Archive: 2022

Bourbon & Beyond has added a full fourth day for the 2022 edition – to be held September 15-18 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. Bourbon & Beyond’s headlining talent begins with Jack White and Alanis Morissette Thursday, September 15; followed by Kings of Leon and Brandi Carlile on Friday, September 16; Pearl Jam and Greta Van Fleet on Saturday, September 17; and a very special closing night Sunday, September 18 […]

We live in strange times. With influencers, news broadcasts and a host of other things, it’s hard to know when you’re seeing something genuine. Luckily, live music has returned, so you can experience something genuine and unfiltered. The Lagwagon show at The Observatory in Santa Ana on Sunday, April 3rd provided a lot of genuine […]

Goose has shared their new song, “Hungersite,” (below) available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The soaring single is the third song Goose has released from their eagerly anticipated new album, Dripfield, out on their own label on June 24. The record was recorded at The ISOKON in Woodstock, NY, and was produced and engineered by D. James Goodwin. An official music […]

Mac DeMarco has announced a fall North American tour, bringing his live performances to Dallas, Austin, Chicago, and many more cities. The newly announced dates follow a slew of California shows with support from Vicky Farewell, the newest signee to Mac’s Record Label. Later this month, DeMarco will support The Strokes at New York’s Barclays Center before playing a brief international run and select festivals. Full […]

“I made friends with a fellow songwriter that I met sharing a gig in a seaside town. We kept in touch over a few years, and I saw him at his best and at his worst. I made an offer to help him when I saw him on the rocks and ‘knee deep in need’.  The way […]

The last time John Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers after an extended, multi-year hiatus, the result was 1999’s Californication, an album that sounded both like a triumphant return to form and a compelling rebirth for the band at the time. That album not only revitalized the Chili’s sound and relevance but with […]

Imagine a teenage girl in a room filled with posters pinned to her walls, calling the local radio station on request night and asking them to play a song called “Ball & Chain” by a new singer named Aldo Nova. Fast-forward to 2022 and that former teenager is talking to that now seasoned artist about […]

For anyone looking to quickly learn how Matt Dorrien’s second LP differs from the first, the Portland pianist and songwriter has provided some helpful hints. The first is right there in the title. His debut was In the Key of Grey, a reflection of its somber mood and post-breakup theme. This one’s called Blue Pastoral—big, […]

When the tour was first announced, there was some head-scratching: The Revivalists headlining Radio City Music Hall? Are they big enough? They had been playing on the big stages at Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but it was just a few years ago that they played a not quite sold-out Rockwood Music Hall (max capacity […]

Brian Jonestown Massacre doesn’t tour often, but when they do, the cult following of this prolific psychedelic rock band consistently delivers sellout crowds. However, those sellout crowds were surely put to the test over their two-night NY area run at Brooklyn Steel and White Eagle Hall (Jersey City, NJ) on March 29th and 30th with […]

About to embark on an extensive UK and European tour in support of last year’s acclaimed album Endless Arcade, Teenage Fanclub has shared a characteristically gorgeous new song titled “I Left A Light On”. With its yearning melody and uplifting lyrics about finding hope in dark times, “I Left A Light On” is vintage Teenage Fanclub and comes accompanied […]

Twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning artist Arlo Parks announces her Collapsed in Sunbeams tour dates. The announcement follows the celebration of her Grammy nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards last night. The 18-date North American tour sees Arlo headlining her largest venues yet across the country. Stops include Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, Webster Hall in […]

Lindsey Wall, under the moniker “Dead Nettle,” is releasing her debut album, How I thought, with the first single, “Undertow” out on April 1st. In this collection of songs, she explores relationships and life through intuitive and metaphorical writing. This song was written, looking out on the ocean while pondering a deeper connection, and trying […]

Known for genre-defying songwriting and a tenacious DIY spirit, The Big Sway’s music combines punk, indie, psych, and noise rock influences for a highly energetic, unique, and versatile sound. Based in Boston, MA, The Big Sway has toured from Canada to the Caribbean and developed a loyal following at home in New England. The band […]

With fifty years having been elapsed since the release of ZZ Top’s sophomore studio album Rio Grande Mud (released 4/4/72), the inexorable rise to stardom by ‘that little ol’ band from Texas” seems all the more impressive. The ever-so-wide mainstream fame the group garnered in the early Eighties via Eliminator and its immediate successors may […]

Valerie June was glowing as she took the stage before a sold-out audience in Portland, Oregon. Her stop at the Aladdin Theater on Saturday, April 2nd was the first of two performances and would find this Tennessee songstress beaming love and light to her fans. It also happened to fall on the eve of the […]

A transcendent emotional odyssey of a record, Taylor Barefoot’s solo debut, Distressed Signals, is at once ethereal and bracing—an effortless fusion of shoegaze, dreampop and post-rock. Layers of gauzy, beautifully flawed, effects-laden guitar pour from the speakers over gently pulsing sampled beats and analog drum machines, unfolding cinematic dreamscapes both magnificent and forlorn.  “I express myself […]

Saint Disruption, founded by Jeff Firewalker Schmitt (musician; founder of the Eagle Condor Council and Wisdom Keepers member); John Medeski (renowned jazz musician; cofounder of Medeski Martin & Wood); and noted music promoter and manager Aaron Kayce is a musical collaborative that brings together musicians, video artists and visionaries to explore the issues of our […]