Archive: 2022

Sometimes the terminology can be misleading or unintentionally confining. Any description of cornetist Kirk Knuffke is usually preceded by “avant-garde,” even his self-descriptions. While Knuffke’s new project, this expansive double-disc, Gravity Without Airs, is filled with music that would fit that description, it also has more than its fair share of accessible, harmonically gorgeous music […]

John Moreland has released his new track “Cheap Idols Dressed In Expensive Garbage” from his highly anticipated new album Birds In The Ceiling, out July 22nd (Bad Omens/Thirty Tigers). “Cheap Idols Dressed In Expensive Garbage” serves as a disparaging commentary on those who prey on the less fortunate from a faux pedestal. Moreland was inspired to […]

This year will see the enigmatic band Improvement Movement releasing a series of singles, each as labyrinthine and whimsical as the last. Their catalog is, by turns, neurotic and playful. From the kaleidoscopic and mind-expanding, to apocalyptic folk, Improvement Movement proves to be as frenetic as it is thoughtful and as incisive as it is […]

Widespread Panic returned to Red Rocks this past weekend (June 24 -26) for their records 64th, 65th, and 66th consecutive sellouts at the hallowed venue. JB, Schools, Sonny, JoJo, Jimmy, and Duane brought the goods including a cover of Tom Petty’s “You Wreck Me” and generous cover offerings each night. Todd Radunsky was there for […]

Over this past weekend, music adorers from across the world gathered at Worthy Farm in the U.K. for one of the biggest festivals of the year. Glastonbury Festival has always had eclectic lineups and this year was no different. Everyone from Dianna Ross to Billie Ellish all graced one of the festival’s dozens of stages, […]

Cowboy Curtys is a southern garage-psych outfit led by LaGrange, Georgia-born-and-bred singer/songwriter Josh Parsons. After several years of teasing the project with a slew of live shows and releasing a single here or there, the band is poised to step into the spotlight with its debut album Commotions. Named for a derelict strip club in […]

Ascension is the second in the series of four albums from The Tedeschi Trucks Band in their “I Am the Moon” series, each in the 35-40-minute range, released roughly at monthly intervals, each preceded by a film premiere. The concept behind I Am The Moon, the band’s fifth studio recording, was suggested by vocalist Mike Mattison […]

In a new weekly roundup, Glide drops caustic commentary on selected tracks from release day Friday. Martin Courtney – “Sailboat” Coming off the slight pastoral flicker of his solo debut, Magic Sign feels like more of a success than it is, partly because, unlike Many Moons, it sounds like it involved effort, and partly because […]

During the Replacements’ approximately five-year and four-album tenure at Minneapolis’ Twin Tone Records, the band gathered a rabid fan following whose passion grew in almost inverse proportion to its size. But that was appropriate, at least at the point forty years ago when the quartet released Stink (6/24/82), so it only makes sense the ‘Mats […]

The third Soccer Mommy album, Sometimes, Forever, is a step away from the sound of the first two albums while retaining some elements of the previous efforts. This time singer-songwriter Sophie Allison teams up with producer Daniel Lopatin, best known for his experimental electronic music. The result is an album with more of a pop […]

Going back to 2018, Andrew Weiss And Friends have been impressively stitching together influences from 1970s folk rock to Power Pop from that same decade for a sound that is anything but dated. And on their latest, Sunglass And Ash – a double album – the Long Island crew continue that tradition nicely. You can […]

Greg Loiacono’s second single, “Giving It All Away”,  the title track from his forthcoming third solo record exhibits a real depth of collaboration not only through the musicians he played with on the track but also that his son, Noah Loiacono, created the accompanying video with his partner Isaac Goff and their friend Pheobe Zheng […]

With the release of the fourteenth BoDeans album, 4 The Last Time, the Milwaukee-based band can rightly lay claim to acting as the bridge between alternative rock and Americana. The use of  “Closer to Free” as the theme song to the hit TV series Party of Five helped consolidate the group’s initial fan following and, […]

Tons of artists have knocked down genre walls in the past, yet few have done it with as much confidence and swagger as Nova Twins on their explosive sophomore album Supernova. Everything from trap, industrial, nu-metal, hip-hop, arena rock, pop, grunge, punk, EDM, and more gets tossed into a blender, served in a tall cocktail glass complete with […]

Blue Cactus, the North Carolina duo of Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez, make Dream Country: a blend of grit, glitz, groove, and twang that evokes a celestial soundscape of mid-century heartbreak.  Following their critically acclaimed 2017 debut and a string of singles in 2020 their evolution is made plain on their sophomore LP, Stranger Again, […]

The law of conservation of energy proposes that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another. While the law is still holding true in the complexities of modern Quantum Theory today, it’s also an almost instinctual feeling we have while wandering through this […]

Born and raised outside of Philadelphia, Nicky Egan continues to make a steady mark in the music scene, carving out a unique journey and solidifying herself as a multi-talented creative and multi-instrumentalist. She’s performed all over the country fronting her own musical projects along with as a hired-gun for Chicano Batman, Tune-Yards, Carla Morrison, and […]

If you’re trying to describe Dopapod to someone, you’ll find it’s not an easy task. You could start by saying that all of the album titles (like the band name itself) are palindromes. But then when you try to describe what the band sounds like, you would have to say that there are elements of […]

The audience for video games is more diverse than many people imagine. While there is some truth in the stereotype of the typical gamer being a young, white male, many people from other backgrounds and demographics also enjoy video games and online gaming. Nevertheless, the gaming industry needs to do more to attract a more […]