Archive: 2020

Today Fontaines D.C. have shared a new song and accompanying music video. A live favorite, “Televised Mind” heaves, drones, and churns – a perfect embodiment of the bruised and battered – albeit beautiful – throughline on the band’s forthcoming LP, ‘A Hero’s Death’ (out July 31 via Partisan).  Check it out below…. Fontaines D.C. frontman […]

The Ascension, the eighth solo studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens—and the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s Carrie & Lowell—is set for release September 25 on Asthmatic Kitty Records. “America,” the album’s debut single, is out this Friday, July 3 at 9:00 a.m. ET alongside a video—stream “America” which an be seen here. SUFJAN STEVENS—THE ASCENSION Make Me An Offer […]

Round Eye, the experimental, sax wielding, freak punk outfit have accrued a loud and controversial name for themselves since forming in 2012. The Shanghai based group has as of late been a crucial force in bridging a wide gap between the eastern and western hemispheres of DIY punk rock. Along with blazing a trail all over the […]

A post-punk noise/pop band from NYC formed in 1986, Flower was a staple of the NYC underground scene carved out by Sonic Youth, Live Skull, and Swans, utilizing the noise element of the aforementioned artists to deepen the textures of more classically oriented pop/rock songs. They disbanded in 1990, leaving one EP and two albums […]

Willie Nelson spends the majority of First Rose Of Spring gazing back over his life with the nostalgic perspective of a man approaching ninety years of age. The placid tone of its title track sets the stage for this thematic arrangement. The simplicity of its structure and his emotional delivery evoke memories of the country singer’s first […]

Pianist Julian Shore immerses the listener in journeys, both physical and emotional, as he assembles a stellar band, capable of conveying his deeply personal observations on Where We Started. Many of the players have long-standing shared histories. Shore has toured, performed, and recorded with saxophonists Caroline Davis (4 tracks) and Oded Tzur (closing track only) in their own groups. […]

Born in 1946 in North England, Trevor Midgley has always loved words and word-play, reflected in stage-names too: C.J.T. Midgley first took the stage in The Raiders, who laid four tracks in a BBC studio while in their teens. (They had a roaring reunion in Leeds in 2001.) As Beau, he released two albums for […]

Over the course of five albums, indie folksinger Eliot Bronson has created his own brand of acclaimed Americana. He’s an award winner. A road warrior. An internationally-renowned musician with a voice that swoons and sweeps, making fans out of everyone from his hometown newspaper, The Baltimore Sun — who championed Bronson from the very start, […]

Even before the potentially game-changing releases of Irishman, 1917, and the return of the beloved series The Crown, 2019 was threatening to lay down a tough marker for the forthcoming year. Blockbusters like Joker exploited powerful and controversial themes to provoke an outpour of emotion whereas others like Transit and A Hidden Life encouraged audiences to […]

On July 24th, Matador will reissue Spoon’s debut album Telephono and Soft Effects EP, making the two records available individually on vinyl and CD for the first time since their original release in 1996/1997. A silkscreen cover edition of Soft Effects will also be available, limited to 500 copies on red and blue vinyl each. […]

It is a bright, spring day. Your morning cup of coffee is warm in your hands as you turn on the TV to find that there has been a nuclear accident, and everything you know and love will be gone in twenty minutes. You look outside at your suburban neighborhood and suddenly, your world is […]

Dennis DeYoung is speaking his mind, loudly and clearly: about the band he formed in his basement with friends Chuck and John Panozzo; about politics and the news media; about the music business; about the state of rock & roll and radio airplay; about his new album and video. Whatever you ask him about, DeYoung […]

Public Enemy helped kick off the 20th Annual BET Awards tonight, Sunday, June 28, 2020 with a powerful performance of their anthem “Fight The Power,” intercut with protest footage and guest performances. Chuck D and Flavor Flav were joined by PE members DJ Lord, S1Ws and Professor Griff for the 2020 tribute to the classic which also featured new verses by Nas, Rapsody, Black […]

Willie Nelson’s annual 4th of July Picnic will be taking place in new environs this year. On July 4th, starting at 3:30 pm Central, fans will be able to enjoy interviews with characters from the Picnic’s past, and see new, live performances from their favorite Luck Family artists. This year, Luck Productions was set to […]

Primus has relaunched their A Tribute to Kings tour to 2021 after it was postponed twice in 2020. Following the January death of Neil Peart (which seems like ages ago), Primus wanted to pay respects to one of their primary influences as the cover Rush’s 1977 LP A Farewell to Kings. Special guests for the […]

As first conceived by guitarist/vocalist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody while members of The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule was intended to recall seminal power trios such as the James Gang, Mountain, Cream, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. After recruiting Matt Abts on drums (like Haynes a member of Dickey Betts’ band circa 1988’s […]

The Petty Family will release Tom’s 8 track demo of Tom Petty’s classic 1994 song “You Don’t Know How It Feels” which will be part of a forthcoming Wildflowers project on Warner Records. The demo, recorded in his home studio, is stunning and intimate. The song, well known for the lyric “Let’s Get To The […]

Today, The Secret Machines have revealed Awake in the Brain Chamber, the band’s fourth LP and first new release in nearly 12 years. The album will be available globally, on all streaming platforms, on Friday, August 21. Limited-edition vinyl will be available this Fall (pre-order here). Featuring the experimental, space rock sounds that are revered and […]