In roughly three and half hours of live and studio recordings, captured in various ways at a variety of locales between 1961 and 1964, Before the Dead documents the late
[rating=9.00] A colleague of mine spoke to Ry Cooder recently and shared how Cooder describes his music, “…it’s nothing special. All music is the same, all that folk stuff. You
Peter Hook and the Light recently kicked off a tour where he and the band will be performing New Order and Joy Division’s respective Substance albums, a reprise of the
[rating=7.00] Emerging roots-rock band The National Reserve will draw attention with this sophomore release Motel La Grange and their festival-filled spring and summer touring schedule. They aren’t exactly newcomers. Getting
On May 18, Low Cut Connie will release Dirty Pictures (Part 2) via Contender Records. The album is now streaming in its entirety via NPR Music First Listen. NPR’s Alison Fensterstock
Neil Young has recently reunited with Crazy Horse for a run of California theater gigs after a four-year layoff, and just when we thought a full-on Horse tour would be
Nine Inch Nails will launch COLD AND BLACK AND INFINITE NORTH AMERICA 2018 on September 13 with support The Jesus and Mary Chain. The band will bring their “musical, visual, emotional sensory onslaught,” as hailed by The New York Times, to some
[rating=9.00] With half a dozen albums to his credit, New Orleans-based bluesman Luke Winslow-King has etched a niche as a seasoned troubadour whose adherence to form is measured only by
In the run-up to the release of Cody Jinks’ new album, Lifers, due out in June, Jinks and his band headed out west to stir things up and give fans
Strawberry Mountain has had some unusual jam spaces. College dorms. Basements. A studio where they would rehearse between a fencing team’s practice sessions. They’re a DIY band through-and-through, but now
