Archive: 2017

Director Jovanka Vuckovic spearheads the wave of some much needed new perspectives within the horror genre.

Red Porch Kid is an American rock band formed in 2015 by singer/songwriter and producer Michael Stovall. A founding member of the band Jackson Jones – which disbanded in 2008, Stovall began touring and recording music as a solo act. In 2014 he released his only solo record Georgia, which Tony Keefer of The Music […]

What if there were no Beatles, Eric Clapton or Rolling Stones? The new documentary film, Sidemen – Long Road to Glory successful answers that they may not have existed in their remembered incarnation if it weren’t for the influence of three compelling blues sidemen: Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin or Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.  Sidemen, which premiered […]

Nightlands, the project of Philadelphia-based Dave Hartley (best known as a core member and longtime bassist of The War On Drugs), will release his third album, I Can Feel the Night Around Me, on May 5th via Western Vinyl. Immediately following, he and his band will head out on a North American tour. Continuing the tradition of previous Nightlands releases Forget the Mantra (2010) […]

The comedy icon talked via Skype about working with director Michael Paul Stephenson on creating an unconventional film noir

As a surprise gift to fans, Dawes has released their streaming-only live album, We’re All Gonna Live. The band recorded the fifteen-song release during the first four shows on their current, “An Evening With Dawes” tour. The album contains live versions of audience favorites and new originals including ‘When The Tequila Runs Out,” “Roll With The Punches,” […]

The String Cheese Incident & SCI Fidelity Records have announced the release of Believe, the 7th studio album from SCI, due out April 14, 2017. The album is the first to come out of their just-opened Sound Lab Studio and the follow-up to 2014’s A Song in My Head, their first new album in close to a decade. Like that release, Believe was […]

Belle & Sebastian will return to North America this summer for a run of East Coast tour dates, in addition to a West Coast visit. Kicking off July 27 in Toronto, the tour takes place in legendary venues like Merriweather Post Pavilion as well as the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The band has been recording […]

Mall Goths by Scarves (due out 2/17) is an album comprised of ten vignettes depicting characters along the I-5 corridor between Bellingham, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Struggling against their reality, desperate for rebellion, yet inextricably stuck, they fall in love in one city and break up in the next, all over meticulously unhinged instrumentals. Scarves was formed […]

Following his successful Grammy outing where he took home Best Rap Performance (“No Problem”), Best Rap Album (Coloring Book), and Best New Artist, Chance the Rapper has announced a tour. “thank YOU GUYS for everything,” he wrote. Chance will kick things off in April  which includes his stops at Governors Ball and Eaux Claires. See the full routing below! Chance the […]

“‘Nine Bullets’!” yelled a man in a flannel shirt near the end of Drive-By Truckers’ set at The Space at Westbury Theater Friday night. He was referring to the second track on the Truckers’ 1999 album Pizza Deliverance, a yowling, howling fantasy about gunning down your condescending peer group and immediate family. Co-leader Patterson Hood, […]

There was a multitude of high profile musical gatherings taking place across Hollywood this weekend of the Grammys. Meanwhile, a fascinating musical discussion happened in front of a small, lucky crowd of fans and journalists on Thursday evening, February 9 at the Record Parlour in Hollywood. Amidst the antique jukeboxes and retro pinball machines in […]

Southern California trio The Captain’s Son are quickly making a name for themselves with their catchy blend of warm guitar melodies, laid back harmonizing vocals and upbeat drum rhythms. The group’s sound is reminiscent of early California surf pop with a garage rock vibe. Hailing from Springfield, Missouri, the band formed after Paige Byrd and Jarred Hayden started […]

Ryan Adams’ new album Prisoner will be out February 17th on Pax Am/Blue Note – his first new studio LP since his 2015 take on Taylor Swift’s 1989. The twelve tracks that make up Prisoner came to Adams over a prolific period stretching back as far as the week his 2014 self-titled album entered the U.S. album chart at a […]

Following in the heels of The Damned U.S. tour, another beloved punk band will be hitting the road this year. The Descendents touring in support of their latest release, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, will be touring from  April all the way through mid-December. Check out the full routing below…. Descendents 2017 Tour Dates: 02/16 – Hindsmarsh, AU @ The Gov, Main […]

With Mardi Gras festivities in full swing, it seems fitting that New Orleans’ most prominent funk outfit would hit the road to bring some of that Big Easy love to the rest of the country. The people of Portland were clearly feeling the Mardi Gras spirit when they brought their dancing shoes to catch Galactic […]

At this point we almost admire how committed The Walking Dead is to being the worst.

In support of their critically acclaimed, just-released 10th studio album, Northern Passages, Canadian four-piece The Sadies are set to embark on a 24-city U.S. tour with Justin Townes Earle. Beginning April 29, in Phoenix, AZ, the tour will include stops in Dallas, Austin, Cambridge, Baltimore, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco, among others. A full list of […]

Plus, The Lego Batman Movie reigns supreme at the box office.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have announced the first leg of an extensive US summer tour starting on June 17 in Asheville, NC. Isbell and company will headline major venues, some for the first time including the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD and the PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati, OH. Following two triumphant sold-out nights at […]