Archive: 2020

The initial posthumous Tom Petty vault release, An American Treasure, suggested ever so strongly that the late rocker was reaching a new level of sophistication in his songwriting at the time of his tragic and unexpected passing. But it’s fair to say that 1994’s Wildflowers was a major step in that very same direction and […]

Given the checkered history of The Allman Brothers Band archive releases, the issuing of the latest two is more than a little encouraging. Each in its own way adds significantly to the legacy of the seminal Southern rockers, while the pair taken together clearly illustrates why the influence of the group is rightfully growing with […]

Pennsylvania art-punk outfit This Way to the EGRESS gets downright introspective on their new album RETROSPECTIVA! (out Halloween Day 2020), all the while forcing you to move your body to Balkan beats and burlesque bop. It’s a modern journey through Tom Waits-esque folk-punk junkyards, esoteric worlds of vaudevillian juke joints and underground big band Great […]

For the better part of two decades now, blues singer-songwriter, harmonicist and top vocalist John Nemeth has delivered some great soul-blues albums. Yet, his relocation to Memphis seven years ago has deepened his sound, making it rawer and visceral on the blues material, and more traditional and emotive on the soul tunes. It proves to […]

Perth’s prominent experimental quintet – Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – have quickly become one of Australia’s hottest prospects, uncovering all kinds of weirdness and psychotic fuzz in their deceptively concise and punchy sonic warfare. Today they announce their monolithic new album, SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound, set for release February 5, 2021. Despite much of this year’s tour plans being put […]

Today, the post-punk five piece, Portland’s Soft Kill share their second single “Pretty Face” from their forthcoming November 20th album release Dead Kids, R.I.P. City, their long awaited follow up to 2018’s ‘Savior’. Says the band’s Tobias Grave, “‘Pretty Face’ was written immediately after finding out about the loss of our friend Zachary Delong. It […]

Mountain Man—the trio of Amelia Meath, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, and Molly Sarlé— has released Mountain Man Sings Neil Young, featuring its version of “Through My Sails,” from Young’s 1975 album, Zuma, today: October 14, 2020. The song is the latest release in Mountain Man’s series of cover singles, which also includes the band’s versions of the 1848 Shaker […]

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are excited to announce their anticipated new album New Fragility, due January 29, 2021 via CYHSY / Secretly Distribution. To ring in the announcement, they’ve released two singles as a double A-side — hear “Hesitating Nation” and hear “Thousand Oaks” below. Stay tuned for the double video for both tracks by Olivier Groulx next week. “These songs […]

The pop/funk/R&B/soul singer that is Dylan Chambers has journeyed from Arlington, TX to Los Angeles, where the powerhouse vocalist has dug his heels in, coming a long way since the singer-songwriter tact of his debut record Vol. 1, expanding his oeuvre to meet the crest of a fuller, more robust sound, rooted in soul. Spinning up […]

Waldo Przekop – brainchild of indie-folk-punk outfit Cigarettes and Milk – is gearing up to release his first album in three years. His last album (They Left Us Alone, which was released in 2017 and was written and recorded in a literal closet, mixing sparing arrangements with lo-fi indie folk production) led him to a […]

While in the throes of a pandemic, social distancing, and virus-imposed isolation, so many have been faced with new levels of contemplation and introspection. San Diego-based artist Alfred Howard was one of those people. The longtime performer and songwriter, who was a member of multiple bands and prolifically wrote lyrics for other artists as well […]

Strung Like a Horse is known for their signature brand of Americana, distilled from old-school storytelling, roots instrumentations, and alt-rock edge. Mississippi-bred, Chattanooga-based frontman Clayton Maselle brings the influences of John Hartford, Split Lip Rayfield, Danny Barnes, The Band, Violent Femmes, and Old Crow Medicine Show to his singular songs. Their authenticity, high energy, and […]

If you’ve ever seen William Elliott Whitmore perform, you know that he is one of those performers whose power comes from the fact that he can provide so much depth with minimal instrumentation. He lands pretty firmly in the folk-Americana arena, but has been known to open for bands like Clutch. I’m with You is […]

Master drummer Rob Silverman has spent his career exploring the rhythmic traditions of cultures around the globe, from African drumming traditions to Japanese Taiko music; from Middle Eastern rhythms to Native American drumming; and from Samba to the rock-jazz fusion that lies at the core of his music. These influences come to the fore in his […]

Today, Stevie Wonder used the occasion of the 36th birthday of his second-oldest son, Mumtaz Morris, to announce something he has never done before. With a spirit of celebration, he released two songs at once. “Can’t Put It in The Hands of Fate” feat. Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes and “Where Is Our Love Song” feat. Gary Clark Jr., are songs that provide […]

In 2020, the idea of a double album seems a bit overwhelming. A mix of having to devote every waking moment to politics while worrying about why we live in the only country in the world that clearly doesn’t understand how to survive a global pandemic has seemingly fried our collective attention span. All that […]

Today, The Lemon Twigs shared a special live performance of “Hog”, a song from the group’s third full-length album Songs For The General Public (out now). Filmed in a dance studio off Broadway in New York, Michael D’Addario leads his brother Brian in an impassioned stripped-down rendition of the warped ballad.   Songs For The General […]

Today, Athens, GA-based Lo Talker has announced their debut single “No Champagne”, an expansive folk-rock track augmented by the psychedelic whirr of fractured tape loops. The single is accompanied by an official music video directed by the band. Andrew Shepard, vocalist and songwriter of the band, says of “No Champagne” that it’s a song about […]

Puscifer, who recently announced the release of their fourth full-length album, Existential Reckoning (Oct. 30, Alchemy Recordings/Puscifer Entertainment/BMG), take fans into the high desert of Arizona with a visually-stunning, livestream concert experience dubbed “Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti.” Puscifer have become known for their kinetic live productions, a merging of music and the theatrical. Over […]