Archive: 2020

Collective Soul is one of those bands that hold an iconic place in the 90s rock music soundscape. After “Shine” became an underground hit, their debut album Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid was re-released on major label Atlantic Records. “Shine” would continue to be their best-known song, however, their sophomore, self-titled album became the […]

Yes, this one snuck up on us. Wayne Shorter’s birthday was 8/25 so we are just a tad late. In any case, the music of Wayne Shorter is to be celebrated every day, not just on his birthday. What’s surprising about this collection, apart from the wide chronological span of Shorter’s compositions, and the contemporary, […]

The latest iteration of Phish’s weekly archival video series Dinner and A Movie is a special holiday-sized edition as the band will be eschewing their usual format of streaming a single concert each Tuesday evening in favor of airing three consecutive shows this upcoming Labor Day weekend commemorating their annual end-of-summer celebrations at Dick’s Sporting […]

With his machine gun blast and boombastic guitar sound, Tom Morello from tone alone, is one of the world’s most recognizable musicians. How’d he get that good? By “practicing his ass off each day” as he describes in an electrifying live musical narrative that Glide is proud to premiere via the “Practicing” clip below.. Morello […]

After over two decades, Public Enemy – the iconic group whose message of revolution, social justice, and racial equality is more potent and necessary today than ever – finally reunites with the historic label it helped build into a globally recognized brand: Def Jam Recordings. Public Enemy and Def Jam have reunited to officially release “Fight the Power: […]

Aclaimed singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Zach Gill returns with a new single entitled “King Dancer’s Delight” which is the first single off of his third full-length solo album Cocktail Yoga out on September 18th and available for pre-order today. While quarantined at home this year, Zach locked himself in the “Creativity Lounge,” i.e. his garage, and escaped. Tinkering and toying with instruments and gear […]

The Smashing Pumpkins have returned with two new tracks, Cyr’ and ‘The Colour Of Love,’ out on Sumerian Records today. Recorded in Chicago and produced by Billy Corgan, the new tracks come with the news of a forthcoming studio album in the works with founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, Jimmy Chamberlin, with longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder. “Cyr is dystopic folly,” front-man […]

Dawes have announced today’s premiere of their captivating and reflective new single“Still Feel Like A Kid” which is now available at all DSPs and streaming services. The band will be performing live tonight from a Los Angeles rooftop at 6 PM PT/9PM ET. The show will be hosted by Noon Chorus and will benefit independent […]

Dickens has rarely seemed so alive.

Bill and Ted are back in a most excellent, non-heinous new romp.

Decatur, IL-based Americana singer-songwriter Ashley Riley has been a staple in the music scene of her hometown Long Creek, IL, where she got her start hosting open mics in the Decatur area around 2008, helping to revitalize and nurture the underground singer-songwriter scene in town. After starting as an acoustic-based songwriter on her first record, […]

The author of Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” The Box Tops‘ “Cry Like a Baby,” James and Bobby Purify’s “I’m Your Puppet,” James Carr’s “The Dark End of the Street” and Percy Sledge’s “Rainbow Road,” just to name a few, has had enough success to never make another record. So, don’t blame one of the […]

Grandaddy has announced their 20th-anniversary celebration of their classic second LP, 2000’s The Sophtware Slump. But there’s a twist: What if main songwriter Jason Lytle performed the whole album, alone, on a literal wooden piano? The Sophtware Slump ….. on a wooden piano will be released digitally and as part of a 4-LP boxed set The […]

Starting Over, the highly anticipated new studio album from Chris Stapleton, is out November 13 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available for pre-order/pre-save. Written by Stapleton and Mike Henderson, “Starting Over” begins an album of startling prescience—completed in late February only days before the shutdown began. Across its fourteen tracks are songs that […]

Renowned gospel blues singer-guitarist Reverend John Wilkins shares his spellbinding spiritual “Walk With Me” via video. Check it out below. “‘Walk With Me’ is an old song that my Daddy use to set up in the house and play with my Mother, who would be on tambourine,” says Reverend Wilkins. “It was one of the first […]

For better or worse, the career trajectory of North Carolina’s The Avett Brothers has been an interesting one to follow. After developing a reputation as a raw, emotions-on-their-sleeves, highly energetic folk group, the Avett Brothers joined forces with mega-producer Rick Rubin starting with 2009’s I and Love and You. Since then, the Avett’s have been […]

Last week in an almost entirely empty H&M in downtown Chicago,, a few teenagers milled about the section marked SALE, perusing inexpensive chic clothes marketed directly at them. Over the speakers, sandwiched between The Weeknd and a certain Tik Tok song, played Widowspeak’s “Even True Love”. That single, the most recent from Widowspeak’s fifth album […]

New Orleans garage-psych outfit Silver Synthetic are excited to announce the Out Of The Darkness EP, coming October 2, 2020 digitally via Third Man Records. The group has shared the tuneful, krautrock-inflected title track as a first taste of the music — listen below, and pre-save the EP HERE. Stay tuned for a brand new […]