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 […]