Archive: 2021

For 60 years, the legendary Impulse! Records has been home to the greatest jazz artists of all time, including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Quincy Jones, and more. The orange-and-black imprint known as the House That Trane Built was a cultural beacon of progressivism, spiritualism, and activism throughout the 1960s […]

 Fifty years after the original performance, Neil Young announces Young Shakespeare, an as-yet unreleased 1971 live recording and concert film which contains the earliest known live performance footage of Young known to exist. The 1971 Stratford, CT show captures the artists stripped down to the bare essentials—acoustic guitar, piano, and harmonica. Available for pre-order today and out on […]

Been there? Maybe. Done that? Sure. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things still manages to be enjoyable.

Beautiful and Poetic, Minari is a stunner.

Back in 2019, slowthai performed his Mercury Prize performance while holding the severed head of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a move that worked to invigorate his supporters and further surround the young rapper in controversy. A stunt like that perfectly sums up the tone of slowthai’s debut, Nothing Great About Britain – confrontational, dynamic, […]

Noah C Lekas is a poet, essayist and journalist. His first book, Saturday Night Sage (released April 13, 2019) is a collection of narrative prose exploring mysticism and menial labor in contemporary America. After calling all four corners of the country home, his work is as uniquely American as his perspective. The first literary release for […]

On March 5th, Badlands will release new 11-song album Djinn under the RITE label. Both the moniker and the label are run by Swedish composer, producer, and sound designer Catharina Jaunviksna, who creates her own Electronic-driven compositions as well as working on commercial projects in film, tv, radio, and theater. Her projects all reflect her […]

The Barlow is a band that describes its sound as “Colorado Country.” It is a healthy blend of outlaw country, Americana, and a fair amount of rock. In their time as a band, one band The Barlow has supported is Austin honky tonkers Mike and The Moonpies among other acts. That particular pairing had quite […]

This is the second release from the jazz ensemble Out to Dinner with just two of the five members returning from the debut. While that effort focused more on the music of Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter, Play On (Posi-Tone Records) directly honors the vintage Blue Note era of the late ‘50s and ‘60s and […]