Archive: 2022

You’ll notice that this trio of jazz elders is paying tribute to the pioneering pianist Cecil Taylor without a piano player. Yet, each of these legendary players spent separate time recording and performing with Taylor. Drummer Andrew Cyrille and bassist William Parker spent the longest “continuous” stretch of time in the Cecil Taylor Unit and […]

Tré Burt is announcing his first national headline tour coming off of his busy and buzzing 2021 including the release of his sophomore album, You, Yeah You, on Oh Boy Records. The past year saw Tré Burt touring the country with Nathaniel Rateliff, Shakey Graves, and Katie Pruitt as well as critically acclaimed appearances at […]

Old Settler’s Music Festival is pleased to announce the first wave of bands confirmed for its 35th anniversary gathering, slated for April 21-24 — a welcome return to its usual springtime slot. The festival takes place at its permanent home in Tilmon, Texas, 12 miles southeast of Lockhart. The dozen acts — so far — […]

M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length, E Pluribus M Ross -his first for Colemine/Karma Chief Records, that is a home recording with 12 shimmering slices of psychedelic pop. E Pluribus M Ross will be available March 18, 2022 on vinyl, CD and digital/streaming formats. Perkins has shared the new industrial psych pop single “Industrial Good Day Mantra” (below). In […]

The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo has announced its debut album, The Prophets In The City, will be released March 25 on Royal Potato Family. The first single and title track, “The Prophets In The City (Arrival, Balance, Discipline, Joy)” is out today on all streaming platforms and can be heard below. The song sports fiery improvisation that puffs through […]

Charlie Gabriel has signed to Sub Pop to release his debut album 89. The album, which features the highlights “I’m Confessin’” and ”The Darker It Gets,” will be available on DSPs February 25th, 2022, and released on CD/LP/CS July 1st, 2022 worldwide from Sub Pop. Charlie is the most senior member of the legendary New Orleans Jazz […]

After a true breakout 2021, Charley Crockett has announced a month-long coast-to-coast headlining tour leading up to his return to the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA on April 29th. Crockett released two albums in 2021 – 10 For Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand and Music City USA – and had across the board success. Crockett makes country music sound […]

Some people choose the pages of a diary to spill their innermost feelings and recount their trials and tribulations. Instead, Chayse Porter has a palace. “It’s this metaphorical place where I can go to express myself and feel safe,” he explains. “Like the Beach Boys ‘In My Room’, it’s this place where you can get all your secrets out in the […]

Genre-defying instrumental trio, Animals As Leaders, have announced ‘The Parrhesia Tour’ which will be hitting 19 cities across the US to accompany their upcoming album of the same name. This monumental tour, produced by Live Nation, will feature two special sets by the progressive metal outfit – one of which will feature the new album […]

“At the end of the day, we’re all still a bunch of kids cause we play music for a living, right,” Samantha Fish says with a knowing laugh. Having been a musician since her teens, she is very familiar with life on the road, playing guitar and singing songs of her own creation. She was […]

Their names alone spark curiosity: Later Fortune is the Philly-based duo of Chet Delcampo and Heyward Howkins. Both are busy musicians and songwriters working at the front, back, and on stage, as well as appearing on each other’s recordings. This makes their upcoming two-song “Lateral To The Devil” single (out Feb. 11th ) a rare […]

Lost Dog Street Band Marry Raw Lyrics and Vocals with Dark Folk Sounds on their new album ‘Glory’

Lord Nelson’s new album Transmission is due out on January 21st and is the product of a very interesting evolution for the band. What originally started as a quick live album recorded between studio albums turned into their pandemic project and collaborating on finalizing the individual songs and tracks acted as a stand-in for the […]

Last year, Philadelphia garage-punk four-piece The Mary Veils made their debut as a group with an EP entitled, Somewhere Over the Rowhome. Tomorrow, the band will make their highly anticipated return with the announcement of their debut LP, Esoteric Hex, due March 25 via PNKSLM Recordings. The album is said to “walk the tightrope between […]

Cloud Cult return on March 4, 2022 with Metamorphosis – their first new full-length studio album in six years. The LP follows 2018’s The Seeker album and feature length film and while the band continues to explore loss, hope and love through their music, Metamorphosis takes a more intimate and vulnerable turn where Cloud Cult’s […]

There must be something in the name as like the fellow botanic band The Fruit Bats, The Juniper Berries realm in relentless power pop that is pure gold. The Juniper Berries is the main outlet for singer/songwriter Joshua Stirm, combining influences from the idiosyncratic and avante-garde music of his home in the Pacific Northwest with […]

Devil May Care is vocalist/guitarist/ songwriter Tinsley Ellis’ 20th album and his chief collaborator, producer/engineer/keyboardist Kevin McKendree has been aboard in one or multiple capacities for 15 of them. It also marks Ellis’ return to the venerable Alligator Records- the same label where he made his solo debut in 1988 with Georgia Blue. The pandemic […]

Jack White has shared “Love Is Selfish,” the latest track from his upcoming new album Entering Heaven Alive, the second of two to be released this year. Listen to the new single via the official music video directed by Jack White below. “Love Is Selfish” precedes the release of two brand new Jack White albums: Fear of the Dawn arrives […]