SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘Make Up’ Presents Fascinating Exploration of Identity
This quiet, genre bending film offers poignant view of self and growing up.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘The Carnivores’ Offers Lo-fi Psychological Romance
This SXSW film explores the horrors of love.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘The Mojo Manifesto’ Offers Exciting Glimpse into Mojo Nixon
The rock and roll legend tells his story in this SXSW documentary.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘TFW No GF’ Looks Inside Incels and Troll Culture
Director Alex Lee Moyer looks inside of troll culture in this SXSW doc.
Blake Mills’ New LP ‘Mutable Set’ Out 5/8 – Shares “Vanishing Twin” Single
GRAMMY-winning producer, composer, guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills announces his new album, Mutable Set, which is set for release on May 8 via New Deal Records. Mills also debuts “Vanishing Twin” today, the first single off Mutable Set. Watch and share the video—a timely and haunting depiction of isolation—directed by frequent Mills’ collaborator and Noh/Wave artist collective co-founder, Justin Daashuur Hopkins. Check it […]
Marco Benevento Releases Live Show ‘Levon’s 3/9/19’ Today Via Bandcamp
Marco Benevento and his band—bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Dave ‘DB’ Butler—had their sold out two night run at Levon Helm Studios on March 27-28 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spirit of lemons and lemonade, Benevento cracked open the multi-track recordings from last year’s show at Levon’s barn and spent the past several days mixing and […]
Happy 70th Birthday Carl Palmer (Watch Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live ’70 Full Show)
SONG PREMIERE: Cowboy Mouth Deliver a Punk Rock Sermon on “King of the World”
It has been said that on a bad night Cowboy Mouth can do no less than then blow the roof off, and on a good night they’ll save your soul. That’s as true in 2020 as it was when they first burst out of New Orleans in 1990 and tickled the Top 40 with “Jenny […]
Wannabe Reviews Rookie’s Self-titled Debut
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on the new album self-titled album from Chicago cosmic rockers Rookie, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Carla Olson Rounds Up Archival Gene Clark Recordings & Special Guests For ‘Have Harmony, Will Travel 2’
Carla Olson had been already been receiving deserved kudos for her work with the Textones by the time she met ex-Byrd Gene Clark and began a collaboration that would subsequently (and substantially) elevate her profile. Her enterprising spirit thus bolstered, the Texas-bred, Los Angeles-based embarked upon a variety of projects, including 2013’s Have Harmony, Will […]
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) Celebrates University of Kansas Basketball Greats with “Rock Chalk Suite” (ALBUM REVIEW)
The release of this project from the JLCO celebrating the greats of the University of Kansas basketball greats was obviously timed to coincide with March Madness. So, because the sports world, and many other aspects of our daily lives are not shut down, this may be a vicarious way to experience the basketball we don’t […]
The Late Great Pianist Harold Mabern Displays Leading Man Big Hands in ‘Mabern Plays Mabern’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Mabern Plays Mabern was originally planned for release on the great pianist’s 84th birthday but Harold Mabern, unfortunately, passed away in September 2019, at the age of 83. Fortunately, this, his 27th recording and first posthumous one is culled from the same live sessions that formed his 26th, The Iron Man: Live at Smoke, when […]
Bloodshot Records Announces Virtual Day Party with Waco Brothers, Sarah Shook, Vandoliers and More
After 24 years in the trenches, we’re taking this thing to the web! Our famous Yard Dog day party in Austin, TX was canceled due to the pandemic, so we’re bringing the lineup to your screens! Go to Bloodshot’s Facebook page from 2PM to 9PM central time tomorrow to watch live streaming acoustic sets from […]
WATCH: Grateful Dead ‘All The Years Live’ – “U.S. Blues” 10/18/74 Winterland Ballroom
This week’s edition of The Grateful Dead’s recurring YouTube series “All The Years Live” features the overtly political Garcia/Hunter rocker “U.S. Blues” from the 10/18/74 performance at San Fransisco’s legendary Winterland Ballroom. The audio from this version was infamously used as the soundtrack to director Gary Gutierrez’s short yet brilliant cartoon that was ultimately tapped […]
30 Years Ago Today -Depeche Mode Release ‘Violator’ LP (Watch “Policy of Truth” Live ’90)
Low Cut Connie Announce Concert Livestreams Starting Thursday
Today, Low Cut Connie has announced “Live From South Philly,” a series of livestreamed concerts via Facebook and Instagram that begin today, Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 pm EST. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, March 19 at 6:00 pm EST Saturday, March 21 at 6:00 pm EST Monday, March 23 at 6:00 pm EST To all our pals […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Sofia Talvik Encourages Escape & Comfort On Earnest “Pharaohs and Friends”
With her wistfully gilded new album Paws of a Bear, Swedish artist Sofia Talvik gazes upon her life’s journey, carefully weighing each chapter. Lead single “Take Me Home” recently debuted in the top ten on the U.S. Folk Radio Charts, offering a hint of what’s to come for this artist on the rise. Beneath timeless layers of lush […]
30th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s Spring ’90 Tour: Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT 3/19/90
Spring ’90 is synonymous with many things to many people, but in the Grateful Dead world, it was perhaps one of the most vital tours in the beloved band’s history: everything was clickin’. Over the next few weeks, Glide will be revisiting Grateful Dead’s Spring ’90 tour in honor of its 30th anniversary, with recaps […]
SONG PREMIERE: Marlin’s Dreaming Squall With Melodic Precision On “Outwards Crying”
Marlin’s Dreaming is a young band hailing from a cold, damp flat in Dunedin, New Zealand. In October 2017, just a couple of months after forming, Marlin’s Dreaming released their first body of work, Lizard Tears. It was an eight-song mix of indie-pop tasters, and one reworked track from frontman, Semisi Maiai’s, former band GROMz. The album […]
Suds & Sounds: Upright Brewing in Portland, Oregon Finds Symbiosis in Creativity of Music and Beer
In Suds & Sounds we turn the spotlight on breweries, focusing on the role of music in that brewery’s history, packaging, tastes, and in its city or town as a whole. The idea is to get beer and music lovers to connect with a side of the brewery that may often go overlooked, but one that we think […]