Archive: 2022

This fall, Interpol and Spoon will join forces for the “Lights, Camera, Factions” tour, a coast-to-coast run of North American co-headline dates that will also feature openers The Goon Sax, making it a Matador Records triple bill. The trip kicks off on August 25th in Asbury Park at The Stone Pony Summer Stage and concludes […]

When you have close to forty studio albums in your catalog, it’s difficult to play even a fraction of your songs in the span of a single show. But Guided by Voices sure do try. For going on four decades, the Ohio outfit fronted by the prolific singer Robert Pollard has maintained the kind of […]

If you don’t know that Shooter Jennings is a multi-dimensional artist by now, you’re lost somewhere back in 1970’s Outlaw Country. The son of country music legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter has made his career diving headfirst into all aspects of the word music. He has done country, sure, but his heart has multiple […]

For many people, Knoxville, Tennessee is a place to visit while sightseeing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park or doing a family trip to nearby Dollywood. However, since 2009 it has become a haven for music lovers for one weekend a year when Big Ears Music Festival brings its extremely eclectic lineup to town. With […]

Residencies can be deceiving and in the case of a New Englander turning out genuine twang, Matt York sounds like he could be a regular at Billy Bob’s in Texas or any Nashville club. Having established a reputation as a leader of Boston’s Americana/country scene after years on the club circuit in his native New […]

“I’m a little sick so I’m going to need you to sing EXTRA loud tonight,” Conan Gray warned the audience near the start of his show. The crowd gladly obliged with singalong after singalong throughout the electrifying set.  The last time Glide covered Gray (at NYC’s Terminal 5), the rising singer had not yet released […]

From the opening upbeat notes on the jubilant song “The Rhythm We Want”, Charlie Halloran and The Tropicales prove that they have the goods to deliver a rollicking time via their New Orleans-based sound, directly influenced by 1950’s era Trinidad and the French Caribbean offerings.   Shake The Rum, released on Hi-Tide Recordings, presents eleven tracks […]

I Am Strikes is the brainchild of Kelly Rosenthal.  At the age of 15, she began teaching herself to play the guitar. “I didn’t know anything about it,” she says. “My family didn’t play. My friends didn’t play. I didn’t grow up around much music at all. I was kind of just sick of being […]

Fritz Michel’s debut EP, On the Rocks, is out June 17th. While it finds him taking a bold step forward in his emerging music career, On the Rocks also draws distinct references to his bilingual roots and a multi-faceted creative history that constantly mines new avenues of expression and exploration. Engaging an array of creative […]

ODESZA will make music history this summer with their new tour in support of their forthcoming album, ‘The Last Goodbye’ scaling up to rooms that surpass capacities of 20k+, as one of the first electronic acts to do an amphitheater run of this stature. The tour will set out to not only be carbon neutral, […]

Goldenvoice has announced a brand new alt-country festival for 2022:  Palomino Festival, coming for one day only – Saturday, July 9 – to the shady oaks and parkland of Brookside at the Rose Bowl. The team behind Stagecoach – California’s country music festival – have created a magical day full of some of the most innovative, authentic, and boundary-pushing talent in country, folk, […]

Roxy Music will tour for the first time in more than a decade to mark the 50th year since their groundbreaking debut album. Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Phil Manzanera and Paul Thompson, together on stage for the first time since their sold-out and critically acclaimed 2011 For Your Pleasure tour, will perform 13 arena shows across North America and the UK, […]

The Gaslight Anthem has announced their return to the road with their first headline tour in four years. North American dates begin September 13 in Portland, OR and continue through early October, with additional shows to announced. Fan presale for the headline tour begins tomorrow at 10:00am local (PW: tga2022), while the public on-sale kicks off […]

Florence + the Machine are set to play an extended run of headline dates later this year, kicking off September 2 in Montreal with further stops including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and many more. One dollar from every ticket sold will benefit Choose Love to aid refugees worldwide. Arlo Parks, Sam Fender, King Princess, Yves Tumor, Japanese Breakfast and Wet Leg will join as support on select dates throughout […]

There’s no “misunderstanding” — Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford, and singer/drummer Phil Collins took their final bow as a band last Saturday (March 26), performing a 20-song set in London’s O2 Arena. Collins, who suffers from numerous health conditions — admittedly, much of which was caused by years of heavy drinking — performed while […]

Neil Young announced the May 6 release on vinyl and CD (U.S. and Canada vinyl release dates are June 3) of three albums from his Official Bootleg Series. Royce Hall, 1971, comes from his January 30 solo acoustic performance on the UCLA campus, and Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971, also captures a solo acoustic show — the final […]

Joywave released Possession in March 2020 and was set to tour to support it, including a show at The Social, in Orlando, Florida, but that tour was canceled by the pandemic. Originally rescheduled for mid-2021, the show was canceled again. On Friday night, Joywave finally brought a tour back to Orlando, but it was to […]

While relatively new on the music scene, Ghost Light has made a major impact. They were building a large fan base and a compelling reputation for improvisational creativity when the Covid-19 pandemic curtailed their live performances. Most recently, the band canceled their Winter 2022 tour. Fortunately, they were able to launch their Spring tour at […]

For more than a decade, The Pimps of Joytime have been living up to their name and bringing the party to fans across the country. Now they are gearing up to release their new studio effort Reachin’ Up on April 15th. The album finds the Pimps swirling funk, soul, jazz and world music into their […]