesnutt’s 1990 debut album, Little, was produced by Michael Stipe and will be released this Friday, January 27th.  Drunk (1993) will follow next month, Is The Actor Happy? (1995) in March, an unannounced mystery release in April, Silver Lake (2003) in May, Ghetto Bells (2005) […]

Guided By Voices’ August By Cake (April 7, GBV Inc Records) is the one hundredth studio album that Robert Pollard has released since 1986’s Forever Since Breakfast. To put that in perspective, Bob Dylan has released roughly 39 studio albums since 1959. And that includes the Traveling Wilburys. A highly anticipated record with the new […]

In loving memory of the woman who taught us that we’re gonna make it after all.

It was perfectly apropos for the late drummer Butch Trucks, one of the original members of The Allman Brother Band, to nickname one of his own groups “Freight Train.” Even in the later years of his career, Trucks was the driving force of whatever band he was part of, taking as much relish in his […]

Allman Brothers Band founding member and drummer Butch Trucks has died at the age of 69. The uncle of Derek, played through all incarnations of the band and was always a vital voice and spokesperson for the band. Alongside drummer and percussionist Jai “Jaimoe” Johnny Johanson, they formed the two drum assault that would propel […]

Thundercat will release his third full-length studio album Drunk on February 24 via Brainfeeder. The album is a 23-track epic journey into the often hilarious, sometimes dark mind of the Grammy-winning singer/bassist and finds a few of his friends joining him along the way including: Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Wiz Khalifa, Kamasi Washington and Brainfeeder mastermind Flying Lotus. Drunk is the follow […]

In 1969 the three astronauts of Apollo 11 completed their mission–the first manned lunar landing. They were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and…the other guy. “The other guy” was Michael Collins. While Armstrong and Aldrin spent almost a day on the surface of the moon, Collins orbited the moon, alone, waiting for the rendezvous with the […]

Plenty of people go to see bands when they come through their town, but most people don’t think about everything that it takes to get those bands to their favorite club. Being on tour for a musician is both enlightening and daunting, as physically and mentally draining as it is stimulating. And no matter what, […]

[rating=8.00] Regardless of his guise, the one thing that’s consistent about Tommy Stinson’s musical career is his proficiency for pure, unabashed thrash ‘n’ roll. It was nurtured as a core member of The Replacements and then spun off with his solo forays, his support stints with Soul Asylum and Guns N’ Roses, and his various […]

In a gritty industrial area of Van Nuys, California, behind a powder-coating plant, lie a dozen neatly stacked repurposed shipping containers. One of these is ‘home’ to The Knitts, a band with a surprisingly long history and a short fuse, ready to explode onto the music scene with the release of their upcoming debut full-length […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews More Than A Little, the latest album from charming Americana duo Adrian + Meredith, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop): [youtube id=”vOVyCfs6TV0″ width=”630″ height=”350″]

Ruthie Foster has announced a new album due out March 24th. Titled Joy Comes Back, the album features many guests including Derek Trucks, Willie Weeks, Joe Vitale and Warren Hood. Songs range form new Ruthie originals to hand-picked covers by Chris Stapleton, Mississippi John Hurt, Stevie Wonder, and (the kicker) Black Sabbath. It is her […]

On March 31, Richard Edwards will release his debut album Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset on Joyful Noise Recordings. The album was produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Cass McCombs, Beck) in Los Angeles, and features a stellar lineup of musicians including Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) on drums and guitar work fromMike Bloom (Jenny Lewis). Today, […]

Real Estate has confirmed details for their upcoming fourth LP – In Mind – out March 17th via Domino. Recorded in Los Angeles with Grammy-winning producer Cole M.G.N. (Beck, Snoop Dogg, Julia Holter),  the video for the album opener “Darling” is available to watch below… Over 11 songs, In Mind pushes the band in new […]

Trey Anastasio will be returning to his northeast roots in more ways than one courtesy of a solo acoustic run. Anastasio will be performing three solo acoustic evenings in Northampton, MA (March 8), Troy, NY (March 10), Portsmouth, NH (March 11). A real-time presale begins Wednesday, January 25 at 10am ET, and ends Thursday, January […]

No real surprises with this year’s nominations, but it’s a great reminder of how good last year got for movies.

Pixies will tour the U.S. this spring, following last September’s album Head Carrier and hit a number of cozy venues including Boston’s House of Blues and Paradise. The band will also be hitting both Webster Hall and Brooklyn Steel in NYC. The quarter will bring brand new stage setup designed by longtime production manager Simon Foster and lighting […]

Father John Misty has announced the release of his third proper album Pure Comedy, the highly anticipated follow-up to his internationally acclaimed album, I Love You, Honeybear. The album will be released April 7th on Deluxe 2xLP / 2xLP / CD / DL / CS in Europe through Bella Union and the rest of the world from Sub […]

Few bands other than High On Fire have proven to be such worthy torchbearers of both the heaviness of Black Sabbath and the speed and grit of Motorhead. The trio’s last album Luminiferous came out in 2015, but a fervent cult following means they don’t need a new album to support tour. This time around […]

By Saturday’s show at the Gramercy, The Magpie Salute had a couple of shows under their belt as an official band. Starting with a touching tribute to late keyboardist Eddie Harsch during Thursday’s “Descending,” the group kept its promise of trying to rekindle the magic between former Black Crowes members Sven Pipien, Marc Ford, and […]