Archive: 2017

Radiator King’s A Hollow Triumph After All is at once celebratory & somber, deftly channeling the mood of a Crescent City second line, that holy brass-anchored yin-yang jazz-funeral tradition of New Orleans. A sacred and profound attempt to transcend pain, loss and suffering by celebrating a life well-lived, while at once acknowledging the darkly tragicomic […]

Animal Collective has announced The Painters EP, a new companion release to last year’s album Painting With. The EP will be available digitally this Friday, February 17 via Domino, almost a year to the date of their 10th studio album’s release. The 12” vinyl and CD version of the EP, with artwork by Brian DeGraw, is now available for pre-order. The EP […]

The members of Oakland quartet Once and Future Band proudly wear their influences on their sleeves, which can be summed up as a unabashed love of the prog-rock sounds of groups like Genesis and ELO. It’s refreshing to see a group waving the flag for a kind of music that is not exactly considered “cool” […]

Pursuing your musical career as a one-man band takes a high level of charisma and stamina if you want to keep your audience entertained. Luckily, Matt Lorenz possesses both of those things and he puts them to use as the Suitcase Junket. The New England musician is also talented as a craftsman and as a […]

Following last night’s Grammy performance that had obvious audio issues, Metallica has announced their WorldWired 2017 North American tour in support of their new album Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. The WorldWired 2017 tour is produced by Live Nation and kicks off on May 10th in Baltimore, MD at M&T Bank Stadium. The tour will crisscross its way across North […]

Quinn Sullivan has been hailed as the new savior of blues guitar since he was probably eight years old. That’s when the legendary Buddy Guy put the young boy on his stage for the first time and let him roar. Even before that, he had appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, calm and completely at […]

[rating=7.00] After five years as Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, the Psych-Pop trio from Los Angeles has decided to shorten their moniker to just Mr. Elevator in conjunction with their sophomore release When the Morning Greets You. While there is no shortage of bands in the modern psych-pop scene, Mr. Elevator differentiates themselves by […]

The 59th annual Grammy Awards Presentation took place Sunday night (2/12/17) in Los Angeles, and while the televised portion gave plenty of screen time to Adele, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga and TwentyOne Pilots, let’s give a shoutout to the untelevised award winners. Aside from Adele pulling down some major categories, David Bowie posthumously was the real […]

Mike Doughty is a truly steadfast force in music. The Soul Coughing frontman has spent over twenty years making music. Much of that time has been spent releasing solo material at a prolific pace. His most recent album, carrying the lengthy title The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns, came out late in 2016 and […]