Happy 75th Birthday Charlie Musselwhite (Watch Live With Ben Harper Full Show)
Colter Wall Makes Musical Argument For Reincarnation at The Catlayst in Santa Cruz (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
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 […]
Mandolin Orange Goes Personal and Intimate on “Tides of a Teardrop” (ALBUM REVIEW)
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 […]
ALBUM PREMIERE: The Bright Light Social Hour Channel Eclectic Influences and Hypnotic Rock Sound on ‘Jude Vol I’
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 […]
SONG PREMIERE: Bassel & The Supernaturals Shine With Disco Soul Groover “Calculated Love”
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, […]
Wannabe Reviews Malibu Ken’s Self-Titled Album
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):
Yonder Mountain String Band Announces Spring Tour Dates
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 […]
50 Years Ago Today – The Beatles Played Their Last Ever Gig on a Rooftop (Watch “Don’t Let Me Down”)
White Denim Returns With Second Album In Span Of One Year – ‘Side Effects’ Out 3/29
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 […]
Craig Finn Announces New LP ‘I Need A War’ – Shares First Track “Blankets”
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 […]