Archive: 2022

In a new weekly roundup, Glide drops caustic commentary on selected tracks from release day Friday. Erin Rae – “California Belongs to You” Leave it to two El Lay rats like Erin Rae and Jonathan Wilson to release yet another song about California, but in their defense, it’s the best one here. Rae’s newest album […]

After a brief hiatus that had her questioning her future in music, Mitski has made her return with her sixth album, Laurel Hell, a tight collection of singalong hooks alongside calloused ruminations on the nature of the muse as well as where her career has led her along with the toll it might have taken.  […]

This is just cool. Fans of former and arguably the original Metallica bassist Cliff Burton who always knew he was a superhero may now have those feelings validated. Super 7, a San Francisco-based creator of pop culture collectibles, announced on the company’s Instagram page that it will release a Cliff Burton ReAction figure on Thursday, February 10 […]

Thurston Moore’s Screen Time (due out February 25th) is a series of instrumental guitar pieces recorded during the summer of 2020 as the world confronted the pandemic shutdown and as the people of good conscious stood up against the oppression of racist police oppression and murder. How much screen time does a parent allow a […]

Joshua Hedley will release his anticipated new album Neon Blue on April 22nd, 2022 via New West Records. The 12-song set was co-produced by Jordan Lehning (Rodney Crowell) & Skylar Wilson (Justin Townes Earle) and mixed by Kyle Lehning (George Strait, Randy Travis). Neon Blue is the follow up to his critically acclaimed 2018 debut […]

During the pandemic, the prolific Eric Krasno had to slow down like the rest of the world and in doing so he found familial harmony with a new house, wife, and baby. During this process, he collaborated with producer Otis McDonald on a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Man In Me”, this recording experience, and song, […]

Cate Le Bon’s last album, 2019’s Reward, was one of that year’s best. It found a way, as each of her albums does, to build on the pattern and formula that preceded it while embracing a different aspect of Le Bon, or at least the woman she was at the time of recording. Long gone […]

El Perro is a brand new band led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter/producer Parker Griggs of Radio Moscow. Beside Griggs, El Perro also includes former Radio Moscow drummer Lonnie Blanton, bassist Shawn Davis, guitarist Jaron Yancey, and percussionist Tawny Harrington. The sound contains elements that fans of Radio Moscow will recognize, but this is rock music with a […]

It’s not hyperbole to say The Devine Comedy (aka Neil Hannon) is hard to categorize. Clearly many musicians are loathe to admit their music could possibly sound like any other band in history. In some cases, they bristle at the even being categorized to a specific genre. That being said, The Divine Comedy is truly […]