Archive: 2022

Sophie and The Broken Things is an alt-country band from Nashville that is relatively new. Its only release is an eponymous EP released in 2020. Still, that was enough to establish the band as one that creates warm and memorable alt-country songs. Sophie Gault chose the name of the band as a tribute to Julie Miller’s […]

Mike Clark and the Sugar Sounds’ first single “Warm Me Up” from their forthcoming LP Moon Rock  (due for release on March 11th) dropped on February 14th and for good reason: the sweet, little Soul number fit the Valentine’s Day vibe just right. Now, the band’s second single, “Moon Rock ” has arrived. And just […]

There are plenty of comparisons to be made between Jason Pierce’s last album 2018’s And Nothing Hurt and this year’s Everything Was Beautiful, beyond just the reverse Vonnegut quote. For one thing, And Nothing sounded distinctly simple when it was released, owing little to its sweeping, almost psychedelic predecessor, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. That made […]

For her third effort – and first, for Merge Records – Austin’s Carson McHone headed north to work with Canadian musician and producer Daniel Romano. The result is easily her strongest effort to date, and a perfect take, both musically and lyrically, on the conflicting emotions and themes of love. From heartbreak and sadness to […]

The decades following the fiery dissolution of The Smiths have found Morrissey often in the limelight (not always for the grandest of reasons) while the rest of the band seemed to relegate themselves to the sidelines backing up other bands. Though guitarist Johnny Marr was the musical driving force in The Smiths, writing iconic riffs […]

Castaway begins with an affecting spoken-word piece about female sexuality titled “Body”, as the drone and beats build; Sarah Elizabeth Haines has arrived. The second full-length release from the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist is a questioning of society’s norms from a female artist’s perspective, around a range of sounds and vocal styling that keeps listeners enraptured throughout its […]

Starting with their 2014 album Lost In A Dream, it was clear that Philly band The War On Drugs had finally created a sound that was arena-ready after years of touring. Somehow, despite the myriad of press generated by that album and subsequent releases, the band didn’t fully reach that status but came damn close. […]

To see K. Flay performing live is like seeing a bolt of electricity personified: a blur of headbanging, feet stomping, arms thrashing. With a new collection Inside Voices / Outside Voices in tow, the singer thrilled a packed crowd at St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit with her idiosyncratic style that transcended any notion of genre. […]

Just as the eponymous debut of Hot Tuna created the template for the Jefferson Airplane offshoot in its acoustic format, the fifty-year-old third album by the group, Burgers, defines the band in electric form. Its very first track “True Religion” actually contains all the elements that would reappear throughout this first studio record of the […]

New on the block, Gooseberry has already begun developing a devoted following in and around New York City, running the full gamut of venues from The Bowery Electric to DROM to house shows across the boroughs, quickly staking their claim in the ever-lively Brooklyn music scene. Fans know they’ll be kept on their toes, as […]

It has taken 89 years for the man who has played with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Charles Mingus, Cab Calloway, and countless others, but now is the right time to finally front his own project. Titled for his age, Charlie Gabriel’s Sub-Pop debut is a comforting stroll through the saxophonist/clarinetist/vocalist’s well-worn haunts.   Recorded predominantly […]

Fatherhood, cross-country road trips, wartime stories passed from one generation to the next, and philosophical skatepark conversations stitch together the fabric of Tody Castillo’s third full-length offering and 2022 debut album for Strolling Bones Records, Old Rodriguez. On his first body of work in 13 years, the Kingsville-born and Austin-based singer and songwriter ponders the […]

Dango Rose embraces a passion for music as a vital healing influence and spiritual path. He creates and collaborates to support harmony and truth. Born with a poet’s soul and a warrior’s heart, his life’s journey has been one of transformation. For seventeen years, Dango traveled nationally and internationally in touring bands. In 2006, he […]

To help fill the void of canceled shows during the global pandemic, the Band of Heathens took full advantage of modern technology and hours and hours of free time and launched the Good Time Supper Club. For 52-weeks, every Tuesday night, the band – instruments and presumably drinks within arms-reach – logged into Zoom from […]

The Beach Boys underwent what is arguably the most radical transformation of any band in the contemporary rock of the Sixties and Seventies. The group’s sound metamorphosed from its forays into Chuck Berry-derived odes to cars, girls, and surfing circa 1963 to Brian Wilson’s lush pop orchestrations on Pet Sounds just three years later. Yet […]

It’s a semi-common occurrence within indie rock circles where a prior drummer transforms himself into a frontman and lead singer: and a very capable one of that. Think Dave Grohl, Orville Peck, and Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman). You can add Jeff Hulett to the cause of beats rebuilding himself as a sturdy songsmith, having […]

On Martin Wind’s Air the bass becomes the leading melodic voice, not just one bass, four of them in this unique configuration. Bassist Wind assembled fellow bassists Gregg August (2020 Grammy nominee in the “Best Large Ensemble Jazz Recording” category), Jordan Frazier (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), and younger upstart Sam Suggs with guest drummers Matt Wilson […]

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