Archive: 2021

Childhood friends Cale Chronister and Christian Theriot have come to realize that life can change at any second. Perspectives are reshaped, relationships rise or fall, and home is anywhere you want it to be. For indie-pop duo Sports, it’s the intricacies of their lifelong friendship, the victories, and shortcomings of growing up, and the lessons […]

Dominique Fils-Aimé is a Polaris Music prize-nominated singer-songwriter from Montreal who draws inspiration from soul icons of the ’40s and ’60s such as Billie Holiday, Etta James, and Nina Simone. While her musical roots are grounded in early soul and jazz, her sound transcends contemporary urban soundscapes. Check out the stunning new single “While We […]

On January 22nd, Omnivore Recordings released the Destiny Street Complete collection in CD and digital formats, featuring the work of Richard Hell and The Voidoids, which explores the entire “saga” of the Punk album Destiny Street and the definitive remixed version of that work. The album, which follows 1977’s Blank Generation, was recorded in 1981 […]

The Luxurious Faux Furs is a duo that started in New York, which seems like a pretty fitting place for a garage-rock duo. The band has since moved to New Orleans, and their adoptive hometown seems to have affected their music. Granted, you’ll still hear a lot of garage rock, but now that rock sound […]

If the pandemic has done anything good, it’s given people a chance to do things they had been wanting to do. Guitarist Joel Hoekstra had already begun his latest album, Running Games, with his Joel Hoekstra’s 13 project prior to lockdown but with touring on hold, it freed him up to really dig in and […]

Like many, this writer was first introduced to multi-instrumentalist Jared Tyler through his longtime work as trusted sideman for singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe. Now Tyler leads a collaborative project with fellow Okies, most of which are familiar names to those who closely follow roots music. They slide guitarist and luthier Seth Lee Jones, who has been […]

Sol Chase and Jared Huskey have always found Texas’s “thing” for armadillos to be a little paradoxical. “They’re kind of glorified here,” Huskey explains. “Supposedly, their shells represent our state’s strength. But nine times out of ten, you see them dead on the side of the road.” Chase, a Bluegrass aficionado, and Huskey, a self-described rambler with […]

Guided by instinct and gifted with a seismic voice, fast-rising Atlantic Records signee Charlotte Cardin pens personal anthems about life and love without a filter. Following the success of her Big Boy EP across Canada, she made waves worldwide with her major label and US debut Main Girl EP. Check out the chic and moody new […]

Check out the enticing and psychedelic new single “Astronaut”  (below) from Australian pop-rocker Jaguar Jonze. Blanketed in synthesizers and warm bass tone, Deenya Lynch sings with dynamic range, undoubted passion, and emotional vulnerability. Shades of Lorde and Lana Del Rey grace this elevated songstress that might very well be the next big player in the […]

Sometimes the Southernly soulful Chris Robinson can do some mighty crazy things with his vocals that others can’t even quite come close to doing. Case in mind- a recently unearthed version of The Black Crowes’ taking on John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy.” This version was cut in 1990 just following their debut release Shake Your Money […]

Jenny Kern is a Canadian born and Brooklyn based singer-songwriter with a magnetic vocal style and emotive lyricism. Kern gained prompt global attention in 2019 after the release of her debut single “Slow Burn.” Check out the haunting and cinematic new single “Coming Back For Me” from Jenny Kern.  Kern merges pop-sensibility and a keen sense […]

On top of everything going on in the world, 2020 saw the birth of Tim Williams’ second daughter, just before having his fourth heart surgery. The nine songs on Quiet Canyons’ self-titled debut album were written and recorded in the span of just two weeks, solely by Williams in Los Angeles. This process allowed him to gain […]

Thee Scared Souls has entered 2021 on a bright note, with the digital release and new video for their song “It’s Our Love.” The track was originally found as the b-side to their recent “Will I See You Again“ 45” which was released January 8th, has sold out three times, and is currently on its 4th pressing. The […]

Amanda Shires is debuting “Our Problem” featuring a host of world-renowned female artists including Cyndi Lauper, Angie Stone, K.Flay, Lilly Hiatt, Linda Perry, Morgane Stapleton, Nona Hendryx, Peaches and Valerie June. Check it out below.. The track also features Sheryl Crow on bass, Jason Isbell on guitar, Peter Levin on keys and Chris Powell on drums, and is out today on the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. “I’m very grateful to have so many of […]

In October 2018, Robert Glasper settled into the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City for a month-long residency several nights of which featured the new dream team collective R+R=NOW with Glasper on keys, Terrace Martin on synthesizer, vocoder, and alto saxophone, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on trumpet, Derrick Hodge on bass, Taylor McFerrin on synthesizer, and Justin Tyson on drums. The band had recently released their debut […]

Today, the Nashville-based singer/songwriter Elise Davis announced her third studio album Anxious. Happy. Chill. will be released on April 16 via Tone Tree. Davis released “Yellow Bed,” following the release of three singles in 2020 (“Ladybug,” “The Grid,” and “Flame Color”) that will appear on the forthcoming album. Pre-save the album now via Spotify.  Check out “Yellow Bed” “I lived alone for a very long […]

Nightmarish and beautiful, the feature debut from Fernanda Valadez is absolutely unforgettable.