Archive: 2017

Last spring, after 11 years of performing and recording under his own name, Dave Bazan’s growing fatigue with working alone hit a tipping point. “I missed the energy of making music with other people on stage and constantly traveling alone was starting to really sting”, Bazan recalls. “I needed to be in a band again”. […]

Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Karen Elson, Conor Oberst), returns with his third solo release on Bella Union on March 2nd, 2018. The ambitious “maximalist” album, titled Rare Birds, features contributions from Father John Misty, Lucius, Lana Del Rey, and New Age music legend Laraaji. The first track from the album, the […]

A sense of place has long permeated the music of J.D. Wilkes. He’s a native of Paducah, Kentucky, a city located at the confluence of various rivers and cultures — an area where musical variety is in the air and in the blood memory of its people. “Of course, there’s bluegrass and hillbilly songs, but […]

Freedom’s Goblin is the new Ty Segall album: 19 tracks strong, filling four sides of vinyl nonstop, with an unrestricted sense of coming together to make an album. Out January 26th via Drag City with a North American tour to follow, it wants you to get your head straight – but first, the process will […]

Jamie McLean is a triple threat. As a guitarist for New Orleans royalty Aaron Neville and Dirty Dozen Brass Band, he’s toured the globe playing fiery guitar everywhere from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze raw emotion and his top-of-the-line songwriting chops bring everything together. With hundreds […]

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood brought their cosmic groove to a packed house at Portland, Oregon’s Revolution Hall on Saturday, December 2nd. There was no opening act, ensuring fans would have two full sets to find the flow with these seasoned road warriors. Together, Chris Robinson (guitar, vocals), Neal Casal (guitar), Adam MacDougall (keys), Jeff Hill […]

Legendary singer, songwriter and performer John Prine will embark on a select series of tour dates in 2018. The tour includes a very special co-headline show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on April 13 with Sturgill Simpson (solo) as well as dates at Philadelphia’s Merriam Theatre on April 14, Chicago’s Chicago Theatre on […]

In a city as 90s obsessed as Portland, it comes as little surprise that the Pixies sold out three nights at one of the larger venues in town. Touring in support of their 2016 album Head Carrier, the band played the last of three shows at the Roseland Theater on Friday, December 1st. Anyone who […]

One of the pioneering musicians in synth-laded rock in the late ’70s and early 90’s, Gary Numan played a tremendous influence on new wave and electronic music. Sounding and looking as good as ever, Numan visited Minneapolis’ First Avenue on 11/28/17. Photos by Billy Briggs.  

Today, Kevin Morby announces over a month of US tour dates in April 2018. The dates continue to support his excellent new album from earlier this year, City Music, out now on Dead Oceans. The record has already appeared on many year-end best album lists, including Paste, NME, Q, and more. Opening all the dates […]

With the penultimate episode of The Walking Dead’s fall season, AMC’s zombie series is the same as it ever was.

Jim White gets around. When he’s not releasing his own critically acclaimed solo albums he splits time producing records for other songwriters, exhibiting his visual art in galleries and museums across the U.S. and Europe and publishing award winning fiction. Prior to Waffles, Triangles & Jesus (due out in the U.S. on February 9, 2018 […]

Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio Band, Aaron Neville and Hurray For The Riff Raff will join forces and perform at “A Concert for Island Relief,” which will take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Proceeds from the event will benefit hurricane relief efforts in the U.S. and […]

We have so many things to be thankful for that Tom Petty had done in his career and one of his last, most beautiful contributions was producing Chris Hillman’s new solo album, Bidin’ My Time. Capturing the singer and master mandolin player in his finest glory is a testament to both men, that great music […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band’s sold out, three night run at Boston’s Orpheum Theater was an excellent bookend for a year that has been an emotional rollercoaster for the revue. 2017 saw the band continue to fill theaters for nights at a time and capped things off with another Grammy nomination. On the other side of the […]

As a former member of venerable indie outfits like The Cusacks, The Proper Nouns and The New Gentle Soul, Travis Kokas was well suited to take on his newest project Cryptids After Dark. The project finds Kokas drawing from a wide range of influences such as The Byrds, Sloan, and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, while also paying tribute to […]

Deaner Rock Vol. 2, is the sophomore album from The Dean Ween Group, to be released worldwide March 9, 2018 by Schnitzel Records. Dean Ween – aka The Deaner – recorded the album at his dedicated studio facility in Lambertville, NJ, across the river from his native New Hope, PA. Here’s how the Deaner describes the […]

[rating=7.00] On initial hearings, Neil Young’s latest album with Promise of the Real, The Visitor, doesn’t appear to have the provocative unity of his previous record, Peace Trail, released in December of 2016. But that’s because the variety of styles on display over the course of ten tracks partially camouflages what the iconic musician/songwriter is […]

I was first introduced to Black Sabbath back in my early years of high school when I learned a guy I was smitten with loved the band. Prior to that, I’d kind of avoided their scary dark image and clung tightly to my beloved Rolling Stones. But things always change when a cute boy comes […]