Archive: 2019

There are nights when a song comes over your stereo that completely stops you from whatever task is at hand and forces you to listen and listen deeply. And then that song forces you down the rabbit hole to find more and once you find the records, your life is changed forever. Those are great […]

The cliché goes “it’s a hard act to follow.” Such was the case for Mandolin Orange who broke out with 2016’s Blindfaller, which spawned high profile festival appearances and sold-out worldwide tours. The personal and intimate was present there as it’s been on all the albums done by the North Carolina duo of singer-songwriter Andrew […]

Austin rock band The Bright Light Social Hour (TBLSH) drop their third full-length album, Jude Vol I, tomorrow on local imprint Modern Outsider. The record was recorded at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Chris Coady (Slowdive, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beach House) over two multi-week sessions at the end of 2017 and the start […]

Bassel & The Supernaturals combines neo-soul and funk with captivating lyrics about love, loss, and a war in Syria that has affected Bassel Almadani’s family along with 10,000,000 others. The soulful Syrian-American vocalist and his ensemble broke out with their 2017 release Elements, which earned them critical praise from Noisey, Huffington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on the new self-titled album from Malibu Ken, the collaboration between rapper Aesop Rock and electronic artist Tobacco, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Perennial road warriors YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND have announced plans for their Spring 2019 tour, which kicks off this March in Iowa and wraps in early April in Santa Barbara, CA. The acclaimed jamgrass band recently released-for free-the second edition of “Hines’ Finds,” a compilation of their best recent live jams, as curated by soundman […]

Less than a year after the release of their critically acclaimed album Performance, the ever-prolific White Denim have announced their eighth record Side Effects will be released March 29th, 2019 via City Slang. More in line with the experimental, freewheeling spirit of their fan-favorite record Last Day of Summer, Side Effects is a record that captures the essence of the band’s […]

Partisan Records has announced the release of Craig Finn’s eagerly awaited new album, I Need A New War, arriving Friday, April 26. The third album in a trilogy (following 2015’s Faith in the Future and 2017’s We All Want The Same Things), I Need A New War once again sees Finn expertly chronicling our complex, often confusing, modern era, drawing deeply […]

Vampire Weekend has confirmed the itinerary of its most ambitious North American tour to date, running May 17 through October 8. Produced by Live Nation, the Father of the Bride Tour will feature the band’s biggest headline shows to date, including a September 6 stand at Madison Square Garden, an October 2 stop at the […]

Although it sometimes seems to pale in significance compared to the two years that preceded it, 1969 eventually proved to be one of the more essential 12 months in rock’s remarkable trajectory. It not only found the old masters — Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones, the Who and The Kinks — creating some of the most […]

By all accounts named for his childhood hometown of Phoenix, Arizona; David Bazan’s first album for fifteen years as Pedro the Lion’s reference to the resurrected firebird of the Greek myths can’t be lost on many, least of all Bazan himself. Inspired by an impromptu visit to the town he grew up in, Bazan finally […]

Fever Breaks, the tenth studio album from acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Josh Ritter, will be released April 26 via Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. Produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Jason Isbell, the 10-song record was recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A and features Isbell’s band, the 400 Unit. In […]

Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) has announced dates for his anticipated fall tour. The outing will be kicking off in Philadelphia in late March, the nine-date run will then head toward the rust belt, with dates in Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois and Michigan. The date in Ilinois is at the soon to open – The […]

British folk-punk collective the Mekons will release a new album Deserted (PRE-ORDER HERE) on March 29. It is their first formal studio album since 2011’s Ancient & Modern. RollingStone.com announced the album, along with a 2019 tour spanning Europe and the United States, and the launch of a new music video for the song “Lawrence […]

Tame Impala have just announced new North America headlining dates this May. The shows include stops in Nashville on May 2nd, Asheville, NC on May 3rd, St. Augustine, FL on May 6th and their first-ever show in Miami on May 7th. Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 1st at 10AM local time. The dates […]

Jim James has announced plans for a spring headline tour. The Jim James Presents Uniform Distortion tour – which sees James backed by his longtime live band – begins May 1 at Charleston, SC’s Charleston Music Hall and then continues through the month. James – who has only just wrapped up a series of intimate European headline shows […]

Sub Pop and Iron & Wine will celebrate the 15th anniversary of Our Endless Numbered Days with the release of a newly remastered and expanded deluxe edition on CD/2xLP/DL worldwide on March 22nd, 2019. This version will feature eight previously never before heard demos, new artwork, and a 12-page booklet including liner notes from author Amanda Petrusich. […]