Archive: 2022

Only an artist as strong as Patty Griffin would overlook these ten great performances in search of ‘better’ material. Hindsight often has its advantages and time between can bring a new perspective as did here.  Yet Griffin is unlike many other artists. She doesn’t offer up explanations for the inspiration for her songs. She rarely […]

Today, Editors announce their seventh album EBM, due September 23, 2022 via Play It Again Sam. The new album will be the first with new band member Benjamin John Power, aka Blanck Mass, who was announced as a full time member last month with the album’s first single “Heart Attack.” A second preview is now available in the form of “Karma Climb,” a stomping […]

Dead Can Dance has announced new tour dates in North America in March and April, 2023. The tour sees Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard and a full backing band return to North America for the first time in a decade, the last playing on the continent at Coachella Festival in April, 2013. The band will be playing songs across their spectacular career […]

Phoenix has shared a brilliant video for their first new track in two years, “Alpha Zulu,” which was released last week to rapturous response on Glassnote Records.  A send-up of the past meeting the future, the “Alpha Zulu” visual was concepted by the band and directed by longtime collaborator Pascal Teixeira, as well as Emma Besson and Louis Bes. […]

“This song was written about the idea that we can grow past the things that made us who we are. “The apple don’t fall far from the tree” is a sentence that always haunted me, coming from a pretty traumatic childhood, I couldn’t imagine anything worse, but as I got older I realized that there is […]

It’s no understatement that we’ve been gifted with a fair amount of legit post-punk bands that permeate the gritty stench of late 70s Britain. Fontaines D.C., Idles, and Viagra Boys have brought the “rock” back into indie where nearly a trendy keyboard riff will ever be found. Enter NYC post-punk outfit Catcher, who brings hellbent […]

Scott Clay showcases important relationships, stunning displays of natural beauty, and even famous historical events on Let It All Lay Bare, his fifth full-length album, due out September 23rd (PRE-ORDER). The seasoned performer offers listeners two distinct experiences: The Seattle-based artist will make you feel good, but he will also make you feel. Across his […]

Ottawa-Hull-based indie-rock band Pony Girl has announced a brand new LP, Enny One Wil Love You, due October 14 via Paper Bag Records. To kick off the release, they are premiering the record’s first single, “Age of Anxious,” with Glide– a single which explores themes of isolation in the digital age through dark comic vignettes […]

Denver’s Mission Ballroom welcomed four-time Grammy award-winning instrumental fusion band “Snarky Puppy” to its state-of-the-art stage on June 5th.  This marked the band’s first appearance at one of Denver’s newest concert venues and the ten-piece ensemble kept it fresh and experimental throughout the adventurous set. Photos by Todd Radunsky

“Sports” (not to be confused with Viagra Boys’ triumphant track of the same name) is the latest release from Mal, the project of Los Angeles-based indie-folk musician and visual artist Mallory Hauser. Their delicate voice starts by carrying the listener over a deceivingly intricate and sparse acoustic guitar part before slowly building to a gorgeously noisy peak full of […]

“Young Love” is the deceptively complex latest living room folk single from Sonic Løland, the project of Norwegian musician Anders Løland. The palpable wistfulness in the storytelling is propped up by imaginative instrumentation and effective arranging reminiscent of mid-2000’s Sufjan Stevens albums. “Young Love” is off the upcoming full-length album, And Then the Sun Came Up, created with […]

Moby Grape’s career is “Murphy’s Law’ in action, so much so it transcends other archetypal stories of  fledgling rock and roll bands for whom ‘what could go wrong will go wrong.” The bungling all began even before its eponymous debut album was released fifty-five years ago when the group itself committed the cardinal sin of […]

Massachusetts’ own Pixes have returned to the northeast, but this time in a secluded studio in Vermont to record their latest album Doggerel due out September 30. The band teamed up with producer Tom Dalgety at Guilford Record to record new music that the band describes as “simplistic”. This was announced via an album trailer […]

14 years ago, underground legends The Dresden Dolls had gone on a long hiatus following three albums. Their cult following was devastated but not underfed considering lead singer Amanda Palmer has been releasing solo work since 2008. Today, Palmer took to Facebook to announce that she is rejoining forces with her long-lost bandmate Brian Viglione […]

Stretching back more than two decades, Calexico has explored the musical connections between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe with each new album. Of course, this has all been done with the Southwestern cool created by Joey Burns and John Convertino, who married a sort of sparse rock sound that seemed to capture their beloved […]

Should you ever need a lift, a new Austin quintet called Hog Branch can help get you back into the groove — and I mean, right now! This grooving soul/blues outfit combines jazz-filled heart with country soul on their self-titled debut album, Hog Branch, which is due out June 10th on Blue Vada Records. Trying […]

On Saturday, June 4, The Mavericks brought their worldly sounds to Austin, Texas for a show at the ACL Moody Theater. Maggie Rose opened.

NYC immigrant punk Boris Pelekh gives listeners an upfront and personal look at spiritual awakening on his debut solo EP, I See It Now (out June 24), a collection of gentle indie-folk meditations with psychedelic undertones, soul-baring vocals and intimate incantations of love restored.  A seasoned veteran of the New York music scene and ace guitarist for […]