Archive: 2020

A cast of legends comes together for a surprising, emotional film experience.

At the intersection of comedy and metal sits Jordan Olds, more popularly known by his alter ego, Gwarsenio Hall. With a single season of his online series, Two Minutes to Late Night, a heavy metal send up of traditional late night comedy shows, Olds showed the world that the two seemingly disparate conditions of brutality […]

Not just a gospel singing group, The Sons of the Soul Revivers are a bonafide band, its lineup complete with guitar, bass and drums in addition to three main vocalists. This sturdy instrumental backbone only adds to the rousing effect of Songs We’ll Always Sing so that, intentionally or not, the album serves as homage […]

Idle Joy’s second album, Your Stars, is straight rock-n-roll. There’s no affectation, waffling, or masquerading of any genre; just rock-n-roll. The California band’s debut eponymous album was released in 2019 just after changing their name from Mendonesia, which was lead singer Tom Conneely’s original solo project. Conneely started performing under that moniker in San Francisco and […]

This July 4th weekend marks the fifth anniversary of the greatest “final act” (with all due respect to The Last Waltz) in rock history when the surviving members of the Grateful Dead celebrated the iconic band’s 50th anniversary at Soldier Field in Chicago with a trio of concerts officially titled: “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 […]

In the mid-’90s one of the coolest and forward musically groups to arrive on the then-burgeoning west coast groove scene was the sleek funk outfit The Greyboy Allstars. So now in 2020, while promoting Como De Allstars, their first album in seven years, guitarist Elgin Park stated, “For better or worse we are the same […]

It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. The Dexateens have been around since 1998. Okay, that requires a bit of a disclaimer since the band took a hiatus from 2010 to 2013. Still, the band has been rocking for a long time, and their fans are probably happy that they are about to release a […]

With the release of his first solo album after six years with the band Midnight North (feat. Grahame Lesh), Alex Jordan offers strong evidence towards solidifying his own musical personality. The Subtle Exhibitionist may not always sound wholly original, but the music usually transcends easy comparisons because its multi-instrumentalist/composer creator is more urbane than he […]

The year is 2020 and the world as we know it is a burning dumpster fire. Each month of the year has brought a new plague, social unrest, or environmental disaster. In these seemingly dystopian times, there’s nothing better than escaping Earth entirely and venturing off into space. Sometimes a futuristic escape is just what […]

The Avett Brothers have announced The Third Gleam, the highly-anticipated third installment in their ongoing Gleam series, to be released August 28 on Loma Vista Recordings. The album marks a return to The Avett Brothers’ roots, both sonically and in form with Seth and Scott Avett playing as a trio with longtime bassist Bob Crawford, […]

Surviving members of The Allman Brothers BAnd came together Tuesday, March 10 as The Brothers for an acclaimed, sold-out, one-night-only show celebrating 50 years of the iconic American band’s legacy at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In partnership with nugs.net–the leading live music platform for concert recordings and live streams-the “50th Anniversary Celebration of The Allman Brothers Band’‘ is now […]

The Grateful Dead has shared an unexpected treat from their fans and its called The Angel’s Share. Compiled from dozens of 16-track reels that were recently discovered in unlabeled boxes, THE ANGEL’S SHARE includes outtakes for every song on the Workingman’s Dead album, which have been unheard since they left the studio over 50 years […]

Secretly Canadian has shared ‘The Mission’s End’, a new track from an upcoming Jason Molina record called Eight Gates, out 7th August 2020. The album is the last collection of solo recordings Molina made before he passed away from complications related to alcoholism in 2013. In 2007 Jason Molina moved from the Midwest to London. […]

Songwriting has always been a form of therapy for Michael McArthur. Over the past decade, the Florida native has filled a handful of EPs with his own mix of raw soul and lushly layered folk, working with producers like David Bianco (Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams) and Greg Wells (Adele, One Republic) along the way. His […]

Treva Blomquist was a finalist in the first songwriting competition she ever entered—the 2005 Kerrville New Folk Competition—joining the ranks of such distinguished past winners as Lyle Lovett and Shawn Colvin. The following year, she received recognition in the USA Songwriting Competition’s folk category. However, her greatest prize still awaited; the Grand Prize at the […]

New York-based record label Youngbloods presents Violent Flowers, a glistening collection of Experimental Dream Pop from Israeli singer, songwriter, and film composer Zoe Polanski. Written in collaboration with producer Aviad Zinemanas, Violent Flowers (due out July 17th) uses Polanski’s tranquilizing voice as a guide across a vibrant landscape of inner musings that reflect her visual, […]

Washed Out’s Purple Noon, his first full-length in three years, will be available on CD/LP/CS/DSPs on August 7th, 2020 worldwide through Sub Pop. The 10-track effort which features the lead single “Time to Walk Away,” along with standouts “Too Late,” and “Paralyzed,” was produced and recorded by Ernest Greene and mixed by Ben H. Allen […]

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Orchestra Baobab—one of Africa’s most celebrated dance bands—World Circuit Records is reissuing the group’s seminal 2002 reunion album Specialist In All Styles on vinyl for the first time ever. The reissue is out Sept 25. Along with the announcement the group is premiering a live performance of the song “Jiin Ma Jiin Ma” […]