Archive: 2020

Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore know a thing or two about writing love songs. In between playing as key members in Steve Earle’s band The Dukes, the duo has spent the last decade refining their craft. Under the name of The Mastersons, they have struck a balance between Chris’s guitar chops and Whitmore’s prowess on […]

Church Girls—Philly’s emerging indie-punk outfit—delivers urgent catharsis on The Haunt (out NOW on Anchor Eighty Four Records) providing “a glimmer of hope amidst nihilism,” says bandleader Mariel Beaumont. The record tackles themes of addiction and despondency in a poetic will to move forward towards healing and developing healthier habits. The group has been busy since their last, […]

Dave Simonett fronts the popular acoustic roots band Trampled by Turtles and another side project Dead Man Winter. He’s a songwriter with one of those special crooning voices. Its beauty lies more in subtlety than power, a smooth vehicle to drive his melodic songs. This collection of eight songs qualifies more as a mini-album, but […]

If you didn’t hear the 2016 breakout album from Shabaka & The Ancestors, you may still be familiar with Shabaka Hutchings who leads Sons of Kemet and is a member of The Comet is Coming. The UK saxophonist is one of the brightest lights in spiritual jazz, one who absorbed the lessons of Coltrane and […]

King Crimson has just announced a long-awaited 2020 Summer Tour with The Zappa Band (whose lineup includes alumni of Frank Zappa’s band). Following their 50th anniversary tour last year, those who thought King Crimson had seen its final touring days were wrong. King Crimson’s current lineup is bandleader Robert Fripp joined by Mel Collins, Tony […]

The third-annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival announces its music and surf lineup including headliners Pearl Jam and The Avett Brothers along with Cage The Elephant, Billy Idol, Lord Huron, Dirty Heads, The Beach Boys, Patti Smith, The Growlers, Grouplove, Dr. Dog and more. Fans will be treated to over 25 performances on three stages at North Beach Asbury Park […]

Acknowledged as one of Ireland’s most successful music acts of their generation, The Frames, led by Glen Hansard are coming to the U.S. to celebrate their 30th Anniversary. These will be their first stateside shows in ten years. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, March 13 at 12 PM ET. They will perform in what they […]

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have announced a summer tour with Bob Dylan—marking The Night Sweats’ only shows of the year. The tour will make stops at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, Berkeley’s Greek Theatre, Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium, Bethel’s Woods Center for the Arts and more with the band playing a full 60-minute set before Dylan […]

In December 2019, music fans heard the news that guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was no longer a Red Hot Chili Pepper. “We are parting ways with our guitarist of the past ten years,” the social media announcement read. “Josh is a beautiful musician who we respect and love. We are deeply grateful for our time with […]

The second and final day of the Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa, Florida had a good mix of local and global acts all joining together to promote youth music education and inspire a future generation of musicians. After a freakishly cold day on Saturday, Sunday’s event had perfect Florida weather, with constant cloud cover blocking […]

It is not simple to categorize Rum Buffalo, an 8-piece band that finds its sound by pushing the boundaries of what they can accomplish. Their songs unfurl like the evil twin of the bustling London metropolis that birthed them—vivid, energetic, and unpredictable. Their forthcoming album, Bloodmoon, is their most ambitious work to date: tracked in […]

Genre-hopping multi-instrumentalist Keller Williams’ Keller In The Caverns event will return for its second year on August 28 and 29. The unique music experience takes place in the spectacular underground setting of The Caverns, a subterranean concert hall located in a cave below the Cumberland Plateau in Pelham, TN. The stunning venue is home to PBS’ Emmy Award-Winning […]

80’s synth-pop legend Howard Jones has no shortage of hits, many that run the gamut of nostalgia and adoring pop music. The British artist visited St. Paul’s Ordway Theater with Nick Beggs & Robin Boult on March 4th, 2020 as part of his acoustic trio tour and dusted off favorites “What Is Love?.” “Everlasting Love,” […]

On an unusually cold day in Tampa, Florida, a record crowd gathered for the ninth annual Gasparilla Music Festival. The event is part of a series of festivals and parades in the city, including the  Gasparilla Pirate Festival in January and the Gasparilla Film Festival that begins March 17, all named after a mythical pirate […]

Once & Future Band have announced their upcoming LP, Deleted Scenes will be released April 10th on Castle Face Records. With the announcement came the release of the first single off the album, “Freaks,” which just premiered and can be heard below… “Freaks’ came after a fight I had with an old girlfriend, which are invariably […]

SXSW 2020 has been cancelled. The annual ten day technology, film, and music festival, which was set to run in Austin, Texas starting next week, March 13 and running through March 22, was cancelled today, according to a press conference held by officials from the City of Austin and Travis County, due to growing concerns […]

Portland, Oregon’s Size 85 High Tops’ forthcoming album, Rev It Up (due out March 27th on In Music We Trust Records), fuses power pop, prog, acid-folk, and country to deliver a dark and lovely psych-rock cornucopia over their sprawling thirteen-track sophomore release, which will be available digitally and on double vinyl this spring. Led by […]

Some bands do a tremendous job of carving out a niche for themselves. That can certainly be said for Austin musical collective Brownout, who have melded rock and funk with Latin tones and rhythms. The band carved out an even deeper niche with some Brown Sabbath albums that gave us something we didn’t know we […]