Archive: 2022

Vocal prowess goes a long way in almost any avenue of songwriting and for Franky Perez, he channels a hard-hitting soul reminiscent of Simply Red jamming with the modern alt-rock vibes of The 1975 and Sob Rock era John Mayer. This hard-edged big scoop of soul tone is all over his new album Crossing the Great […]

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (released 5/26/67)  may not be the Beatles’ best album, but it’s certainly the most famous. The reverberations arising from its release continue even today, over a half-century after the album came out and while (over?) much has been made of every element of the title from its cover to […]

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammed, co-founders of the group and series Jazz Is Dead, began their Series 2 with Jazz Is Dead 011, a compilation of artists, including the legendary jazz and R&B vocalist Jean Carne.  Now with Jazz Is Dead 012, they have devoted a full album to her. The two multi-instrumentalists and […]

Trombonist/composer Steve Davis has long been a first-call sideman. Chick Corea, as one example, tapped Davis for his revived Spanish Heart Band a couple of years ago. But, like the members of this esteemed sextet, Davis is a bandleader too, in his case with close to twenty-five albums under his name. On each of his […]

The debut release from the Portland, OR-based Slang has been a long time coming as Drew Grow and Janet Weiss formed the outfit over a decade ago and now deliver their first studio offering, Cockroach In A Ghost Town.  Grow (guitar, vocals) and Weiss (drum, keys, vocals) form the foundation, crafting a quirky nine-song offering […]

The Police were just halfway into their career by the time the tour documentary Around The World first came out. They were still a few years away from writing and releasing their bestselling record, 1983’s wildly innovative Synchronicity, and they still had not reached their peak popularity, a steady run that would see them selling […]

Amanda Shires has shared her haunting new single, “Hawk For The Dove” out today. The evocative music video for the track was also released today – check it out below. “Hawk For The Dove” is the first new single to be unveiled from her extraordinary forthcoming album Take It Like a Man, set for release July 29 on ATO Records. Featuring Shires’ […]

Even before the release of The Frightnrs well received debut, 2016’s Nothing More To Say, the group was dealing with tragic loss as lead singer Dan Klein passed away from ALS. When the band re-entered the studio with producer Victor “Ticklah” Axelrod they used vocals Klein had previously laid down for a new album, the […]

Bruce Hornsby is a musical chameleon. Whether it’s pumping out chart-topping hits with his MTV-era cohorts The Range, collaborating with country music mainstays such as Ricky Skaggs and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band“, or scoring a grammy-winning instrumental track for the Olympics with jazz legend Branford Marsalis, the Williamsburg, VA native has never been content […]

Bob Marston’s musical career has led many roads, yet as a life-long troubadour, releasing a full-band album serves as a long-awaited fully realized artistic statement After spending years as a part-time troubadour giving performances from farmer’s markets, church picnics, and pubs, to 500 seat venues and international music festivals, Bob Marston, and his band the […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Cheap Shots On The Rocks, the new album from Matt Pless, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Boston Calling is back and in all its musical glory. The renowned three-day musical festival is currently set to welcome the masses into Harvard University’s athletic complex this coming Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-29. GRAMMY Award winner Nine Inch Nails will close out the first night of the festival on Friday, followed by alternative rockers […]

Melbourne-based folk musicians and multi-instrumentalists Lucy Roleff and Lehmann B. Smith present “In The Doorway,” the debut single from their collaborative full-length effort Dark Green, set for release with NYC-based imprint Youngbloods on May 18th. Originally written as a demo by Roleff in the liminal hours of house-sitting for a friend, “In The Doorway” assumed […]

Drawing inspiration from Andrew Bird, Iron and Wine, and Andy Shau Weidinger is a versatile performer that captures the heart of any audience. Her sweeping, nostalgic melodies tell stories of love, pain, mental illness, and the fragility of life. “lily of the valley”, is the latest orchestral folk release from Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Torri Weidinger. While […]

Andrew Combs has announced his fifth studio album entitled Sundays, due out on August 19th via Tone Tree. Recorded entirely in mono, the album was collaboratively produced by Combs and Jordan Lehning (Caitlin Rose, Caroline Spence, Rodney Crowell) with additional arrangements from Dominic Billett (drums for Erin Rae, Julia Jacklin, Courtney Marie Andrews). Combs has […]

Pavement’s reunion tour was just one of many victims of COVID cancellations. They were initially supposed to head out on a world tour in 2020 and two years later they’re finally getting a chance to hit the road. Before the band headlines at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Pavement shared a stage for the first time […]

Since the release of their 2021 album GLOW ON, Baltimore punk band Turnstile seems to keep getting bigger and bigger. The band is continuing their hot streak by bringing their mosh-pit-inspiring sound to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with a blistering version of “Blackout”. This marks the band’s third late-night appearance since the release of […]

Bad Luck and Dollars Signs co-headlined on Saturday, May 21st at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia. They were joined by Out of Service and Taking Meds, making for a very full evening that was pretty well-attended by folks willing to brave the unseasonably warm 97 degree heat in Fishtown. If anything, it seem to fuel the upbeat atmosphere. Out of […]

90’s British Rock trio Supergrass returned to late-night television last night (May 23) as the musical guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”. After their cult following was bouncing off the walls following the band announcing their official reunion in 2019, the pandemic forced them back into retirement. Supergrass came together to play Glastonbury Festival’s Pilton Party […]