Archive: 2020

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and based in Durham, NC, musical wonder-kid Justin Lee Schultz is the good news you did not even know you needed. He is joy personified. The multi-instrumental wizard who has dazzled audiences on TV shows Harry, Little Big Shots and American’s Most Musical Family, is a prodigy in the fashion […]

The intimate, alluring art of singer-composer and instrumentalist Emi Makabe is utterly individual, even as it resonates with inspirations ranging from Joni Mitchell and Theo Bleckmann to Japanese folk music and jazz improvisation. Born and raised in Japan but a decade-plus resident of New York, Makabe studied with the likes of Bleckmann, Jen Shyu and […]

Sometimes you see the description a band has for itself and you wonder what it means. In the case of 49 Winchester, you don’t really have to wonder. The band describes its sound as “alt-country soul from the heart of Appalachia.” Granted, you have to know what Appalachian music sounds like, but alt-country soul in […]

There are tribute albums and there are expansive tribute projects. Pianist Noah Haidu has created the latter with “Doctone,” a multimedia project which includes a recording of pianist Kenny Kirkland’s music, as well as an original book by Haidu and a film directed by Jeffrey Chuang. The late Kirkland was a fixture in the bands of  Wynton and […]

Due to a health scare in their crew that temporarily halted production, the broadcast for Run The Jewels‘ televised concert special Holy Calamavote has been rescheduled for Saturday, October 17th at Midnight ET/PT on Adult Swim. Although the crew member has been cleared of any COVID-19 diagnosis, the band have pushed back the airdate in order to ensure the strictest safety protocols […]

‘The Pink Phantom’ featuring Elton John & 6LACK is the latest episode of Song Machine and sees Gorillaz joined by Elton John – as you have never seen him before and GRAMMY-nominated Atlanta rapper 6LACK. Watch the video below.. Elton John said of the collaboration: “Damon reached out and asked me to do something and the way the song has turned out […]

My Morning Jacket is celebrating last night’s performance of their chart-topping new single, “Feel You,” on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, broadcast immediately following Game 1 of the 2020 NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Check out the performance below.. “Feel You” is featured on My Morning Jacket’s acclaimed new album, The Waterfall II, […]

Trey Anastasio and MSG Entertainment present The Beacon Jams, an eight-week virtual residency to be streamed for free exclusively on Twitch, live from New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre every Friday at 8:00 pm ET from October 9 through November 27. The Beacon Jams performances will have no live audience and will feature acoustic and […]

Polyvinyl Record Co. and Emmy-nominated artist, acclaimed author, activist, and musician Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!, The Devouring Mothers) has announced the release of her debut solo album titled Stay Alive. Across the 14 songs that comprise Stay Alive, Grace takes all her pent-up fears, anger, and anxiety and releases it, like an olive branch to the weary […]

Under the Spell of Joy, the newest release from the Los Angeles based Death Valley Girls vacillates between cosmic black hole psych-rock and punchy lo-fi poppy garage numbers as the band seeks to engage old fans and newcomers with their dark-tinged, yet upbeat sound.   The core group (vocalist/guitarist Bonnie Bloomgarden, guitarist Larry Schemel, bassist Pickle […]

Go With the Flow is the fifth full-length album from singer-songwriter Brad Lauretti under the name This Frontier Needs Heroes. This new collection of songs was written mostly in Nashville, TN, and in various cities across Europe. After his last album Real Job was released Lauretti toured across Europe and Canada by himself, moved to Nashville, and […]

Felix Hatfield’s been making madcap art and surrealist music in the Northwest for twenty-five years now, and his new album, False God, coming October 23rd, shows that he’s got a Buster Keaton taste for the absurd, an affinity for the trickster in every folk song. As a teenager, he hitchhiked out Route 2 in Vermont, […]

The Nude Party’s strong 2018 debut found the sextet knocking loudly on the door. With Midnight Manor, they kick it off its hinges. The 12-track record finds the upstate New York band (by way of North Carolina) digging deeper into their ‘70s rock influences – from the swagger of the Stones to the swamp funk […]

It’s been fascinating to follow Dawes over the course of its decade-plus existence and never more so than since 2016’s We’re All Gonna Die. Produced by former group member Blake Mills, that album plays like a brainstorming session conducted to figure out how the band could move beyond its by then well-established Laurel Canyon nouveau […]

Toronto-based artist Tali has recently released her powerful three-track Shadows EP. Seductive, nocturnal and intoxicating, the three-track EP marries old-school songcraft to contemporary cutting-edge sonics and production. The result: proficient, polished tracks without expiration dates. Tracks that hit the sweet spot between pop, soul, R&B, jazz and electronica. And tracks that share Tali’s self-assured reflections on […]

At the latest count eight of the sixteen tracks on Blue Note Re-Imagined have already been released as singles so you may have heard from this album already. Don’t be surprised if more aren’t released before and after the album drops. This is a major project with classic Blue Note albums interpreted and re-imagined by […]

It’s purely coincidental that we should be hearing the best soul singer you’ve never heard of on the heels of Johnny Rawls’ latest album title, “Where Have All the Soul Men Gone.”  Not only that, but the title of Sonny Green’s album is stated practically as a response – “Found! One Soul Singer.” Leave it […]

The Inspector Cluzo plays their own kind of country music, their kind of folk music – a sort of folk music, if you like, but not at all folksy – it’s much too electric and furious for that. In any case, nothing would be more unfair than to try to put these raging ambassadors into a charming folklore […]

Well, the AC/DC rumors started a few years back when most of the band minus Malcolm Young were spotted at Warehouse Studios in Vancouver in 2018. With drummer Phill Rudd battling legal issues, lead singer Brian Johnson battling hearing issues and bassist Cliff Williams calling it quits following the most recent Axl Rose led tour, […]