Archive: 2019

The tenth studio album from New Orleans staple Galactic, titled Already Ready Already, is an LP of sounds influenced by their home city and beyond. It scales back a bit from their previous release Into The Deep, this time only showcasing local singers while evolving the core bands funk sound for the future with digital […]

Once you are known for one type of musical style, it’s very difficult to differentiate yourself. An artist essentially has to completely reinvent their image, while attempting to stay true to their identity. It’s not an easy task. This is an art that Eden Espinosa perfected with her new album Revelation. Espinosa has played many […]

Gentleman’s Dub Club is a dub band from Leeds, England who are known for blending dub, ska, reggae. The group is also known for its energetic live performances, and they have been pretty busy in its 10 years of existence, including 2018, when the band performed on Xtra on BBC 1. Lost in Space is […]

A little less than two years on from 2017’s Plum, Californian scrap polymorphs Wand are prepared to announce their newest, and fifth long playing record, Laughing Matter. By now, Wand is the shifting but unmistakable collaboration between Sofia Arreguin (keys, vocals), Cory Hanson (guitar, vocals), Robert Cody (guitar), Lee Landey (bass) and Evan Burrows (drums). […]

Psych-soul quartet Chicano Batman is elated to announce a spring tour starting in northern California then jumping to the east coast for a run taking the LA outfit from Florida to Baltimore. The dates follow a performance at M3F Festival along w/ Kurt Vile, Jungle and Empire of the Sun. Tickets go on sale Friday, […]

Aiken, SC – Bluegrass royalty, Del McCoury Band, will headline the 15th Aiken Bluegrass Festival on May 10th & 11th in Aiken, SC. The two-time GRAMMY winner, celebrating his 80th birthday this year, is at the top of a bill that brings the three-stage festival back to the roots of bluegrass, while simultaneously celebrating the […]

Railroad Earth visited some familiar territory last week for a three-show run that started in Lake Tahoe and concluded with a pair of nights at the UC Theater in Berkeley, CA. While the shows had been confirmed for some time, the last-minute announcement of a trio of guests joining them for the run turned out […]

Brandi Carlile will continue her extensive tour through 2019 including a special debut headline performance at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on September 14. Additional stops include Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, St. Paul’s Minnesota State Fair, Philadelphia’s The Mann and Berkeley’s The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley among others. Tickets for […]

Nick Lowe has announced his first U.S. tour dates of 2019. The latest incarnation of Nick Lowe’s Quality Rock & Roll Revue Starring Los Straitjackets kicks off April 3 at the Variety Theater in Atlanta, GA, and head up the east coast culminating with an April 13 date at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. Lowe will […]

Today Mark Lanegan is pleased to announce news of a forthcoming US tour in May. Tickets for all dates go on sale this Friday, February 8th =. The tour comes after the recent release this past August of his album with Duke Garwood With Animals and, preceding that, the 2017 release of Gargoyle, both of which were put out through Heavenly Recordings. Supporting Mark on the tour will be Simon Bonney […]

Today, The Lemonheads announce a full North American tour for May and June, along with special guest support from Tommy Stinson, as well as sharing one more track from the upcoming new album ‘Varshons 2’ – this time a cover of The GiveGoods ‘Unfamiliar’. Produced by Matthew Cullen and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Beastie Boys, […]

If you dig a little deeper than the mainstream, you’ll find that country music has been experiencing a boom in talent these days with artists like Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price and Chris Stapleton (to name a few) who are rooted in throwback sounds of country’s golden eras. One of the artists making a mark as […]

Simon Goffe wears many hats these days.  As the Owner/Partner of London-based Brownswood Recordings, the former deejay and club promoter has devoted his life’s work to music.  Early in his career, Goffe realized that he had more skill in the business side of the music industry, which led to an early pivot into label and […]

The culmination of a decades-in-the-making partnership, Atlanta-based father-daughter folk duo The Brookses will be releasing their debut LP Lucky Charm on April 26th. The debut LP from Atlanta-based father-daughter folk duo The Brookses, Lucky Charm, is the culmination of a decades-in-the-making partnership, harnessing and presenting energy that could only be borne from family bonds. Between Jim’s experience in the Atlanta music scene–having performed with acts ranging […]

If gravity is strong enough, at the end of time our universe will collapse, pulling all of existence back down to infinitesimal size, like before the Big Bang. But if expansion outpaces gravity, eventually the universe will be cold and empty–all light, heat, and connection will be gone. That possibility is called The Big Freeze. […]

Luther Russell is a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who was born in Los Angeles, CA. His career began with DGC/American Recording artists, The Freewheelers, twenty-five years ago. More recently, he has worked with Robyn Hitchcock, Jody Stephens of Big Star (as part of their duo, Those Pretty Wrongs), and written songs with Weezer for their […]

As Slash ft. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators–Slash (guitars), Myles Kennedy (lead vocals),Todd Kerns (bass), Brent Fitz (drums) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar) are currently on their worldwide tour through Asia, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the U.K., the group has announced they’ll kick off a headlining U.S. tour this summer. The U.S. trek will launch on July 15 in San Francisco and wrap-up August 13 in Orlando. Tickets will go on-sale this Friday, February 8 at 10AM local time and are available at http://www.slashonline.com. The iconic, GRAMMY-winning […]

Let’s face it, mayonnaise is the outlier of  condiments. It’s a little different – not mainstream like its ketchup and mustard counterparts. It is at times underrated, it is mocked, it is usually the last picked at the picnic table. But if you mix it with a little garlic? Well then, you have some fancy […]

Brooklyn, NY-based trio DADDY LONG LEGS—Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar), Murat Akturk (slide guitar), Josh Styles (drums, maraca) will make their Yep Roc Records debut May 10, with Lowdown Ways, their third studio album. Produced by Jimmy Sutton and engineered by Alex Hall (JD McPherson, Pokey LaFarge, Jake La Botz) at Hi-Style Studios in Chicago, […]