Archive: 2022

After a series of shows over the winter/spring at The Maple Leaf to work on some new material, Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen brought their national tour back to their hometown with a show at the Zony Mash Beer Project in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday night June 10th.  With the addition of The Absolute Monster […]

London-based band Dry Cleaning announce their sophomore album, Stumpwork, out October 21st, and share the lead single/video, “Don’t Press Me.” Stumpwork is the follow-up to New Long Leg, their debut full-length and one of 2021’s best albums (a top 10 album of the year, according to The New York Times, Pitchfork, SPIN, The Atlantic, The Ringer, and more). The new album was inspired […]

Trampled By Turtles has announced the release of their forthcoming album Alpenglow on October 28th (Thirty Tigers). Produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Alpenglow is the Minnesota-based sextet’s tenth album and may be their strongest collection of songs and performances to date. Alpenglow, named after the optical phenomenon that takes places when the sun casts a reddish glow across the […]

The legendary prog-rockers YES took the stage at the Tavistock in Tavistock, England yesterday on 6/13/22. The 400-capacity venue was treated to an intimate performance by the band, featuring the original lineup minus the legendary drummer Alan White who recently passed away on May 26th of this year. Jay Schellen, who was already a member […]

US groove rock masters CLUTCH have dropped a brand new single “We Strive for Excellence” today which can be heard belo,w A brand new Clutch album is coming soon. The band also announced today that fans can now RSVP to be the first to get notified of the official details and early access to all of the albums exclusive […]

With the recent announcement yesterday of the Desert Daze festival lineup, there were many in the psych-rock realm that would argue that they deserve a spot at the party. Yet there are only so many sports, but one that should certainly be considered for 2023 is Silver People. The musical alter ego of Jake Reeves, […]

The seventh Foals album is it’s most pop-oriented to date. Each of the first six releases had a pop sensibility, with big sing-along choruses and propulsive beats made for dancing, but the band’s rock stylings were also present, at times bleeding through the pop and at other times dominating the sound. With Life Is Yours, […]

Throughout the last decade and a half, Song Sparrow Research has released a stream of records across the spectrum of psych-pop, chamber folk, and indie rock–centered around lush and moody sound palettes. Formed in Seattle, the current members of Hamilton Boyce, David Balatero, Evan Woodle, and Kenneth Aramaki now span Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and Seattle. The […]

Argot is an Indie Rock band from Charleston, SC composed of Grady Rogers, Chris Howell, Molly Smith, and John Brooker. Argot’s name comes from a French word meaning “slang, or words and phrases (often in use for only a short time) used very informally by a group”. This is descriptive of how Argot views music – […]

After working throughout her early twenties as a live drummer, improviser, session musician, and environmental researcher, Halifax-raised and now Vancouver-based artist Jen Yakamovich began distilling her eclectic experience to bring her own compositions to life. “Troll Dolly” is the result: stitching together a sonic patchwork of vintage folk influences with tape samples, rhythmic hymns, and […]

Summer is here and with it, the season brings warm weather and outdoor music festivals. Once the sun comes out and festivals across the world announce lineups, each one having big names while also providing a platform for the headliners of tomorrow.  Most recently, the California music and arts festival known as Desert Daze, which […]

Dead & Company successfully kicked off their Summer Tour 2022 on Saturday, June 11 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The six-piece band – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti, and Oteil Burbridge, returned to the City of Angels after wrapping up their 2021 tour at the Hollywood Bowl last Halloween. […]

Today, Desert Daze announces their 2022 artist transmission in celebration of their tenth installment of art and music in Southern California. This year will feature a return set from Tame Impala who were forced to cut off their 2018 set when a massive storm rolled in. Four years later, they will perform their groundbreaking second […]

Baytrees is made up of brothers Mensah (songwriter, producer, lead singer, keyboard, guitarist and producer) and Kwame Hart (Bass Guitar), who are joined by friends Marcus Harris (drums and vocals) and Cujoe Ryan (guitarist and keys). Collectively, the members of the band have supported acts including The Sex Pistols, grime sensation Kano, and rock royalty […]

Jay Farrar is a man of few words and fewer smiles, but he seemed to be in good spirits when he took the stage at Portland, Oregon’s Aladdin Theater on Friday, June 10th. Son Volt, the pioneering alt-country band he has fronted since 1994, released their 10th studio album Electro Melodier last year and Farrar […]

Quiet by your side is Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Jude Flannery’s solo debut, a psychedelic folk-rock record exploring the themes of connection and expectation. For his first release, he aimed to make a splash by recruiting a supergroup of primary collaborators including Matt Barrick (The Walkmen, Muzz) on drums/percussion, Quentin Stoltzfus (Mazarin, Light Heat) on bass and […]

With their current UK/Europe tour underway— The Smile has expanded its 2022 tour to include an extensive North American run. The new band featuring Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood alongside Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner will make their long-awaited debut with a run of shows through NYC, Boston, DC, Montreal, Providence, Milwaukee Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, Nashville, […]

The Lickerish Quartet brings together former Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Eric Dover and Tim Smith, and the Quartet is a creative outlet for their continued collaboration in new directions. Before the pandemic period, they had decided to create a collection of songs together and laid substantial groundwork for what evolved into three EP […]

When one is thinking about the “Swinging Sixties” look, the first image to come to mind might be Nancy Sinatra’s iconic high boot look and her song “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”. Her iconic song propelled her into the spotlight in 1966, a decade after first performing on her father Frank’s variety show. The […]