Archive: 2022

Edie Carey didn’t set out to be a musician. She planned to go to med school, but life had other plans. While a student at Barnard College, she found a coffee shop where artists like Jeff Buckley and Ani DiFranco performed unplugged shows. Around the same time, she studied Italian and eventually went to Bologna […]

On Wednesday, June 1st, Asheville’s Rabbit Rabbit hosted Fitz and the Tantrums and St. Paul & the Broken Bones as part of their outdoor summer concert series.

Kraftwerk has kept its highly influential electronic musical legacy alive on its current 3D concert tour. Featuring original member Ralf Hütter and longtime member Fritz Hilpert, the German four-piece visited Minneapolis’ State Theatre on June 1st with a colorful multi-media and musical presentation including favorites “Computer Love,” Autobahn” and “Trans-Europe Express”. Photos by Billy Briggs. […]

Formed in Chicago, Horsegirl seems like an unlikely group to be drawing inspiration from the indie bands of the 90s and early 2000s. Mainly because no one in the trio was even alive in the 90s and were still in elementary school as the first decade of the new millennium drew to a close. However, […]

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds kicked off a Summer-long tour of overseas festival dates last night (June 2) with their headlining spot at the Northside Festival in Denmark. This is the band’s first live performance since 2018 when they performed in Toronto, Canada. They had planned to continue playing shows that year until COVID […]

Some artists change for the better, but you can always count on Paul Leary to turn up something more outrageous than the last. The prolific artist is a modern-day Captain Beefheart with his musical paintings that conjure up imagery of psychedelic, proto-punk and all-around mystical mayhem, Today, Glide is premiering the Buthole Surfers guitarist/sometimes vocalist’s new […]

Tim Heidecker has shared a new single, “Sirens of Titan (feat. Kurt Vile),” from his forthcoming album High School, out June 24th on Spacebomb Records. Presented alongside a video directed and animated by Ben Levin, “Sirens of Titan” follows the nostalgia-laced focus of previous singles “Punch in the Gut” and “Buddy,” and brings rock titan Kurt Vile into the mix. Heidecker […]

Joshua Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He released his first EP in 2014 and has subsequently released numerous singles leading up to a new EP entitled “Demons” out on June 3, 2022. Thomas has toured extensively, supporting artists like Adrianne Lenker, Twain, and Buck Meek. His work has been compared to that of John Grant, Anohni, and […]

While the title may call to mind pandemic-induced paranoia, Andrew Bird’s newest album, Inside Problems, delivers a welcoming sense of openness as lush, acoustic-based indie-pop flows throughout this ever-evolving artist’s stout offering.  Supporting Bird on this outing are Alan Hampton & Mike Viola (bass/guitar/vocals) Abe Rounds (drums) and Madison Cunningham (supporting vocals) all matching winningly […]

The Rosie Varela Project’s debut album dives head-first into the topics of love, childhood trauma, and all the bittersweet experiences in between. The end result is raw, zen, and ultimately liberating. Rosie Varela is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based out of El Paso, Texas. She is also the current frontwoman of the internationally-recognized shoegaze band, […]

Maria Francis and Jeff Overbo provide their own take on modern Americana with Silver Lake 66. With a soulful hybrid of classic country, folk and blues, their songs have been hailed by numerous publications and radio stations. They have a natural skill for writing genuine, heartstring-tugging songs. Combine this with impeccable harmonies and masterful guitar-playing, […]

Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son are a New Jersey-based Punk-influenced Rock band who have been making music for over twelve years now. Their new EP, We Go On, was recently released by Telegraph Hill Records and channels all the verve and love for live music that only a couple of years of shutdowns could […]

Blue Dogs is a band that was formed in 1987 by bassist Hank Futch and vocalist/guitarist Bobby Houck. The band has always made easy-going Americana that tells a good story and is easy to sing along with. That hasn’t changed on the new album Big Dreamers, produced by longtime fan Sadler Vaden. The album is […]

Let’s (let us) begin by clarifying how the band Lettuce got its name.  Just as we began the last sentence, it comes from “let us play” or its shorter refrain “let us.” Lettuce is a band that meets the jazz folks and the rock folks halfway, and yes, they surely have a jam band following […]

With a voice resembling Steve Earle’s sans the political bent, North Carolina-based singer-songwriter Wes Collins issues his third album, Jabberwockies, complete with dark narratives and some interesting characters.  Collins has won or placed near the top in several reputable songwriter competitions and is the epitome of the Americana sound, citing these artists as his major […]

Chicago’s new multi-genre festival SACRED ROSE happening at SeatGeek Stadium on August 26 – 28, 2022, has announced today details of its Friday, August 26 headliner Phil Lesh & Friends. Featuring the world debut of special guests Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy (vocalist/guitarist) and Nels Cline (guitarist) alongside host and captain of the musical ship Phil Lesh, SACRED ROSE will proudly present the first-ever ‘PHILCO’ performance. The […]

After a double shot of political inspired anger on 2020s two releases (The Unraveling and The New OK), the Drive-By Truckers have promoted this new album as looking into their past to craft a tribute album of sorts to a venue Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley started their career at with Welcome 2 Club XIII.  […]

Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and Country music veteran Alison Krauss kicked off a long list of tour dates last night (June 1) at CMAC in Canandaigua, New York. The collaborators are touring with JD McPherson and going across the country including some shows overseas. This is the duo’s first tour together in over twelve […]

Australian rock legends Midnight Oil kicked off their final tour together last night (June 1) at the Malkin Bowl in Vancouver, BC. It was announced that this will be the band’s final full tour together. This will support their 2022 album RESIST. This show kicked off the North American leg of the tour and was […]