Influential Rockers Bloodkin Return With 15 Song Double LP ‘Black Market Tango’
Bloodkin has returned with its first new release in over a decade. Black Market Tango – a 15 song, double album will be released on April 16, 2021 on Cosmo Sex School Records and is Athens, GA-based Daniel Hutchens and Eric Carter’s first album of new material in over a decade. Bloodkin has premiered their first single, “John Coltrane In Nagasaki” […]
Dinosaur Jr. Return With Kurt Vile Co-Produced New LP ‘Sweep It Into Space’ On 4/23
Dinosaur Jr. return with Sweep It Into Space, their new album out April 23rd on Jagjaguwar, and a new single, “I Ran Away.” Sweep It Into Space is their first new collection of music since 2016’s Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, continuing what is perhaps the greatest “second act” of any band ever. Originally scheduled for mid-2020, this record’s temporal trajectory […]
Rebounder Takes Indie Traditions To Multidimensional Extremes (INTERVIEW)
Indie rock is a genre that’s been recently subverted by teenagers left unattended with a microphone and cheap production software – leading the genre astray from its roots. Dylan Chenfeld’s Rebounder has been brewing a sound that is at the heart of alternative rock while crafting music that’s multidimensional. Describing the project in a sentence, […]
SONG PREMIERE: Woodlock Creates Dynamic Gusty Soundscapes On “The Watchmaker”
New Zealand-born brothers Zech Walters and Eze Walters struck up a friendship with Bowen Purcell after moving to Australia. In search of adventure, the three traveled around the country busking, before eventually settling in Melbourne. Woodlock’s international profile kicked off with headline tours through the Philippines, China, and Canada off the back of the standout […]
SONG PREMIERE/INTERVIEW: Melody Duncan Balances Enchanting Vocals and Whistling with Charming Folk Tune “Cardinal”
Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Melody Duncan cut her teeth on music at a very early age. Listening to bluegrass, rock ’n’ roll, church songs, Celtic music, and classical compositions, Duncan enjoyed a wide variety of inspirations from early on. Her parents and big brother, all musicians themselves, helped to foster an appreciation for […]
15 Years Ago Today – Surviving Members of Alice in Chains Announce To Regroup (Watch Live at UDO Music Fest ’06)
Bones Owens Brings Rock, Stomp, and Swamp On Bold S/T Debut (ALBUM REVIEW)
The self-titled, full-length debut from Bones Owens hits hard with his blend of ’60s garage-rock, Hill Country blues, and swampy roots-rock – just call it rock, stomp, and swamp for short. Don’t think country based on the cover photo where he dons a white Stetson, yet Owens has plenty of the outlaw spirit. With production from […]
Soul Man Curtis Salgado Returns With Street Smart Set Via ‘Damage Control’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
This writer last checked in with the forty-plus-year music veteran Curtis Salgado with his acoustic 2018 duet album, Rough Cut, with Alan Hager and previously with his full band effort, 2016’s The Beautiful Lowdown, widely hailed as his career-best. Yet, there is a dearth of Salgado content on these pages until now. Welcome to “the […]
Jazz Icon Joe Chambers Returns to Blue Note On “Samba de Maracatu” (Album Review)
Yes, sometimes things do come full circle. And yes, musical exploration has more than its share of coincidences. This writer picked up the classic Blue Note release, Joe Henderson’s Mode for Joe, recorded in 1966, during the holidays, noting that the drummer was Joe Chambers. That same Joe Chambers, who began his career at Blue […]
LISTEN: Toledo Shares Flawless Melancholic Soft Rock Vibes on “Sunday Funday”
Check out “Sunday Funday,” a standout lush track from Toledo’s new EP, Jockeys of Love. Born in a luscious world of atmospheric temperament, Toledo confronts their expression with insightful melodic flair and brash light-heartedness, forging intimate creations. “Sunday Funday” is patient and magnetic, welcoming us into a pop-sensible universe with otherworldly harmonies. Toledo is a new […]