Trumpeter Sefi Zisling Showcases Creative Forces Via ‘Expanse’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Expanse is the sophomore release for Tel Aviv trumpeter and composer Sefi Zisling, who builds on his acclaimed debut Beyond the Things I Know. Zisling’s sound melds contemporary jazz, funk, afro-jazz and spiritual jazz, much of what you hear on the nine-minute single “Happy Solar Return ft. Kutiman”, a piece that journeys through phases and […]
Light in the Attic Shine Light on Mysterious Folk Singer Jim Sullivan with Double Reissue (ALBUM REVIEW)
Some 40-odd years after his mysterious disappearance, Jim Sullivan is finally getting the fame that he worked so hard for in the sixties and seventies. This can be attributed to the reissue of his debut album U.F.O. being sent to a member of the record subscription service Vinyl Me, Please as their record of the […]
Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival 2020 Full Lineup Announced: Metallica, Slipknot, Deftones, Rancid, Evanescence Lead Billing
Premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents announces the anticipated music and art lineup for the second annual Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, which returns to MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, May 15, Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2020. As previously announced, Metallica—recently named the world’s biggest all-time touring act by Pollstar—will exclusively headline all five Danny Wimmer Presents hard rock festivals […]
The Glide 20- Glide’s Best Albums of 2019
While 2019 might signal the end of the decade and decade end best-of lists; 2019 had its own share of strong musical moments. While no specific genre or trend dominated the year, standouts in the soul realm carried a strong voice with Black Pumas, Michael Kiwanuka, Brittany Howard taking soulful artistry to progressive heights. Tool […]
50 Years Ago Today- The Rolling Stones Stop at Muscle Shoals Sound & Start Recording “Wild Horses, “Brown Sugar,” “You Gotta Move”
Bonnie “Prince” Billy Grows More Introspective & Distinctive With ‘I Made a Place’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Will Oldham is never not busy. No stranger to hard work, he revels in the collaborative process of making art, often singing and playing music on friends’ albums, writing for soundtracks, or showing up on film. Oldham is a steady hand at his multitude of jobs—this is, after all, the man who once sang, “Without […]
Dark Star Orchestra Hit On Nassau Coliseum 5/9/81 at Huntington NY’s Paramount (SHOW REVIEW)
Once again, the season of giving thanks has come and gone. As they have for so many years, Dark Star Orchestra commemorated the event by playing a pair of shows in New York. They used to do them in Manhattan, but have come home to Long Island for the past few years. No pun intended, […]
Pink Floyd’s ‘The Later Years 1987-2019’ Showcases Unreleased Audio Treats (ALBUM REVIEW)
Pink Floyd’s lavishly-designed The Later Years 1987-2019 effectively bookends the iconic British band’s career as documented on a similarly massive box set released in 2016. Concentrating on the post-Roger Waters era, culls from studio records, an expanded version of a concert album and all manner of previously-unreleased and/or rare audio and video material appear on […]
King Diamond Balances Treats Portland, Oregon to Grandiose Heavy Metal Performance (SHOW REVIEW)
On a blustery Portland, Oregon night with with the gorging of Thanksgiving creeping its head around the door, it felt like an appropriate time to savor a performance from one of heavy metal’s most legendary acts. King Diamond’s current tour is based around his upcoming album The Institute, which is expected to be out in […]
