Archive: 2022

Dawes continues their recent prolific streak with the announcement of their new album Misadventure of Doomscroller out July 22nd. Produced by longtime collaborator Jonathan Wilson (Billy Strings, Father John Misty, Angel Olsen), Misadventure of Doomscrollerrepresents an adventurous new turn for Dawes, evincing a more ambitious, exploratory approach towards recording than ever before. Dawes had shared their epic new […]

The Rolling Stones today release two previously unheard recordings from a legendary event in the band’s incredible 60-year history via Universal Music. “Tumbling Dice” and “Hot Stuff”, recorded at the Stones’ famous secret concerts at the 300-capacity Toronto club El Mocambo in March 1977, are out now! Listen to the tracks here and watch “Tumbling […]

Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, the two co-touring headliners who collaborated on last year’s “Like I Used To”, have a lot in common. They both carry the same alt-singer-songwriter torch, even if neither is really that alternative, and they’ve both developed rabid fan bases that singer-songwriters rarely manage anymore. Most of that can be […]

It was lazily easy to assume based on its title A Bit of Previous, that the latest album by Glasgow Scotland indie-pop heroes Belle and Sebastian would be a greatest hits album akin to their 2005 collection of B sides and EP titled Push Barman to Open Old Wounds. Fortunately for their dedicated fanbase, however, the […]

Eloquently blending big-pine folk, elegant indie-pop, and sweet vocal harmonies, Babes in Canyon crafts music that is eminently engaging and very much of the moment. Born of a spontaneous writing session between Kuinka’s Nathan Hamer and his fiancé Amanda Ebert, their debut record Second Cities unfolds with an easy grace that belies the relative newness […]

It’s no small irony Neil Young has commenced a vault project he calls the ‘Official Bootleg Series.’ After all, this is the man captured on video years ago, confronting a record store owner/operator for selling unauthorized sets of his recordings. But the Canadian rock icon is a man given to contradicting himself with (seemingly) nary […]

The Upsides are a relatively new act with the tight chemistry of a longtime jam band. Formed in 2021, they first released material from what would become their Patterns EP at a show at New York’s famed Mercury Lounge in September – but the four-piece band has a long history together. The group is composed of […]

The ghosts of everyone from Jerry Jeff Walker to John Prine can be heard throughout Aaron Raitiere’s highly enjoyable debut record Single Wide Dreamer. Across a dozen tracks the Kentucky songwriter – already a Grammy winner for his cowrite on A Star Is Born’s “I’ll Never Love Again” – proves he is just as talented in […]

Jamie and the Guarded Heart have recently released their second album, Funeral Song, following a period of releasing mainly singles, and have found that writing and recording the new songs in the pandemic period helped them express even more openly some of the themes of locality and loss that have always been part of their […]

A lot of words can be used to describe Andrew Leahey and The Homestead. One of those words is prolific. The band has released three albums since 2016. In that time, the band has shown that it is capable of fist-pumping rock and roll as well as psychedelic songs with harmonies that recall The Beatles. […]

Considering that drummer/vibraphonist/composer Ches Smith did not debut as a leader until his 2016 The Bell on ECM, he has certainly been prolific in the years since. His debut featured pianist Craig Taborn and violist Mat Maneri for a trio recording which he now expands to a quartet with the addition of renowned guitarist Bill […]

With their brotherly banter and impeccable harmonic expression, the Brothers Reed have spent the last 7 years touring nationally. Performing upwards of 300 shows a year, the Brothers have opened for several renowned artists, including Brandi Carlisle, Avett Brothers, Allen Stone, and many more.  Operating completely in-house, they manage, record, merchandise, and market themselves – […]

Will Wood is an American singer-songwriter, known for his ever-changing style and difficult-to-decipher public persona. Wood has released numerous singles and three studio albums: Everything Is A Lot, in 2015; Self-Ish (stylized as SELF-iSH), in 2016, The Normal Album in 2020, and the forthcoming In Case I Make It to be released in the summer […]

In the relatively short time they have been a band (formed in 2015), Big Thief has developed an almost feverish following. Their ascent and the prolific songwriter credentials of frontwoman Adrianne Lenker is similar to that of Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst in some ways, with Lenker hailed as a master songsmith from a very […]

Taking place April 29-May 1 at Central Park in Atlanta, Georgia, Shaky Knees Festival featured a massive and eclectic lineup that showcased up and coming indie rock and pop acts alongside longtime favorites like Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, My Morning Jacket, and Death Cab for Cutie.

For the inaugural Daze Between Festival in New Orleans, on the grounds of the Faubourg Brewery, the overriding feeling was friendship and an easy-going sense of family as guest spots were all the rage on day one and the next generation of acts shined bright on day two. Under gorgeous clear skies and hot/humid temperatures […]

“We’re Lost Cat, and if you don’t like it, you can go to hell,” is the statement marks Los Angeles riot grrrl trio Lost Cat’s introduction to the world, an adequate lead-in to the no-fucks-given, raucous, punk-led sound captured on their debut single, “L.O.S.T.” Revving things up with frenetic riffery and wailing vocals, the track […]

Wes Collins’ tasteful songwriting chops impress with his brooding openheartedness and cathartic melodies that reflect the more poignant sides of Jason Isbell and Steve Earle. On his third record Jabberwockies, Collins invites us into the world of a highly underrated singer-songwriter who can certainly fill a slot at Newport Folk Fest – if the invitation […]