Archive: 2022

The official trailer for the upcoming documentary, “In the Court of the Crimson King,” has been released and the prog-rock icons announced the film will debut at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival, which is scheduled for March 11 – 20 in Austin, Texas. Check out the trailer below… The band that’s famous not only for […]

Calling from his New York City home, acclaimed guitarist Lee Ranaldo admits that his latest solo album, In Virus Times (released in November via Mute Records) wasn’t even initially meant for public consumption at all. “When I made these recordings, I wasn’t really making them with the idea of releasing them as a record – […]

Three decades is a long time to wait for a new album. Even more so when the band only had a few records to their name to begin with, but the proto-Americana band The Rave-Ups are finally making up for lost time with the nearly flawless Tomorrow.  Maybe it’s frontman Jimmer Podrasky’s unmistakably distinct vocals […]

Perhaps the first thing you’ll notice about the headline is the contradiction in terms with a band debuting with the title “Greatest Hits.”  Yet, because these veterans of the Seattle music scene are forming Futurenot, keep in mind that the two principals have been collaborating for over a decade. So, to them, the title may […]

With the release of the (slightly) expanded version of 1999’s #447, the perpetually inner-directed and purposeful Marshall Crenshaw continues the reissue of his live and studio output originally released over the span of a decade on the Razor & Tie label. Like Miracle of Science, its revised predecessor out in 2020, this title on CD […]

Many people dream of a career in film or television: the glitz, the glamour, getting to work with big stars and seeing their own names in the credits. In practice, though, it’s a demanding industry in which success at any level requires hard work. If you’re serious about wanting to make a go of it, […]

Australia’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever haev announced their new album, Endless Rooms, out May 6th on Sub Pop, as well as their first North American tour since 2019. Additionally, they are sharing the album’s first taste, “The Way It Shatters,” alongside an accompanying video (below). The band – comprised of Fran Keaney, Joe White, Marcel […]

Both lyrically and sonically, Beck Pete exists at the intersection of where softness and grit meet. Beck swings both ways and finds home in the extremes of most aspects of life and music, and wouldn’t have it any other way. She is masculine, and she is feminine. She is sexy, and she is pure. She […]

Dante Matas is a producer and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto. Matas began by writing music at a young age, forming his first band at Etobicoke School of the Arts where he majored in visual art. In university, Matas studied philosophy and completed an MA in the field. Today, Matas combines his wide-ranging interests to make his own unique brand of new […]

And this year’s nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include (drum roll please) both artists who are long overdue and others who, once again, are completely confusing. Many music fans long have asked why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes artists who objectively are not rock artists (not even catch-all […]

Thirty years since forming celebrated indie rock band Built to Spill, Doug Martsch is still playing to eager ears, judging from the crowd that came out for a Sunday show at Portland, Oregon’s Wonder Ballroom on January 30th, the second of a two-night run in the Rose City. Built to Spill is touring as a […]

All Them Witches landed in Portland on a crisp winter Monday (January 31st), as the road dogs made the first of two area appearances on their current western tour, bringing along local favorites, Blackwater Holylight. The devoted faithful turned out for the sold-out event at the Wonder Ballroom, attendees lined up to enter the venue […]

Blasphemous as it might sound, Neil Young’s most commercially-successful album Harvest (released 2/1/72) is an object lesson in appealing to the lowest common denominator. Not that such underachieving was the Canadian rock icon’s intent with his fourth solo album, post-Buffalo Springfield. But circumstances converged to provide him a mainstream hit, “Heart of Gold,” that helped […]

Federale is a seven-piece ensemble based in Portland, OR. Spearheaded by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, the band was conceived as an outlet to channel inspiration from ‘60s and ‘70s European soundtracks, particularly those from Italy made famous by the Spaghetti Western and Giallo genres. Embracing the enormous scope of orchestral cinematic production […]

Chicago’s Young Man In A Hurry celebrates the release of their second full-length record, Other People, which is due out February 11th. The album was recorded live in-studio and produced and mixed by Brian Deck (Counting Crows, Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) and mastered by Greg Calbi (Bon Iver, The National, The War on Drugs).  […]

Legendary saxophonist Azar Lawrence takes a different point of view than most regarding our two years mired in this pandemic. Rather than bemoan the losses, both human and financial, Lawrence urges us to focus on the inner reflections of resilience, newfound spirituality, and global awareness. Now, if you are expecting a sound akin to Lawrence’s […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Glory, the newest album from the Lost Dog Street Band, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Dead freaks unite! It’s time to “get back Truckin’ on” to the 1970s glory days of the Grateful Dead with two “new” releases announced by Real Gone Music, distributor of the ongoing Dick’s Picks and Road Trips reissue series. The two-CD set Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 4–From Egypt with Love, and the limited 6-LP vinyl Dick’s […]