Archive: 2018

Into the Spider-Verse might just be the best iteration of your friendly neighborhood Spider-man.

Rock and roll on a racetrack, madre of West Coast music festivals, High Sierra Music Festival will return July 4 – July 7 to beautifulQuincy, CA, for its 29th consecutive year and today is pleased to announce its first batch of artists for 2019. Priding itself on a diverse musical lineup, one-of-a-kind intimate artist “playshops,” and legendary sit-ins and surprises […]

The Dave Matthews Band recently headed out on the road for a month-long East Coast tour in support of the number one album, Away From The World. The juggernaut live band visited Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on 12/11/18. Photos by Cathy Poulton

[rating=8.00] Singer-songwriter Jay Psaros is proof that hard work pays off.  His fifth studio album, again produced by Lorne Entress, Trees Beyond the Town, was completely fan funded, with Psaros doubling his funding goal. This reward is due to his countless hours playing bars, medieval-themed dinner theaters, small clubs, house concerts, weddings, support slots for […]

Addi McDaniel, Brooklyn-based singer hailed as “a dynamo with a brass-plated voice” by the LA Times, announced her debut solo album, “After The News,” December 6th. The record is out January 25 via Sylvan Songs. McDaniel is both an extraordinary singer and a gifted interpreter of song, and ‘After The News’ finds her breathing vivid life into […]

After much anticipation-  The names of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2019 Inductees have been released and its one of the strongest classes in years: The Cure, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks, Radiohead, Roxy Music and The Zombies. Those who were nominated but didn’t make it include MC5, Devo, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Kraftwerk, […]

Next spring Victor Krummenacher will be releasing his latest album, Blue Pacific (out March 1st, 2019). This will mark his ninth solo effort away from his two co-founding bands – the pioneering indie-rock group Camper Van Beethoven and the art-rock collective, Monks of Doom. The inception of this emotionally-charged project started nearly a year after his divorce, […]

Down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, there is a little place called the Red Dragon Listening Room where they revere songwriters and the songs they give to us. Mostly stripped down to acoustics and vocals, the artists that perform here are allowed to shine in ways they may not at other venues. You don’t just hear […]

[rating=8.00] Self-made and DIY jazz vocalist Lyn Stanley has achieved enough success now through five best-selling albums to have some fun and for the first time pay tribute to another artist. As Stanley says in her notes, “I chose to honor, not mimic, jazz stylist Julie London, as many have noted our similar styles. Julie […]

The one-man hurricane known as BLOODSHOT BILL started in his hometown of Montreal around 1998, with just a guitar and a stomp board. Since then, he’s had over 35 releases throughout Europe and North America. You know he keeps a jam-packed calendar, juggling insane live shows all over the world with the requisite studio time, […]

Musician Todd Snider announces new tour dates to support his upcoming album Cash Cabin Session, Vol. 3 to be released on March 15 through Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers. The new tour starts March 13 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City (full tour below). After 6 years of making rock records, Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3’s folk influence marks […]

Son Volt has announced the March 29th release of their ninth studio album, Union(Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers). The new album showcases the depth of band founder Jay Farrar’s intelligent songwriting as he stretches out on the thirteen songs by confronting our current political climate with keen observations and pointed commentary. Farrar reminds of the comfort and clarity […]

Dinosaur Jr. guitar slinger/vocalist J Mascis has turned the volume and gone it alone on his most recent tour in the wake of his excellent Elastic Days release. The Friday night December 7th show at Brooklyn’s intimate Rough Trade (a great record shop/small venue) sold out weeks in advance and whether it was the overflowing […]

“I’ve always done things a little bit differently,” says singer/songwriter Michael McArthur, who wrote the most vibrant album of his career, Ever Green, Ever Rain, during the darkest season of his life. Songwriting has always been a form of therapy for McArthur. Over the past decade, the Florida native has filled a handful of EPs with his own […]

With his 40th studio release, The Prophet Speaks, and articles galore on the 50th anniversary of Astral Weeks, not to mention frequent touring and a rumored project with Willie Nelson, Van Morrison stories abound these days. His output in the last couple of years has been staggering, reflecting perhaps a newfound energy and a commitment […]

With the Feb. 1, 2019, release of Reed Foehl’s fifth solo album, Lucky Enough, fans will get a dose of powerful medicine, a cathartic collection of 10 songs that Foehl recorded with help from a mighty musical force, The Band of Heathens, at their Finishing School studio in Austin, Texas. It’s an album that will […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on WARM, the new solo album from Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):