Archive: 2020

Continuing celebrations around the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival this year, R.E.M.’s historic headline set from the Pyramid Stage in 1999 will be released globally next Thursday (August 6). Fans can tune in for the YouTube premiere at 8:00pm BST / 3:00pm EST here. On June 25, 1999, shortly into their European Summer tour and at the […]

Coming off of 2019’s highly regarded debut LP Drogal, the Dublin based post-punk band Fontaines D.C. return with their follow up – A Hero’s Death. The band has eased back on the tempo from their debut as their tightly wound dark rock dips into various gloomy territories, painting morose scenes as it goes. Led by […]

Medeski Martin & Wood have traveled a most intriguing career path over the course of their near-thirty years together. Since their formation as an unusually ambitious jazz trio through the blossoming as groovemeisters in the next decade than on to today’s de facto hiatus, the threesome has followed its collective instincts as unerringly as they […]

Long-time admirers of Paul Kelly know to expect the unexpected from the brilliant Australian composer, performer and recording artist. Still, Please Leave Your Light On may surprise even died-in-the-wool fans as much as those music lovers only familiar with the man through the anthology issued earlier this year, Songs From the South Greatest Hits 1985-2019, […]

On the eve of his 80th birthday, the trumpet great Eddie Henderson is releasing his 26th album as a leader, and with over 100 appearances as a sideman, he is nearing a discography of 130.  That’s impressive enough but Henderson continues to have two careers, one as psychiatrist and the other as a musician. With […]

Nashville recording artist Colleen Orender’s new music has been called “a sultry jazz dream with pop sensibilities and a touch of James Bond” by NPR when she was part of their recent “10 Artists to Add from Nashville” feature. A touring jazz and blues artist for decades, Orender turns venues into smoldering 1930s Mississippi juke […]

Whether it’s famous sports players extolling the virtues of their favorite artist or a group of fans adopting a song as their own, music and sport have been, and forever will be, inextricably joined at the hip. Hockey is no different, with everyone from the NHL teams to KHL fans picking out their favorite tracks […]

The Five Top Las Vegas Music Venues Las Vegas is a top destination for music lovers, attracting some of the biggest names in the business to its theatres, lounges and music halls. From glitzy big-name residencies at famous casino resorts to intimate spaces featuring alternative and up and coming talent, Vegas has it all. You […]

Marilyn Manson has announced the release of his eleventh studio album We Are Chaos out September 11 via Loma Vista Recordings. Produced by GRAMMY® Award winner Shooter Jennings [Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker] and Manson, the ten-track opus was written, recorded, and finished before a pandemic blanketed us all. Manson heralds the record’s arrival with the title […]

The highly anticipated Swans documentary Where Does a Body End? is due out 9/11 via DVD, Blu-ray, and Deluxe Blu-ray. Where Does a Body End? is an intimate portrait of the band Swans from their roots as a brutal, confrontational post-punk band that emerged from the same early 1980s era NYC that gave us Sonic Youth (and, […]

Los Angeles post-hardcore band Touché Amoré will release their fifth studio album, Lament on October 9 via Epitaph Since their formation in 2007, Touché Amoré has been burrowing through angst, alienation, cancer, and death throughout four adored studio albums. After over a decade of working through darkness, Lament, finds the light at the end of the tunnel. The album arrives as the […]

The core duo of guitarist/vocalist Stef Johnson and drummer Jodi Dunlop established that now-signature sonic foundation with their heralded debut, Desire’s Despair, and its follow-up, Still Life on Fire. The pair became known for their delectable rock-rooted, reverb-drenched dream pop that perfectly meshes modern vibes with vintage charm. Dunlop and Johnson first united through a […]

Last year Charley Crockett released The Valley, an album of 16 songs that was recorded before he had open-heart surgery. It showed his abilities as a songwriter and storyteller. Not only that, it showed that he is a country musician that is worthy of your attention. It would have been easy for Crockett to rest […]

It’s been about five years since the Raleigh-based roots rock band Jack the Radio last put out a record and they have clearly been inspired by the break (though members have been involved in other musical projects in the interim). Creatures, their latest LP, is their most musically diverse set of songs yet, adding influences […]

In the world of drum/percussion visionaries and virtuosos, Rob Silverman’s name certainly belongs on the top of the list. Silverman’s new album, Drumology, available October 15, via Autumn Hill Records. Silverman engages with a dream-come-true roster of the world’s greatest drummers for a series of electrifying percussive dialogues. The album includes Gregg Bissonette, Steve Smith, Simon Phillips, Dave Weckl, John Blackwell and Casey Adams, Silverman’s […]

Five Sports Films That Never Get Old The English Premier League came to a conclusion over the weekend, Euro 2020 has been delayed 12 months, the rest of MLB season is a big question mark and the Olympics are delayed too. Fortunately, there’s a treasure trove of good sports films and documentaries on Netflix right […]

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Lera Lynn is back with On My Own, out October 23 (Ruby Range Records/Ingrooves), the follow up to her 2018 critically acclaimed duets album Plays Well With Others (Single Lock). With this record, Lynn has taken the reins and emerged with a fully realized breakthrough: Lynn wrote, sang, produced and recorded On My […]

When he isn’t holding down a solid groove playing bass or writing the occasional Texas Music Chart #1 (“Last Last Chance”) with the Randy Rogers Band, Johnny “Chops” Richardson is charting his own path through the muddy waters of a soul-soaked roots rock revival. Richardson brings a homespun voice and relentless songwriting nods to troubadours […]