Archive: 2021

Today, Neil Young has announced the release of Way Down in the Rust Bucket, a never-before released, incendiary and essential live album and concert film documenting a legendary 1990 show with Crazy Horse in Santa Cruz, California. Available for pre-order today and out on February 26, 2021, Way Down in the Rust Bucket features the debut public performances and much of […]

Built To Spill side-project Boise Cover Band has announced the first-ever digital & vinyl release of its sole album, Unoriginal Artists (due March 19, 2021 via Ernest Jenning Record Co.). To ring in the announcement, they’ve shared their version of David Bowie‘s “Ashes To Ashes.” Check it out below… The one-off project convened in 2002 to record seven covers of everyone from David Bowie to Captain Beefheart […]

Mike Dillon has spent the last three decades playing well over 200 shows a year with both his own band, as well as a vibraphonist and percussionist with artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Les Claypool and Ani DiFranco. So when the pandemic hit in early 2020 forcing Dillon off the road, he instinctively directed his perpetually restless creative energy […]

Today, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois has shared a new song, “Power.” The track is the second single from Lanois’ forthcoming album Heavy Sun, and features lyrics affirming the strength of unity and cooperation, backed by spacious organ chords, chiming guitars and flourishes of synthesizer. Heavy Sun will be available on March 19th, the […]

Melvins drummer Dale Crover flexes his musical muscles for his latest solo release.

Maybe some dreams are too good to die.

The 11-track debut record Radio Astro from Hearty Har, due out in February on BMG, is the work of rockers who are seasoned beyond their years and live up to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lineage with a strand of that DNA they can truly call their own. The sons of Creedence Clearwater Revival mastermind […]

A new documentary takes us inside the attempts to destroy the reputation of one of our greatest heroes.

Composer, orchestrator, and arranger Jeremy Levy will be waiting to hear whether a song from his latest album, The Planets: Reimagined, will win a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella at this year’s ceremony on March 14th. The song, “Uranus: The Magician” is part of a wider Jazz interpretation of Gustav Holst’s […]

Miss Lava is a band from Lisbon that has produced three albums of groove-laden heavy rock. Doom Machine is the band’s fourth studio album and it gives you plenty of what you would expect from a band on Small Stone Records. Namely, it gives you heavy doses of loud guitar and beats that are sure […]

Film making is an art in itself in which the viewers are given the privilege to look at the world through the director’s eyes. Movies and documentaries have been a stellar part of our pop culture and have made a significant impact on its viewers. It isn’t surprising, therefore, that several avenues revere the filmmaker […]

The Assignment, directed by Walter Hill, is a thriller film that was launched in 2017 and it has everything a crime movies fan would look after: crimes, twists, revenge, thriller, a lot of action. Even though the story may sound simple, it is indeed coming with profound explanations that shed a light on the universe […]

In an age where artists get caught up with keeping up with the times and fitting into the conversation, Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal make music for grown folks with their real, authentic songwriting. On March 26, 2021, Hoyer and his musical cohorts will release Natural Born Hustler, his fifth full-length album of timeless songs […]

Nashville outsider country artist JP Harris just dropped his new single, “Take Off Your Tinfoil Hats”. It’s an indictment of our always connected world on the internet and a funny look at how conspiracy theories just keep spreading everywhere. He dropped it on Instagram recently and it went viral with over 250k views and Pink […]

Big Thief has only been around for five years or so, but in that short time frontwoman, Adrianne Lenker has built the band into one of the most consistently astonishing groups playing today while simultaneously dividing her time between maintaining an almost equally great solo career. Her bandmate and ex-husband Buck Meek, often offers backing […]

SunDog is a psychedelic garage rock trio from Chugiak, Alaska. The band formed in 2015 with the sole purpose of winning their high school band competition, which of course they did. Since their early days, SunDog has been building a loyal fan base with their steady stream of releases and quirky live performances. Their sophomore album Cabin Fever is […]

Teen Mortgage formed in early 2017 in Washington DC. The Garage Rock duo immediately earned local recognition after playing their first show with Acid Dad and IAN SWEET and their second gig supporting Ron Gallo. Teen Mortgage began touring the east coast and garnered support slots with notable bands Surf Curse, Big Business, Alex Lahey, The Chats, Bass Drum of Death, JEFF The Brotherhood, Mike Krol, […]

Mackenzie Shivers was stuck on Cape Cod. At the onset of the worldwide pandemic, Shivers, along with her husband, decamped to the Cape from their home in Queens, intent on waiting out the proverbial storm at a family friend’s vacant oceanside home. They soon realized they might be waiting a long time and, for the […]

Amsterdam’s Altin Gün have released their vibrant new single “Yüce Dağ Başında” today. The flirtatious dance track features lead vocals by frontwoman Merve Dasdemir showcases the new synth-driven Europop direction the band explores on its forthcoming new record Yol, due out February 26 on ATO Records. Check it out below… Amsterdam’s Altin Gün have built a strong reputation for fusing past […]