Archive: 2022

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on FTHC, the newest solo album from folk-rocker Frank Turner, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Pink Mountaintops, the exploratory and enigmatic project of Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean, make their triumphant return after eight years with the announcement of their new album Peacock Pools, which will see a release on May 6th, 2022 via their new label home ATO Records. They usher in this new era proudly with the rollicking, ‘70s-invoking sonic blast that is new track “Lights Of The […]

Get ready for JON SPENCER & the HITmakers to BURN your playhouse down with their new long-player, SPENCER GETS IT LIT! The incredible, indelible Jon Spencer (Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, Pussy Galore, Heavy Trash, etc) is back with the incendiary HITmakers  - and with his HOTTEST record yet!  Spencer Gets It Lit is classic Jon Spencer […]

Phish has announced plans for North American spring and summer tour, set to get underway on May 27-29 with a three-night Memorial Day weekend stand at Orange Beach, AL’s The Amphitheater at the Wharf and culminating with the band’s first four-night Labor Day weekend run at Commerce City, CO’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on September […]

My Morning Jacket has unveiled plans for an upcoming US headline tour. The dates begin April 19 at Memphis, TN’s Orpheum Theatre and then continue through September. Special guests throughout the tour will include Madison Cunningham, Indigo de Souza, and Joy Oladokun.  Artist presales begin Wednesday, February 16 at 10:00 am (local) and continue through Thursday, […]

Kurt Vile will release his highly-anticipated new album (watch my moves) April 15 on Verve Records—his first in partnership with the label (pre-order). In advance of the release, the album’s first single, “Like Exploding Stones” is out today—watch the official music video featuring Sun Ra Arkestra’s James Stewart. Recorded mainly at OKV Central—Vile’s newly created home studio in the Mount Airy […]

Puscifer brings their unique theater-meets-concert experience to stages nationwide this Summer as the Arizona-born outfit featuring Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell, and Carina Round tour in support of their highly-regarded 2020 album, Existential Reckoning (Alchemy Recordings/Puscifer Entertainment/BMG). The dates, which kick off June 9 at The Smith Center in Las Vegas, include the group’s largest scale performances […]

Elvis Costello & The Imposters celebrate the release of their widely acclaimed new album, The Boy Named If, with a summer tour titled “The Boy Named If & Other Favourites.” The first announced date is in Huber Heights, OH on August 6th and the tour closes in Las Vegas, NV on September 3rd. Costello will […]

Following a sporadic handful of shows and festival appearances last year, along with the release of her debut album Juno, Internet funk-pop phenom Remi Wolf embarked on her first proper headlining tour this winter; rolling into New York City’s Webster Hall for two sold out nights last week, the second of which on February 11th […]

From the first burst of harmonica, jangly guitars, and contagious ’90s melodies on Peter Donovan’s “You Told Me Not To Call (I’m Wasted), ” you know this soon-to-be hit-maker has a knack for Smithereens/Marshal Crenshaw sprinkled power pop. After finding success and a dedicated fanbase with Seattle’s All The Real Girls and his side project […]

Introducing Sound On Sound, a brand-new music festival, from the people behind the Governors Ball Music Festival.  The inaugural Sound On Sound Music Festival will take place September 24th – 25th, 2022 on the bank of the Long Island Sound at the beautiful Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT.  The festival’s inaugural lineup features performances from 22+ […]

On February 11th, acclaimed alternative rockers Urge Overkill released Oui, their first studio album in more than a decade. But even co-frontmen Nash Kato and Eddie “King” Roeser, calling from their Chicago homes, are at a loss to explain why it’s taken them this long to put it out into the world.  “We can’t possibly […]

Tomorrow, indie-folk singer-songwriter Cooper Kenward officially shares a brand new single entitled “In Due Time,” featuring Jason Roberts (Norah Jones, Bedouin) on guitar and with a hand contributed by many other indie rock greats. The track is syrup-y sweet, decked out with swirling lo-fi chords, crisp and crooning vocals, and psych-influenced slow grooves. It’s like […]

The riveting, beyond intense epic first piece, “Autumn/Parade,” of The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert of The Cecil Taylor Unit runs for a full 88-minutes, in this digital release.  That alone says something special about this project, a long-thought lost recording, that adds yet another fascinating chapter to the legacy of trail-blazing free music icon, […]

The prolific Danish composer Anders Koppel, a household name in his own country for his theatre, film, ballet, and over 150 scores for various classical ensembles, pays homage to his fellow countryman, the famed photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis, who emigrated to the states in 1870. Riis is renowned for exposing the poor living conditions […]

Mo Klé is the stage name of Swiss songwriter René Grünenfelder. Grünenfelder manages to capture the essence of his songs with just an acoustic guitar, an unmistakable voice, and acerbic lyrics in English, German or Swiss German when performing live. On his record Parallel Worlds, he articulates the many contrasts of our world and points out how absurd […]

Kenneth Anthony Morton is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist based in Scotland,  Entering musical service at age 14, Kenneth played in and co-wrote for many critically acclaimed Scottish post-punk bands through the eighties and nineties, culminating in support slots with The Cure, Big Country, and others. With undeniable grace, Kenneth Anthony Morton offers us closure […]

“This album is definitely the most honest and personal collection of songs I’ve released so far. It’s a story about figuring it out. Failing, dusting yourself off, and trying again, all the while learning to be okay if you fail more. I knew early on that it would take time to gather enough songs to […]

It had been a while since this reviewer stepped into the famed Chicago Theatre for a night of live music (roughly 2 years, to be exact), but what better way to get reacquainted with perhaps the grandest of all Chicago music venues than “An Evening of Live Drugs” on a blustery February 11th.  Contrary to […]

System Exclusive is a very straight-forward band name, yet upon further listening to this duo comprised of Ari Blaisdell (Lower Self, The Beat Offs) and Matt Jones (Male Gaze, Castle Face Records) we get a fully-in tune machine that rekindles Faith era The Cure and the mysterious rhythmic adventures of Turn on the Bright Lights […]