Archive: 2021

SPRINTS are a four piece alternative rock group based in Dublin, Ireland. Combining emotive honest lyricism with raw and raucous guitars, they’re unique rock sound takes influences from post-punk and beyond. Check out the lo-fi rock delight, “Modern Job” from SPRINTS. Topical and quite unassumingly refreshing, Karla Chubb vocally attacks the track with riveting lyrics and possessing cadence. […]

Sweedish alt rocker Paul Bäcklin has recently announced his debut album Something To Die To. Previously known as the front person of the Sony/Gain signed stoner rock/Americana band The Diamond Man Clan, Bäcklin is turning a new musical leaf that showcases him as a musical chameleon churning out blue eyed soul and street yard folk. […]

Boston’s Hush Club creates dreamlike downtempo indie pop that swerves with the static flair of Nada Surf while incorporating a lush song brevity. Composed of Chris Haley (guitar, vocals), Liz Kantor (keys, vocals), and Alasdair MacKenzie (drums, bass, vocals), the trio is releasing its haunting new album Fingerprints and Stains on November 12th. Examining the […]

Earthless returns with their new album Night Parade of One Hundred Demons on January 28 via Nuclear Blast, along with a winter tour kicking off January 27th at Los Angeles’ The Echo. The latest from the San Diego-based psych rock power trio — Isaiah Mitchell (guitar & vocals), Mike Eginton (bass) and Mario Rubalcaba (drums) — was was recorded with Rubalcaba’s childhood friend Ben Moore, who’s […]

Known world-wide for his disco-infused electronic music, indie dance mainstay Woolfy (Simon James) is back with a new sound and direction with “Shooting Stars,” a shimmering psych-rock tinged pop track. With the single also comes the announcement of Woolfy’s upcoming EP Shooting Stars out December 3rd on Ritual Release, featuring remixes courtesy of art rockers Django Django and daytime disco legend Turbotito. With “Shooting […]

If you were one of the lucky attendees at the intimate Chevalier Theater in Medford, Massachusetts on November 5th, you can say that you witnessed a dynamic double bill featuring living blues legend Buddy Guy and legend in the making, Samantha Fish. At 85 years old, Buddy Guy has lived it just as he’s talked […]

Just over a year since its last release, Bristol quintet IDLES returns with another sonic assault. Crawler picks up where last year’s Ultra Mono left off, with fourteen tracks of aggressive, politically charged rock music. At its best, IDLES melds punk ferocity with the experimentation and noise of alternative and post-punk into an interesting and […]

The newest offering from Gov’t Mule finds the foursome focusing on the blues via covers and Warren Haynes penned originals which sit comfortably side by side throughout Heavy Load Blues. While this might be the Mule’s first full blues album, the long running band has been infatuated with the genre since they formed, covering Willie […]

This autumn, Chris Jagger released two significant projects, including his personal memoir, Talking To Myself, and his first album since 2017’s All The Best, Mixing Up The Medicine. The creation of both took the pandemic in stride and honed in on the multi-talented artist’s goals that had been percolating for some time, with the idea […]

Though JonQuan is relatively new to the reggae scene, you’d never know it by listening to the music on the upcoming EASY STAR PRESENTS: JONQUAN & ASSOCIATES. Working closely with two-time GRAMMY winner Victor Rice (Easy Star All-Stars, Bixiga 70, Ticklah), JonQuan has fashioned an album’s worth of brand-new tunes that evoke the power and […]

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats brought sounds from ‘The Future’ — the band’s latest highly regarded release – to a series of album release shows around the NYC area, wrapping up with a final night at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on November 6, 2021.

Oregon-based Margo Cilker’s debut is a well-lived, road-worn collection of songs that transcend genre, dipping in and out of folk, Americana and modern roots offering a nearly flawless record from the opening track on. Geographically, “That River” starts off in the Pacific Northwest but across the album, Cilker takes her characters down South, up through […]

When you tell someone you are going to a Drive-By Truckers show you get one of two responses. It is either, “cool, that should be an awesome show” or “they worth seeing live?” The answer to the second response is trickier than one would think. On the surface, they look like a southern rock band […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on You Get It All, the new album from Hayes Carll, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Flip Rushmore’s debut album, Big, If True, spent 21 weeks on the Muzooka College Radio Charts and peaked at No. 70 in late 2019. Buoyed by the minor Spotify success of bittersweet single “That Hollow Sound,” the Minneapolis indie rock band was featured on more than 100 terrestrial stations across North America.  Crank up the new high-octane […]

St. Paul & The Broken Bones have announced a lengthy 30-date 2022 US tour to support their forthcoming album and ATO Records debut The Alien Coast, out January 28. The tour features some of the biggest headlining shows yet for the blazing Alabama 8-piece, including a performance at The Beacon Theatre in New York City on March […]

NRBQ frontman Terry Adams is pleased to hear that his band’s latest album, Dragnet (out on November 12th via Omnivore Records) seems uplifting, despite being created during these dark times. “That’s the highest compliment you could give us,” he says.  The way Adams sees it, keeping a positive attitude is part of his job description. […]

London-based band Dry Cleaning continues their incredible year with a spring 2022 North American tour. Their debut album, New Long Leg, out now via 4AD, is one of 2021’s most praised albums thus far, championed by The New York Times, Pitchfork, New Yorker, Entertainment Weekly, and more. Since its release, the band has completely sold out their US fall run, which starts this Wednesday […]

For the second show of their three nights run at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl on November 5th the Drive-By Truckers delivered their workman-like rock and roll with the power and grace that makes them one of the most consistently great live bands in the land.  First Buffalo Nichols opened the night as the Austin, TX based […]