Archive: 2020

Freshly unleashed from the vaults of Daptone Record’s predecessor Desco Records and remastered for the first time since its 1998 release, Daptone is honored to announce the re-release of one of the finest and most satisfying needle drops of the last 40 years, Lee Fields‘ classic, Let’s Get a Groove On. The album is out digitally on April 3 and available April 18 on clear vinyl […]

The latest installment of the Grateful Dead’s weekly video series “All The Years Live” features the band’s most signature number, “Truckin’”, from the October 30, 1980 concert at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Culled from a legendary run that resulted in the dichotomous live releases “Reckoning” and “Dead Set” the following year, the […]

Bob Weir and Wolf Bros have rescheduled their headlining dates due to rising COVID-19 concerns. Read an official statement on the matter from the trio below: “The health and wellbeing of our live music community is of the utmost importance. So, while we all deal with the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) we will be rescheduling […]

Groundbreaking musician/songwriter/producer Steven Wilson has announced today’s premiere of a truly epic new track – “Personal Shopper” which can be heard below… “Personal Shopper” – which was inspired in part by acclaimed French director Olivier Assayas’ 2016 film of the same name – heralds Wilson’s eagerly awaited sixth solo album, THE FUTURE BITES, due to arrive […]

Before settling in to make Jazzhound, their most extravagant, ambitious, and fully realized album to date, The Buttertones had to face the hounds of real life. Prior to a headlining summer tour in support of 2018’s Midnight in a Moonless Dream, a fiery blast of an album capturing the band at their purest distillation, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Modesto ‘Cobi’ […]

2019 was an uncharacteristic year for Human Resources. On the heels of their successful 2018 full-length release, Champagne, the band signed with Nimbleslick Entertainment (Athens/Denver), which led to them playing more shows than ever before, filling small clubs in New York City, hitting larger festival slots (Fall For Greenville), and leveling up to professional venues […]

As documented on this eponymous album, the evolution of Circles Around the Sun isn’t wholly dissimilar from its roots. Originally conceived to create set break music for the 2015 Fare Thee Well concerts, the music on 2015’s Interludes for the Dead might hardly seem of a piece from that which fills this purposefully dance-oriented album. […]

Some of today’s most aggressively, spiritually oriented saxophonists are based in London as evidenced by Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, Massimo Magee, to name a few. Add Zhenya Strigalev to that list. Together with drummer Jamie Murray the duo takes the letters of their first names to form JZ Replacement.  The two are frequent collaborators and […]

When “The Brothers” show was first announced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Allman Brothers Band, it seemed like a surprise. The band played its last show in 2014 and both Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks have sadly passed on since then. Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, and Oteil Burbridge have all been touring steadily […]

Today Protomartyr announces their fifth album, Ultimate Success Today, out May 29th on Domino. Following the release of Relatives In Descent, the band’s critically acclaimed headlong dive into the morass of American life in 2017 (featured on myriad “best of” lists, including The New York Times, Esquire, Newsweek, and more), Ultimate Success Today continues to further expand the possibilities of what a Protomartyr album can […]

New York City’s Madison Square Garden hosted a family reunion of sorts last night – “coronavirus” be damned – with a rousing tribute to the 50th anniversary of legendary Southern rockers The Allman Brothers Band. The all-star lineup named The Brothers, which featured founding as well as extended family members, treated the nearly sold-out crowd […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on 5 Years Behind, the new album from Brooklyn punk rockers Thick, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):  

It’s been a week like none other in the music industry with the constant C-word taking over people’s lives, fears and concerns and causing cancellations including this week’s SXSW. But it was business as usual for Phoenix’s M3F Festival which took place in downtown Phoenix March 6-8, 2020 at Margaret Hance Park.  The festival has […]

Following a sold-out, multi-dimensional headline jaunt last year, GRAMMY® Award-nominated platinum-certified duo Tegan & Sara return to the road for an extensive North American summer tour supporting their latest release, Hey I’m Just Like You. The 40-date run kicks off at Knitting Factory Concert House in Spokane, WA on May 18th, visits major markets including a performance at Pier 17 in […]

Engineered in Berlin, Nashville and his hometown of New Orleans, Sam Doores, formerly of The Deslondes and Hurray for the Riff Raff, brings a diverse set of elements together for his self-titled solo debut. Written intermittently over the course of several years, his debut is both classic and contemporary.  Mostly, it just feels good as […]

This is a brilliant document of Charles Lloyd’s 80th Birthday concert, performed in his home venue, the Lobero in Santa Barbara, CA.  The 8: Kindred Spirits (Live from the Lobero) features his cor rhythm tandem of bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland with frequent collaborator pianist Gerald Clayton and one-time collaborator guitarist Julian Lage […]

The cast of Better Call Saul finds themselves in increasingly perilous positions.

Wilco and Sleater-Kinney are pleased to announce their “It’s Time” Summer 2020 co-headlining tour. After their respective North American and European runs in support of last year’s Ode To Joy (out now on dBpm Records), Wilco will return stateside, closing out each night of their co-headlining tour with Sleater-Kinney, who just closed out their The Center Won’t Hold tour. The entirety of the […]