James McMurtry Releases Two Live Digital EPs To Benefit Austin-Based Continental Club.
James McMurtry has released an exclusive solo digital EP entitled Soundcheck at the Gallery as a benefit for the legendary Austin-based Continental Club, to help cover the venue’s mounting costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new EP doubles down on efforts already in motion by the iconic singer-songwriter: his recent digital EP Blast From the Past also benefits the club. […]
LISTEN: Elliott Ok Leaves Little To Imagination On Debut Single “Snap! (The End)”
Elliott Ok (Burning Pictures, Bobcat Rob and the Nightly Howl, Joe Kaplow) is a kid whose years on this planet belie his old soul vibe. Elliott is more than just a musician or music appreciator, he’s a devotee. He listens to his influences deeply – deeper than a lot of the people around him. You […]
SONG/VIDEO PREMIERE: Con Brio’s “Nonsense” Is Soulful & Powerful Fight For Equality Statement
At the height of last year’s protests demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, San Francisco’s Con Brio came together as a band to talk about how they would approach and address the failure of leadership and lack of accountability on the part of both the President and law enforcement officials in […]
SONG PREMIERE: Louis Quinn & Gates of Light Shine On Soulfully Artful “Walk On” – Announces New Self Titled LP
Gates Of Light is an international lockdown album collaboration between five artists across four cities, three time zones and two continents. Featuring the combined award-winning talents of singer-songwriter Louise Quinn and producer/musician Bal Cooke (Glasgow), producer/ DJ Scott Fraser (London), producer/ DJ Kid Loco (Paris) and film/art director Tim Saccenti (New York), it was made possible by the support of Creative Scotland’s Open Fund to sustain creativity […]
‘Malcolm & Marie’ Waxes Poetic on the Nature of Love (FILM REVIEW)
The mastermind of HBO’s Euphoria takes us deep inside the life of love.
Aaron Lee Tasjan’s Sublime and Eclectic ‘Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!’ Is Most Satisfying Work to Date (ALBUM REVIEW)
Aaron Lee Tasjan is the epitome of versatile. Over the years, he’s played guitar with everyone from folkie Peter Yarrow (a long, long time ago) and Sean Lennon to The New York Dolls, but it’s his solo work that is beyond classification. From record to record he’s been agnostic to genres, dipping in and out […]
SONG PREMIERE: Ian Fisher Pursues His Muse with Twangy 70s Rock Crooner “Melody in Nashville”
It’s been more than a decade since Ian Fisher left his home state of Missouri and moved to Europe, forever changing his life and his music. A prolific, independent songwriter who combines an international lyrical perspective and a world-traveler’s musical influences with Americana roots, Fisher has remained on the road ever since emigrating, penning over one […]
30 Years Ago Today – Queen Release ‘Innuendo’ LP – Last Record During Freddie Mercury’s Lifetime
LISTEN: Elijah Wolf Releases Title Track To Forthcoming Album ‘Brighter Lighting’ Feat. Nels Cline
Brooklyn-based artist Elijah Wolf has released the title track from his upcoming album Brighter Lighting due out February 26 via Trash Casual Records. The track features contributions from Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, Josh Jaeger (drummer for Angel Olsen & Fleet Foxes) and Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Sharon Van Etten), who also produced the album. This song came so naturally and I had […]
LISTEN: Little Bird Flies High With Retro Rock/Funk Flair On “Mega Hot Super Babe”
Existing somewhere between happy and sad, spontaneous and intentional, thoughtful and random comes Charleston-based quintet, Little Bird. Enter Proxima, Little Bird’s latest compilation–a three-part, 23-track record, boasting influences of R&B, progressive jazz, psychedelia, and indie rock to create a sound that melds in the place where space meets time. Alpha, the first part of the […]