Archive: 2022

On March 4, Guided By Voices shared their newest album, Crystal Nuns Cathedral, and to continue the momentum, they’re releasing yet another album entitled Tremblers And Goggles By Rank (their 35th!) on July 1 via GBV Inc. To kick off the album cycle, they shared a new single “Alex Bell” (which is also available on a limited edition 7″ including […]

Marty Stuart’s 19th “Late Night Jam” will return to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, June 8th at 9pm CT. The show, in association with Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music, will feature a lineup curated by Stuart himself with special performances by Billy Strings, Colt Clark & Quarantine Kids, Connie Smith, Emmylou Harris, The Grand Ole Opry Square […]

Pink Mountaintops, the exploratory and enigmatic project of Black Mountain frontman Stephen McBean, make their triumphant return after eight years with the announcement of their new album Peacock Pools, which will see a release this Friday, May 6th, 2022 via their new label home ATO Records.  In the lead-up, to the release, the band has shared the harmony-heavy and sweetly hedonistic new […]

Self-described as “A group of mates who share a love of playing music together, everything else is a bonus”, Blindmouth is a four piece alternative indie band from Mullumbimby Australia.  They have been playing together for six years and during that time have carved out a niche in the Brisbane and Byron bay music scenes. […]

“My Sister is a Butcher”, the recent single from  Toronto’s Sister Swire is a frenetic yet thoughtful dive into addiction driven by observations that only someone who’s been there and back can make. Singer Sarah Swire’s expressive and unique voice immediately sets the song apart while the band navigates the constantly moving harmonic landscape with a fullness […]

The Afghan Whigs have announced their first studio album in five years How Do You Burn?, which is set for release on September 9th via Royal Cream/BMG. Also out today is the second song taken from the new album titled “The Getaway.” A brand-new music video for “The Getaway” also makes its debut today. Watch it below.. The […]

Toronto collective Broken Social Scene has announced a run of North American shows for this fall. The tour is in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the group’s breakthrough album You Forgot It In People, a record that pushed indie rock far beyond its noisy ’90s slacker roots toward a more sonically expansive, emotionally expressive vision. Full tour […]

Pickathon is arriving this summer and the esteemed Oregon festival has added Wet Leg to its 2022 packed lineup. Pickathon also announced the legendary rapper GZA, who will be performing with his live band The Phunky Nomads. It’ll be amazing to have an original Wu-Tang Clan member onstage at Pickathon bringing the heat. Additional artists added to the […]

On Sunday, May 1st, an all-star lineup gathered outside of Austin at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas ranch to celebrate the Red-Headed Stranger’s 89th birthday. The performance included appearances from Bruce Robison, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Nathaniel Rateliff, Robert Earl Keen, Margo Price, Kevin Russell, and more.

Drive-By Truckers have announced today’s premiere of “Every Single Storied Flameout,” (below) the latest track from their upcoming 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, due via ATO Records on Friday, June 3. Pre-orders are available now. The spirited, horn-blasted “Every Single Storied Flameout” sees founding member/vocalist/guitarist Mike Cooley looking back at his younger years […]

New Zealand musician Marlon Williams returns with “My Boy,” his first new solo music since 2018’s Make Way For Love, and the announcement of a fall North American and European tour, on sale this Friday, May 6th at 10am local time. On the breezy “My Boy,” Williams’ “rare and entrancing” (NPR Music) vocals are on full display atop a […]

Voice alone and you might get that nostalgic feeling from Shawn Williams that is an aching twangy southern soul that is more often mimicked than authenticated. Like Lucinda Willians, add this younger Williams in the real deal, undisputed soulful artist category: destined for a shot as a career artist. Hailing from the melting pot of […]

You know her name. Leyla McCalla was a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Our Native Daughters, groups that have spawned successful careers for Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons, Amythyst Kiah, and Allison Russell. McCalla’s previous solo effort was the politically charged 2019 Capitalist Blues, which we covered on these pages. She is bilingual and […]

Dylan Gilbert is a songwriter, sound artist, and performer from Charlotte, North Carolina — and a founding member of the genre-bending punk band Hectorina. His music ranges from guitar-based art pop to experimental music, taking inspiration from artists such as Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Björk, Prince, David Lynch, and ambient and minimalist music. Since 2005, […]

When we last heard from The Waterboys frontman Mike Scott, he indicated that true to his storied history, just one year shy of the 40th anniversary of the band’s debut album, he was embarking on a new direction. He had considered 2017’s Out of All This Blue, 2019’s Where the Action Is, and 2020’s Good […]

Crafting infectious singalongs that seamlessly blend country, rock, and indie, theirs is a sound overflowing with hooks, melodies, and plenty of dueling guitars. From the raucous first single ‘The Ugliest Man in Bristol’ to the pensive reverie of ‘Mountain Lion’, there’s rarely a moment without a new lyrical earworm or barnstorming riff stirring the soul. […]

The Old Town School of Folk Music started in Dawn Greening’s dining room in 1957, just as the burgeoning folk scene began to take shape in America. It soon developed into a Chicago institution, one that weathered the decline of the original folk boon and the closing of its original location. Now, the school’s main […]

Max Garcia Conover is a storyteller. With “I Saw the Devil He Looks Like Me”, Conover’s latest introspective folk single, he not only shows he has a lot to say but also demonstrates an effective way of performing. Earnest vocals and solid picking are accompanied by a Rick Rubin style minimalistic keys arrangement all tied together with […]

The highly influential Dan Auerbach run runs a label called Easy Eye Sound, which sparks a roots revival in the most traditionally haunting and quivering way possible. Artists that blend authentic life-worn lessons in the blues, country, and American soul music that reap poignant rewards for listeners of all generations. The blistering raw new single […]