SONG PREMIERE: Elli Perry Teams Up With My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel On “A Train Will Come”
When Nashville-based singer-songwriter Elli Perry began writing songs for her new album, she was in a difficult place in life. This was in 2014, a time when she found herself creatively spent from life on the road, exhausted from a years’ long battle with depression, and reeling from a painful divorce. She stepped away from […]
Fleet Foxes Make Long Awaited Return With New LP ‘Crack-Up’ Due June 16
On June 16, Fleet Foxes will release Crack-Up (Nonesuch Records), its long-awaited and highly anticipated third album. Crack-Up comes six years after the 2011 release of Helplessness Blues and nearly a decade since the band’s 2008 self-titled debut. Fleet Foxes has released the album track “Third of May / Ōdaigahara,” a nearly nine-minute epic powered […]
Grandaddy Rocks Back From 11 Year Recording Hiatus With ‘Last Place’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] Last Place shows no signs of the rust you would expect from a decade-long recording hiatus. Reunion albums have a notorious track record, but Grandaddy is able to recapture the spirit of their original albums without ever sounding like an old band imitating its former self. The California quintet disbanded shortly after the release […]
The Flaming Lips Bring Fantastic Voyage to Philadelphia’s Fillmore (PHOTOS)
The Flaming Lips hit the Fillmore in Philadelphia on 3.4.17 for a sold out show that included their usual colorful shenanigans and Wayne Coyne making the stage his personal art space. The band is currently on tour of their well received new studio LP Oczy Mlody, that came out in January. Photos by Cathy Poulton
Bela Fleck Travels & Conquers in Unfamiliar Terrain On ‘Juno Concerto’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Bela Fleck is something of an anomaly when it comes to today’s musical mindset. He completely defies the notion of what a banjo-toting player has come to represent, a musician who’s unafraid to venture into realms far afield of bluegrass or the traditional turf that’s always provided the banjo with a comfortable fit. Both […]
30 Years Ago Today – The Beastie Boys ‘License To Ill’ Become Raps First #1 LP (Watch “Hold It Now, Hit It” Video)
Resonance Records To Release Rare Jaco Pastorius 1982 Live Recording
Resonance Records has announced the release of Jaco Pastorius: Truth, Liberty & Soul — Live in NYC: The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording, a first-time release comprising more than 130 minutes of extraordinary, high-fidelity, ground-breaking music presented from beginning to end exactly as it happened at Avery Fisher Hall on June 27, 1982. This is the second […]
Michael Nau Announces New LP ‘Some Twist’, Shares First Single “Good Thing”
Michael Nau returns with his new album, Some Twist, out June 16th on Suicide Squeeze. Some Twist is the follow up to 2016’s Mowing and its announcement comes amidst a flurry of recent activity. Two weeks ago, Nau debuted songs from Some Twist on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and headlined two sold out shows on […]
Raul Midón Announces Ninth Album, ‘Bad Ass and Blind’, Shares Tour Dates
Singer/Songwriter/Multi-instrumentalist Raul Midón has been creatively shattering boundaries in the Jazz and Pop worlds for the last decade. His soulful and funky artistry goes way beyond any notion of genre – it is musicianship, charisma, timing, songwriting and personality that unmistakably solidify the context of his songs. His music commands listeners with open minds, open […]
Slightly Stoopid, Thievery Corporation, Twiddle Hit the Beach For Costa Rica’s Jungle Jam (PREVIEW)
You’ve seen the promos on social media. You’ve felt the pang of jealousy when you press play on the recap videos online. You’ve promised yourself and your friends, on more than one occasion, that you’ll finally take the plunge and go for it. But for some reason you haven’t pulled the trigger and actually booked […]