Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams Delve Into New Age on The Spectral ‘Aporia’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams have combined to release “Aporia” on the co-founded label Asthmatic Kitty. Brams has announced his retirement, making this a de facto going away present to the label. The recording took place over several years and was a result of hundreds of hours of recordings sifted through by both for highlights. […]
SONG PREMIERE: Lord Buffalo Share Dark and Brutal, Piano-Heavy Post-Americana Track “Wild Hunt”
Lord Buffalo was formed in 2012 in Austin following the dissolution of Daniel Jesse Pruitt’s former band The Hot Pentecostals. The band released its debut EP in 2012, recorded a Daytrotter Session that same year, and in the time since has performed live as direct support for artists as diverse as Roky Erickson, Dead Meadow, […]
30th Anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s Spring ’90 Tour: Knickerbocker Arena, Albany, NY 3/24/90
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 week Glide will continue to be revisiting Grateful Dead’s Spring ’90 tour in honor of its 30th anniversary, with […]
Lilly Hiatt Finds Her Groove on Definitive Fourth LP ‘Walking Proof’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Walking Proof is Lilly Hiatt’s fourth album, aptly named in a sense as it represents major steps forward both lyrically and sonically from her 2012 punkish debut and the 2017’s contemplative Trinity Lane. She seems to have put aside some of her angst and hurt. She says, “When I got that little gap in my […]
Bela Fleck and Malian Kora Master Toumani Diabate Lay Down “Ripple Effect,” For 3CD/1DVD Set ‘Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Most of you know that the banjo originated in West Africa, so banjo master Bela Fleck was almost obligated to explore the instrument’s roots at some point. After all, there may not be a more explorative musician than Fleck who has won 15 Grammys in nine different categories, stretching from country to pop to jazz […]
LISTEN: Mark Lanegan Shares New Track “Bleed All Over” & Launches The Vault
With his new album Straight Songs Of Sorrow due for release on May 8th via Heavenly Recordings, and his memoir Sing Backwards And Weep due to publish on 4/28, Mark Lanegan has today shared “Bleed All Over”, one of the many standout tracks from this much-anticipated release. Listen to it below.. Additionally, Mark Lanegan recently launched ‘The Vault’ an innovative web-based streaming platform powered by Spotify and Apple Music. By connecting to […]
50 Years Ago Today – Leon Russell Releases Debut Solo LP (Listen to “A Song For You” Live ’71)
LISTEN: Trey Anastasio’s Electric New Quarantine Track: “I Never Needed You Like This Before.
Phish frontman Trey Anastasio continued his now seemingly regular habit of releasing self-quarantine-induced original music on Instagram with his latest track “I Never Needed You Like This Before.” Considerably more upbeat than most of his recent acoustic-driven releases, which were also co-written with Tom Marshall & Scott Herman, this rocker features a Pete Townshend-flavored chord […]
Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go’s Recalls Fame, Addiction & Peace In New Memoir ‘All I Ever Wanted’ (INTERVIEW)
The Go-Go’s were the soundtrack of 1981. If you were growing up then, their songs “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got The Beat” were all over the radio. You couldn’t get away from them if you tried. The girls’ fun feistiness was infectious, their style eclectic and groovy while their sound was boppy with […]
Basia Bulat Collaborates with Jim James on Comforting & Genre Agnostic ‘Are You in Love?’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Are You In Love? Is the fifth album from the immensely talented Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat. She challenged herself to write about forgiveness, rather appropriate we suppose since her 2016 Good Advice, produced by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, was a break-up album. James takes his place in the producer’s chair again […]