Archive: 2022

Stockholm post-punk band Viagra Boys have announced a new album Cave World due out July 8th via YEAR0001. Produced by past collaborators Pelle Gunnerfeldt (The Hives, The Knife, etc.) and DJ Haydn, the announcement of their third album coincides with the release of the first single “Ain’t No Thief” (below) and its accompanying video. The video, directed by SNASK, finds singer Sebastian Murphy, […]

After a successful round of US touring and a smashing debut album release – which saw them outselling their competition for the #1 spot in their native UK by 4:1, the buzzy duo Wet Leg will be returning to North America this summer. They will be performing a slew of dates across the country including […]

The Smile will release their highly anticipated debut album A Light For Attracting Attention on May 13, 2022 on XL Recordings. The 13-track album was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich and mastered by Bob Ludwig. Tracks feature strings by the London Contemporary Orchestra and a full brass section of contemporary UK jazz players including […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band has announced the most ambitious studio project of their career: I Am The Moon, an epic undertaking in four albums with 24 original songs. Inspired by a mythic Persian tale of star-crossed lovers, and emotionally driven by the isolation and disconnection of the pandemic era, the thematic I Am The Moon totals more than two hours of music, unfolding across […]

G. Love has announced his new album Philadelphia Mississippi will be released on June 24 via Philadelphonic Records/Thirty Tigers. The album was produced by North Mississippi All-Stars’ Luther Dickinson (son of Jim Dickinson who produced G. Love’s sophomore album Coast to Coast Motel) and bridges both sides of G. Love’s eclectic career, mixing old school Hill Country and Delta Blues with new […]

What goes around comes around. Stricken as teenagers in California with the folk blues of the premiere Piedmont folk-blues stylists, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, living legends Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder decided to record for the first time in over fifty years in tribute to the duo that has inspired them throughout their careers.  […]

The topic of paying for music for the majority of people, luckily, might be a bit overdue. These days, it’s becoming more and more obvious that the records are not and should not be for free. The awareness of this subject is growing, but it’s still worth reminding about it to those last hesitant music […]

The worlds of music, art, and technology will unite at FORMAT (For Music + Art + Technology), a new festival experience taking place September 23-25, 2022, on the private Sugar Creek Airstrip in Bentonville, in the heart of the vibrant cultural region of Northwest Arkansas known as OZ. The three day and night event will feature extraordinary music performances from […]

Sleep and Gimme Metal have teamed up to present the Sleep 420 Dopesmoker Special, which will see the online streaming platform host an exclusive 24-hour playback of Sleep’s seminal album Dopesmoker on April 20. Since the album is not available on streaming services, this is the only way that fans can stream the album while partaking in this year’s 4/20 festivities. Learn more and get the […]

Marrying post-punk instrumentals with delicate harmonies, Bindy’s sound accesses a wide and colorful range of emotions. Their live set is punchy and raw, though they can swiftly reel it in to convey a tender moment. At 14, founding member and front-woman Francesca (Bindy) Craft started recording songs in her bedroom to satirize unwelcome life events— […]

Nonesuch will release seven special editions of Wilco’s landmark 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on September 16, 2022. The now-classic record has been remastered and will be available as part of each set. The Super Deluxe version comprises eleven vinyl LPs and one CD—including demos, drafts, and instrumentals, charting the making of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot—plus a live […]

 Neko Case has announced ‘Wild Creatures’, a digital-only career retrospective album containing twenty-two of Neko’s most impactful tracks from her discography as well as one new song. Coming out this Friday, you can pre-order and pre-save it HERE. The new song, “Oh, Shadowless”, will also debut with a new animated music video created by Laura Plansker on Friday at 12 pm […]

Secret Emchy Society always has a way of turning expectations upside down with its middle finger throwing blend of Country that not only waves a rainbow flag in the face of naysayers, yet possesses a relentless evocative twang that begs to be Orville Peck’s next tour opener. As the First Lady of Queer Country, Cindy […]

“”It’s a song about the purity and sacredness of desire. I was thinking about someone I loved but that wasn’t really reciprocal in the way I wanted, and about the beauty of desire itself – whether for a person, a dream or something else. Sometimes we’re expected not to desire too much or too deeply, […]

On Paint This Town, Old Crow Medicine Show’s seventh album and first in four years, the band is back with some of their strongest songs yet, a bit darker, but all complex, compelling character-driven tracks that is the closest thing to having Springsteen lead a string band. Co-produced with Matt Ross-Spang, the band recorded this […]

For 20 years, Matt Butler has been exploring the spirit of improvisation with the help of talented musicians through his Everyone Orchestra project. Carefully curating each lineup, Butler serves as the alchemist for exploratory jams that keep both fans and musicians on their toes. Each performance is unique and spontaneous. With his notebook, hand motions, […]

The Trinity of Terror Tour took over The Fillmore in Philadelphia on Easter Eve, April 16th, and the humor of a horror-laced multi-band event was definitely a source of amusement for the bands and the audience during a few key moments. There did seem to be a connection, though, between the seasonal shift, warm weather […]

One of the many benefits of going to music festivals is that there is so much music that you get to check out a ton of unknown (to you) acts and you usually “discover” a band that you really love. Such was the case for Dorothy first discovered at the 2018 Voodoo Festival in New […]

On his brand new album Inside Problems,  Andrew Bird acknowledges all of the complex thoughts, questions and middle-of-the-night obsessions swirling around in each of us. Arriving June 3rd via Loma Vista Recordings, Inside Problems is a collection of eleven original songs that take on those inner demons that run amok when things get especially quiet. It’s a lush and rousing entry to […]