Archive: 2022

For all its intimacy, The Feelings Parade’s delicate yet melodic precision is immediately reminiscent of Cat Power, and Beth Orton, while retaining a true folk roots authenticity. The duo’s story is one of patience and perseverance, not unlike most artists about to take over in very early 2020, who were suddenly halted, yet found ways […]

You’ve heard of Texas country and Oklahoma red dirt. No doubt you’re also familiar with outlaw country and Southern rock. Now take all those Americana music styles and change the scenery. How about Denver, Colorado? That’s exactly where you’ll find The Barlow, a rugged, four-piece band brewing its own mountain-high version of Colorado country. One […]

Artist and songwriter Doriana Spurrell makes captivating songs that feel unabashedly and beautifully human. Supported by the lush, velvet timbre of her voice, her style shifts effortlessly from upbeat alt-rock Americana anthems to elegant folk ballads, fueled by narrative, tautly poetic lyrics. Through her music, Spurrell observes the world around her with clarity and nuance; […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Broke But Not Broken, the new album from Michael Kane & The Morning Afters, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Pine Baron’s recent cover of Japanese band Fishman’s “In the Air”, is more than just a cover but a tribute in the truest sense of the word. While mostly staying true to form, just enough small changes in arrangement, inflection, and tonality are introduced that it feels almost like the band is picking up where the […]

Mike Legere is a songwriter and producer based out of Toronto, Ontario, originally from Nova Scotia. He released his first solo record Ourselves in Public on June 8th, 2018, followed by a music video for the single “Love Songs (In Fear of Dying Penniless),” and a second single, “Billboard.” His sophomore record Memory Forming Clouds, […]

In the wake of the 1960s psychedelic and art rock scenes that grew out of the United Kingdom, a new trend emerged: glam rock. The likes of Marc Bolan (and his band T-Rex), and David Bowie pioneered the genre. Around the same time, the heavy metal scene was also exploding following the success of Led […]

Turnstile’s 2021 album Glow On has hoisted them to the top of the music industry as the reception of this record has garnered worldwide critical acclaim and launched a string of late-night TV appearances for the band along with a sold-out worldwide tour. Turnstile is not an overnight sensation, before their 2021 breakthrough the band […]

Judas Priest, will get the opportunity to celebrate its 50th anniversary again this year with the launch of a new North American fall tour. The 50 Heavy Metal Years Tour will also feature Queensryche as openers and is being fueled by the highest-charting album of Priest’s career, ‘Firepower,’ which peaked at #5 on the Billboard […]

Following the release of his highly anticipated new album Melt My Eyez See Your Future, Denzel Curry officially announces his upcoming Fall U.S. tour dates. Before heading overseas earlier this year for the European leg of his sold-out World Tour, the ferocious performer wrapped the first leg of his North American tour and dominated the Coachella […]

Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage expands his horizons on View With A Room, a collection of 10 compelling original compositions out September 16 that marks his second release for Blue Note Records. Having established a home base with his brilliant and deeply attuned trio of bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King—most recently heard on the guitarist’s acclaimed 2021 Blue Note debut Squint—Lage […]

Breaking more than a decade of omertà, The Mars Volta reawaken from their lengthy hiatus with the release of their new single and short film for “Blacklight Shine”. Check out this more subtle and distinctively rhythmic side of the El Paso-based band below. “Blacklight Shine” pulses with subtle brilliance, Caribbean rhythms underpinning sophisticated, turbulent songcraft. The song […]

Jack White has announced a new series of North American dates for his ongoing Supply Chain Issues Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the shows begin August 20 at The Whiting in Flint, MI and then continue through late September (full list of dates below). Third Man Records Vault Members will have access to first pre-sale tickets […]

Coast Contra has experienced a whirlwind of success since the top of the year. After a video of the quartet freestyling earned them viral status and a spot opening for Dave Chappell in Los Angeles, the Philadelphia wunderkinds made their national television debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.  Since the group posted their […]

New York-based country-soul singer/songwriter Lara Taubman delivers sobering subjects like mortality, mental health, spirituality, survival and finding hope in an exceedingly turbulent & traumatized world on her sophomore album, Ol’ Kentucky Light, out September 16th on Atomic Sound Record Company. Taubman clearly didn’t just stumble upon her muse. She channels her earliest influences—the classic country […]

In celebration of Weezer’s innovative new SZNZ project – a collection of four EPs matching each season – the band is thrilled to announce a short residency on Broadway this fall. The run, which will happen from September 13 through September 18, will be unlike any shows Weezer has played before. Each night’s show will […]

This weekend saw another exciting installment of Tennessee’s premier music festival Bonnaroo. The lineup for this year was packed with today’s biggest stars but one of the highlights of the weekend came from an unexpected source. Producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff led a jam session and brought up some very special guests to perform […]

Since the release of their 2012 album Noctourniquent, Mars Volta has been very quiet. 2012 also marked the last time the duo played live, but that silence is breaking. Last year, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez released a collection of demos and unreleased cuts from their first release as Mars Volta, 2003’s Deloused In the […]

Juneteenth finally became a national holiday starting last year. Now federally recognized, the holiday celebrates the day slavery ended in the southern states of America. This day has been a celebration but is now recognized by the government as a national holiday. Apple Music is celebrating Juneteenth in a big way with a curated playlist […]