Archive: 2021

Check out an utterly captivating new single “Dog Has Its Day” from Brooklyn-based indie-rock duo Toledo. A project that oozes melodic brilliance and a tight grasp on easy and dialed indie music, TOLEDO is enigmatic in their ability to combine strong lyricism, dynamic melody, warm instrumentation and a sense of psychedelic fusion that draws us […]

Montreal-based musician Paul Jacobs returns with a music video – which he drew, animated and directed himself – for “Half Rich Loner,” a rambling road runner classic in the style of 60s icons Canned Heat and JJ Cale. Following a prolific run of garage rock releases and an album and EP with his band Pottery […]

Today, Japanese quartet CHAI are thrilled to announce their new album, WINK, out May 21st on Sub Pop (PRE-ORDER). Ahead of its release, they present lead single/video “ACTION.” Their third full-length and first for Sub Pop, WINK contains CHAI’s mellowest and most minimal music, and also their most affecting and exciting songwriting by far. WINK […]

On Friday, January 22, the 9th Annual She Rocks Awards will livestream their ceremony, honoring eleven artists who have made a positive, distinguishable mark in music. Nancy Wilson of Heart is among the amazing women being paid tribute to (others include The Go-Go’s Kathy Valentine, Cindy Blackman Santana, Cherie Currie, Amy Lee and Starr Parodi). […]

Albuquerque quartet Prism B!tch recall an explosive melodic sound that growls with a Nirvana-styled irritated kick and a white noise whirl of guitar and drums. Not since The Breeders melted ears with “Cannonball” has there been such a potent three-quarters female rock band. Prism B!tch will be making a bold statement guaranteed to make many […]

Many of us approach adulthood kicking and screaming, but responsibilities, and the reality of aging, is beyond our control. Marriage, mounting bills, careers, and having kids slowly usher us through to the other side. However, Seattle-based indie duo Weeknites isn’t going out to the 30- something pasture without a big bang. The band’s debut album, […]

Spencer Burton has always been strongly connected to the natural world. An Ontario boy raised across the great expanse of Canada, Spencer carries with him an insatiable wanderlust and deep respect for nature. After years of living mostly in the city between long touring stints, Spencer was feeling drained and uninspired. The constant hum of […]

Best Comedic Actors Of The Millennium Laughter is the best medicine. It’s an important part of human life, and it offers lots of endless benefits. Comedy brings laughter to people, and that’s its most important element. Comedic actors help make movies lively and add some humor to the film industry. For example, a fun film […]

Odd Postures is a Toronto based indie-electronic rock band composed of drummer Calvin Castellino, guitarist Mark Anderson, and singer/keyboardist Matthew O’Halloran. Check out the crafty and nostalgic new single “Gymnasium” from Odd Postures. Built on an inviting and sturdy vocal performance, by  O’Halloran, we find powerful harmonies colliding on the back of a restrained and warm […]

Mickey Newball is back with a luscious and fresh new single, “Ruby Jean” (below). The Santa Cruz multi-instrumentalist shines here, singing with an explosive strength with a tasteful array of psychedelic synthesizers and colorful guitar stylings. Trying to pinpoint Newball to a genre is tiresome as this musical shapeshifter moves from eras and soundscapes with […]

A self-described clairvoyant massage therapist lit the spark for The Watters’ third album Intuition, which is due out this Friday, January 23rd. Daniel and Jenna Watters – schoolmates turned band mates turned soul mates, whose adventurous path is woven through four megalopolises (Los Angeles, Denver, Nashville, and Austin) and features repeated codas back to Sedona, […]

This trio, The Burnt Pines, first came together in a Lisbon, Portugal recording studio in the summer of 2018, with two of them having met prior to that at Boston’s esteemed Berklee School of Music. They are Danish-born singer and lyricist Kris Skovmand, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Flanders, and Portuguese-born keyboard player and arranger Miguel […]

Recorded in July 2019, just two months before the passing of great pianist and composer Harold Mabern, Thank You, Mr. Mabern! features the leader, bassist Leon Lee Dorsey, and drummer Mike Clark in a trio. This posthumous release is not only Dorsey’s personal farewell to the beloved Mabern, but marks six decades of music from […]

Lutalo is a 21-year-old multi-instrumentalist and producer. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lutalo established themselves as a songwriter and producer at an early stage and set out to create visually evoking music. Lutalo builds from the ground up to create something new yet familiar. Check out the trippy and enchanting new single “Warned Her” from […]

DeMeir is a product of an environment that most could not imagine. His extraordinary life has been compiled with moments of love, loss, and trauma. Hailing from Paterson, New Jersey, one of the most violent cities in America, Demeir has been able to translate his experiences to soul-warming tales and melodies that will keep you yearning for […]

With fifty years having elapsed since ZZ Top’s debut studio album (released 1/16/71), the wide fame the group garnered via Eliminator in the early Eighties seems to exist in a time warp. But the trio curried incremental favor with the public in the interim between those two aforementioned milestones: their first top-ten album, 1973’s Tres […]

Before Neal Casal took his own life in August 2019, one of the final wishes he stipulated was for a book to be created from the photos he had taken over the years. The result is Tomorrow’s Sky: Photographs by Neal Casal, proceeds from the sale of which benefit the nonprofit music Foundation that bears […]