Archive: 2021

Jack White has announced the first dates of The Supply Chain Issues Tour with shows in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The tour produced by Live Nation — which includes White’s first headline shows in four years — will begin with two special FEAR OF THE DAWN album release shows on April 8 […]

Roky Erickson & The Explosives‘ Halloween Live 1979-1981 will see a highly anticipated double vinyl release coming January 14th from Steadyboy Records via MVD Entertainment Upon completion of the Stu Cook produced Roky Erickson & The Aliens LP in summer of 1979, Roky returned home to Austin from San Francisco. He needed a band and […]

Squid’s acclaimed debut album Bright Green Field, released via Warp Records, has been called one of the best albums of 2021 by Glide. On the heels of their sold out first-ever US tour, the UK band announces a 2022 North American tour which sees them playing their biggest venues yet. Having built a reputation for their must-see live performances, Squid — Ollie Judge, Louis […]

BLACKSTARKIDS Get the Party Started Early in the show on December 8th at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre, BLACKSTARKIDS’ singer Ty admitted he hadn’t gotten a good night’s sleep: “I’m literally dying up here, but it’s worth it for you guys.” The crowd was more than eager to bring their energy to the opening set. The group’s […]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Barn is an album based equally on perspective and purpose. Witness the photograph on the front cover, for instance, an eye-opening shot in which a rose-tinted blue sky dwarfs the musicians pictured in front of the restored 19th-century barn where the music was recorded with mobile facilities. That setting is […]

RATING – C+ It isn’t difficult to understand why director Steven Spielberg wanted to remake West Side Story. The original film adaptation of the Steven Sondheim musical is, perhaps, one of the most influential movies of Spielberg’s generation. That film, from directors Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, set a gold standard for both musical films […]

RATING B+ There will never be another Lucille Ball. Some might come close, but the legacy of Lucy is timeless. Her brand of physical comedy remains to this day the gold standard for television humor and the cross-generational appeal of I Love Lucy seems to have ensured that she will endure forever. Behind the scenes, […]

Béla Fleck was joined by Jerry Douglas on dobro, Sam Bush on mandolin, Edgar Myer on bass, Fleck on banjo, Bryan Sutton on guitar, and Stuart Duncan on fiddle in Portland, Oregon on December 7th

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers have released the video for their new track “No Mistakes”, off their highly anticipated third album Nightroamer, out February 18th on Thirty Tigers.  Nightroamer finds North Carolina-based group enhancing their sonic palette with infectious melodies and a tasteful infusion of elemental pop. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers has just announced additional spring tour […]

Liars Club, the new label formed by Amigo the Devil and indie powerhouse Regime Music Group, is proud to announce the signing of Austin, TX outfit Katacombs. Katacombs is an immersive sonic experience that immerses listeners in dark electronic string work and a love for film scores to create something completely unique. Katacombs will release […]

A progression readily apparent with fifty years of retrospect, The Who’s second album, A Quick One, (released 12/9/66) represents a quantum leap in style. Titled Happy Jack in the United States due to its hit single status as well as the record label’s apprehension about the innuendo in the original title, the quartet’s music here […]

A retrospect of fifty-five years provides an especially fascinating perspective on Cream’s debut album. Fresh Cream (released 12/9/66 (barely scratches the surface of the powerhouse unit this seminal power trio would become within two short years. Nevertheless, this first long-player takes listeners much closer to the roots of their sound and its most original manifestations […]

“I love song craft,” says longtime folksinger Mason Jennings, who’s spent the bulk of the past 25 years onstage and in the writing room. “A song is like a boat on the water, and you’re trying to make it float using as few pieces as you can. If you do it right, a song can […]

Lindsey Buckingham’s live appearance at Tucson’s Fox Theatre was probably one of the more anticipated shows in the Old Pueblo a year and a half ago. Buckingham has been given much credit for Fleetwood Mac’s meteoric success upon his arrival in the band with then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks in 1975, based upon his distinct vocals, fingerpicking […]

Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson will make his Blue Note debut with the February 11 release of Every Note Is True, an engaging and evocative date featuring a masterful new trio with bassist Larry Grenadier and legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. The album finds Iverson looking back at, and expanding upon, his own musical history as he revisits the pop/rock-influenced jazz style of The Bad […]

Kishi Bashi has announced a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of his beloved debut album, 151a. The March/April 2022 run will take Kishi Bashi and his full band throughout the eastern U.S. and into Canada, and see them performing the album in full alongside additional songs from his catalog. A current itinerary is below and tickets go on sale this […]

Billy Idol along with longtime guitarist Steve Stevens kept it intimate at St Paul’s Palace Theatre on December 5th with run-through hits and rarities. Idol will soon be joining Journey on an upcoming arena tour, as his recent revival continues to blare. Photos by Billy Briggs

Khruangbin and Leon Bridges today have announced their latest collaborative EP, Texas Moon out February 18th on Dead Oceans, in partnership with Columbia Records and Night Time Stories Ltd. An extension of the two’s chart-topping four-song Texas Sun journey, Texas Moon is an introspective stroll through the dark. “Without joy, there can be no real perspective on sorrow,” says Khruangbin. “Without sunlight, all this rain […]

Broken Social Scene has announced Old Dead Young: B-Sides & Rarities, a career-spanning collection of B-sides, rarities, and outtakes pulled from 20 years of 7-inches, compilations, soundtracks, and hard-to-find releases. Fans can pre-order the album and stream the first single “This House Is On Fire,” a lush and heartbreaking dream pop track taken from the […]