Archive: 2022

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 […]