Archive: 2017

Jack Johnson has announced the release of his 7th studio album, All The Light Above It Too, available September 8 through Johnson’s own Brushfire Records label. The album’s first single, “My Mind Is For Sale” was released today, accompanied by a lyric video and can be heard below. All The Light Above It Too was recorded over the past year […]

Erik Flores and Amelia Rose Logan’s songs as Fairbanks & the Lonesome Light are like modern dime westerns—gritty exegeses that float elegantly on pedal steel as driven, electric, rocking country. Sometimes the detached hero and the despicable outlaw in their songs are one and the same. Looking back, principal songwriter Flores realized many of the songs on their new LP, Nothing To Escape (out 8/25), are about his old drinking habits. “I […]

When she isn’t spinning classic tunes on the legendary New Orleans radio station WWOZ or working in her local community, Cole Williams is stirring up her own magic with her band. Together they create what Williams called African Rock, a heady amalgamation of soul, funk, rock, reggae and blues. Since 2007 the Cole Williams Band […]

Perfect trilogies are rare, but somehow they managed to pull it off this time.

[rating=7.00] Katie Crutchfield — A.K.A. Waxahatchee — exemplifies grrrrl power without the grrrr. In other words, she recalls the happy-go-lucky girly exhilaration that was so prominent during the ‘80s, particularly all-girl groups like the Bangles and the Go-Gos, outfits that exuded both confidence and clarity. On her new album, Out in the Storm, she spins […]

[rating=6.00] For anyone who can’t take Boris Garcia seriously based on the band’s tongue-in-cheek name, the presence of Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone should validate the premise of the group as well as the music of  Around Some Corner. It doesn’t hurt that the voice of  Bob Stirner recalls no one so much as the Byrds’ […]

Three quarters of a century of absolute badassery.

Ween made their return to Colorado with a gig at Red Rocks on July 12th, which provided the usual musical bag of tricks and then some. Photos by Todd Radunsky.    

MorganEve Swain, half of the husband-and-wife duo Brown Bird, returns with The Huntress And The Holder Of Hands, issuing the band’s debut album, Avalon, on Sept. 15. A teaser featuring clips of new music can be found here. “I had a very conscious realization that either I start writing my own music or I never touch […]

Sometimes it’s good to embrace the past, especially when it comes to musical styles. Kansas City, MO-based indie-folk/Americana artist Fred Wickham does exactly that with his down home style of music that draws on Dixieland jazz, bluegrass, country and old timey Appalachian sounds. There is something comforting to Wickham’s approach to music, which perhaps comes from […]

The West Coast is about to experience soaring red dirt anthems and high energy country barnburners courtesy of The Turnpike Troubadours starting late this month and going until mid-August including a big date August 3rd at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. This next run of dates is likely to be their last touring […]

During one of the more vital performances of live music in Santa Barbara this summer, three innovative groups of musicians brought their immense talents to the Santa Barbara Bowl on July 7th. The show began early with an acoustic set by Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X. As an acoustic duo all dressed in black, the […]

Poptone is a retrospective project, featuring Daniel Ash (vocals, guitar), Kevin Haskins (drums), and Diva Dompé (bass, backing vocals), revisiting the music of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, and Love and Rockets. The band brought their diverse display to First Avenue in Minneapolis on 7.8.17. Photos by Billy Briggs

Gizmodrome, a new band re-defining the words, “super group” will release their first self-titled album worldwide on earMUSIC on September 15th, 2017. Gizmodrome is the high-voltage band formed by Stewart Copeland (The Police and multi-awarded soundtracks composer), Mark King (Level 42), Adrian Belew (ex-King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa and Talking Heads) and Vittorio Cosma […]

The original lineup of the Dixie Dregs featuring Rod Morgenstein, Andy West, Allen Sloan, Steve Davidowski and Steve Morse has announced the will reunite and will tour in 2018. The band formed in 1970 and gained notice for its instrumental prowess which featured moments of Prog, Classical, Jazz and Southern. The band’s last album was 1994’s Full Circle. Keyboardist T Lavitz, who played […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews Youth Detention (Nail My Feet Down On The Southside Of Town), the new album from fired up Alabama rockers Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Glide recently caught up with Strand of Oaks frontman, Timothy Showalter after his recent appearance at the highly-acclaimed Boston Calling music festival. Riding the buzz of his 2017  release Hard Love, Showalter’s sound has grown bigger and grander and his songwriting continues to radiate with a dark intensity few can emulate. Showalter writes candidly about taking […]

If there ever was an artist suited for the natural backdrop and surroundings of Red Rocks, it has to be Carlos Santana who performed there with his band on 7/10/17. Photos by Todd Radunsky                                           […]