Archive: 2018

A Place To Bury Strangers have announced their new album, Pinned, coming out April 13th on Dead Oceans. Their fifth full-length finds them converting difficult moments into some of their most urgent work to date. It’s their first since the 2016 election, and their first since the 2014 closing of Death By Audio, the beloved […]

‘Mute’ Trailer Highlights Noir Influences Director Duncan Jones heads back to his sci-fi roots in the first trailer for his new film, Mute. Set in Berlin—and in the same universe as his debut film, Moon, Mute follows the adventures of a mute bartender (Alexander Skarsgard) as he goes up against the city’s underworld following the […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews the new album, Don’t Worry, It’s Not Contagious, from Michigan rock trio Jeremy Porter & the Tucos, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

While home to a number of music and film festivals, (including SXSW which is right around the corner), the Moontower Comedy Festival highlights the best voices in standup comedy today. Taking place mostly in the downtown Austin area, comedians, performers, and podcasters elate audiences with their signature brand of humor. It’s a veritable feast for […]

Sometimes surprises come out of the most unexpected places. Originally released in 1969, F.J. McMahon’s spellbinding album Spirit of the Golden Juice is a dewy, polaroid snapshot of anti-war sentiment intertwined with tales of heartbreak and resilience. Having been contacted by the label Mexican Summer (Allah-Las, Quilt), F.J. McMahon was asked if they could release […]

Leftover Salmon is pleased to announce their new album, Something Higher, coming May 4, 2018. As one of the originators of the Americana genre, Leftover Salmon have spent the past twenty-five years building their reputation for legendary sold-out shows followed by legions of fans. Along the way, they’ve also been picking up new musical influences […]

Fresh off the Jam Cruise boat and, prior to that, a European tour playing saxophone for The Rolling Stones, Karl Denson decided that enough just wasn’t enough and embarked on a winter tour that brought him and his Tiny Universe to Portland, Oregon on January 27. The Saturday night throwdown at Revolution Hall featured a […]

The NAMM show held each year in Anaheim California always brings a multitude of rock veterans to the area who end up playing at various venues across the county. The first night of this year’s show on January 25th was no exception with concerts cropping up all across the region. But the sold-out show at […]

Low Cut Connie will release Dirty Pictures (Part 2) via Contender Records. For their fifth and most fully-realized album to date, the band travelled from their home turf of South Philadelphia to the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN where they cut their critically-acclaimed 2017 release Dirty Pictures (Part 1). Today, NPR Music premeries “Beverly,” […]

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[rating=7.00] Tune-Yards and driving force Merril Garbus have always done two things very well, experiment with sound and style to undeniably innovative results and produce whip-like commentary through the music’s wordplay. I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life is no different with Garbus, now officially joined by bassist Nate Brenner as a duo, […]

There was only a handful of minutes between Chicago’s Post Animal’s set change and when J Roddy Walston and the Business descended from the green room and down the awkward stairwell to the Royale’s knackered stage. JRWB’s fans erupted with whistles, clapping and ecstatic bouts of joy as the band took their mark and without […]

Amy Rigby has made a life out of writing and singing about life. In rock and roll bands like The Last Roundup and The Shams in the eighties, performing in storied clubs in NYC’s East Village, to her solo debut Diary Of A Mod Housewife out of nineties Williamsburg; through a songwriting career in 2000s […]

[rating=7.00] Five years it’s been since we last saw a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club record. It’s a lengthy spell between meals for any band, but it somehow feels right for the California rockers. It seems an age since they burst onto the scene with B.R.M.C. in 2001 and it’s been a long and often bumpy road. Theirs […]

Buckle up as Primus announces a summer tour with titans Mastodon as they continue on the road in support of their ninth studio album, The Desaturating Seven, out now on ATO Records. Pre-sale tickets start Tuesday, Jan 30 local time HERE (password: Goblins) and general onsale is Friday, Feb 2. Kicking off May 6 at Red Rocks the tour will cross the country and back with stops […]

alt-J has announced unique concert at Forest Hills Stadium on June 15. It will mark the largest venue the band has ever headlined in North America, and is the only immersive sound show in the continent. In another first for the band, the show will feature a surround speaker system enveloping the entire audience. The speakers […]

The Gaslight Anthem has announced a very special series of shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their milestone second studio album, THE ’59 SOUND. The New Jersey-based rock band will travel North America and Europe performing the album in its entirety, with dates beginning May 27th at Washington, DC’s legendary 9:30 Club and then traveling into mid-August. As previously announced, The […]

[rating=8.00] After relocating to Stockholm from his native town of Umeå in Sweden, Hannes Ferm, aka HOLY, began the process of making his second LP. All These Worlds Are Yours is both similar and different from his debut, Stabs. While both are solidly planted in 60’s era garage-psych rock, this new project has a much […]

Don McLean wrote (and sang) perhaps the most iconic song in American rock & roll, “American Pie.” Yet, he has done so much more than that one song which propelled him to fame, fortune and sold out concerts the world over following it’s release in 1971. McLean, a prolific songwriter, had hits throughout his fifty […]