Archive: 2022

Hailed for its fresh take on psychedelic-tinged rock, its instrumental innovation, and its enticing electronic flourishes, ‘Django Django’ set its eponymous makers apart from the pack when it was released back in 2012.  Far from being the “underground album that would sell a few hundred copies” that the band expected it to be, Django Django’s groundbreaking debut album […]

Just in case you haven’t already thoroughly explored 1970s Grateful Dead shows, Real Gone Music announced the continuation of its reissue series with a new three-CD set of Dead shows previously released as part of the Road Trips and Dick’s Picks vault series. This set contains Road Trips Vol. 1 No. 3 — Summer ‘71 and represses of Dick’s Picks Vol. 3 and Dick’s […]

Sometimes moody and sometimes groovy, Wet Wilson creates slacker rock infused with influence from other genres and mediums. Covid inspired a move from New Orleans, LA to Los Angeles, CA, where Wilson shifted his attention from filmmaking to music. However, his songs still carry a cinematic sensibility rich in visceral imagery. The self-described “freelance scarecrow” […]

Nightlands – the project of Dave Hartley from The War On Drugs – has announced his new album, Moonshine, out July 15th on Western Vinyl, and shares a video for the title track. Amid massive global paradigm shifts Hartley became a father twice over and left his native Philadelphia for Asheville. From the newfound refuge of a studio he built using the bones […]

Party of the Sun is a psychedelic folk band from New Hampshire, comprised of Ethan McBrien, Rory Hurley, and Garrett Cameron. Writing and recording in various nature-bound locations, such as a small New England sheep farm, the band has released three EPs and two full-length albums over the span of just a few years. Exploring […]

Ella Ruby is a singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. She was raised on rainstorms and touts an excessive love of books. The past few years have found her primarily studying ancient history, playing with clay, and getting over her exes. Ruby draws inspiration from Billie Marten, Brandi Carlile, Julie Byrne, and Shannon Lay creating a sound […]

The long-running, first major label release for Kurt Vile on Verve Records titled (watch my moves) finds the artist returning to his home recording roots while slipping even further into psych-pop oddball songwriting.  There is a hazy, loose, recording-in-the-afternoon, feeling throughout the album as Vile lets his inner thoughts seep out through synths, guitars, and […]

From sideman to frontman, singer-songwriter Michael McAdam steps out with only his second solo outing, and first in nineteen years with Tremolo. Yes, the skilled and versatile guitarist McAdam, based in Nashville, has supported and soaked in the best of preeminent artists on the Americana scene such as Steve Earle & The (original) Dukes, Foster […]

Tenor saxophonist Ricky Ford boasts a lineage the envy of many, having begun his career with The Duke Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington, followed by stints with Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, and Abdullah Ibrahim, not to mention the 20 albums of his own as a leader. Even with such a decorated career, […]

Dave Goddess is an artist that holds to a singular belief—that real music needs to express passion and truth. It doesn’t have to be lofty; it just has to be genuine. “Making music is a voluntary act. Nobody’s put a gun to my head and said ‘write that song or else.’ I don’t even know […]

Mempho Music Festival has announced the lineup for its fifth annual event taking place September 30-October 2, 2022 at Memphis Botanic Garden. Leading the breadth of can’t-miss performances this year will be American rock/blues duo The Black Keys, alternative rock mainstays Wilco, and decorated Americana outfit Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, as well as a double-dose of Athens-based ensemble Widespread […]

Marco Benevento announces FOLLOW THE ARROW, a one day festival presented by the Woodstock, NY-based artist to be held Saturday, June 18 at Arrowood Farms in Accord, NY. Benevento will be joined by The Slip, Antibalas, El Michels Affair (DJ set), Mikaela Davis & Southern Star, Karina Rykman, Jayla Kai and Ratboy Jr. A handful of Benevento-centric configurations will also perform, including the Benevento Family Band with his wife and […]

Tortoise have announced a tour across select US cities this October. The tour will follow the deluxe reissue of Tortoise’s classic remix album Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters, out April 22nd, which features mixes by Steve Albini, Jim O’Rourke, Mike Watt (Minutemen), Brad Wood (Liz Phair), and Rick Brown (75 Dollar Bill). Tortoise have been expanding the definition of rock music for almost 30 years, nodding to […]

Rebel Records is proud to announce a new album from pioneering American roots musician Peter Rowan. Rowan’s second album for Rebel, Calling You From My Mountain (out 6/24) features star turns from Shawn Camp, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lindsay Lou, and more, and original and traditional songs from Rowan and his band. Today, Rebel is […]

Jim Rutland’s exhaustively researched, and thoroughly enjoyable book on SST Records – one of the most influential punk rock labels in the history of the genre – could just as easily serve as a bio on Black Flag, the band founded by SST label owner Greg Ginn. SST – initially a mail order business Ginn […]

Out of the gates, Sgt. Splendor’s new pandemic-penned debut hits with a claustrophobic urgency. “We’re in the belly of the beast right now,” Kate Vargas sings on lead track “Whoopee Chateau,” her voice wafting like fumes from the barrel of a smoking gun. Expertly dodging one unsettling revelation after another, her phrasing quickly turns staccato, […]

Long Beach rap artist Vince Staples has a track record of progression. From his 2015 LP Summertime ‘06, a project that left much to be desired from the fairly new rapper but still proved at times to be infectious and perhaps even near genius (“Norf Norf”), to the beyond intriguing Big Fish Theory and multiple […]

When Leah Wellbaum, the frontwoman for Slothrust, took the stage on April 10th, she remarked that it was her third time playing in Asbury Park and all three times were at Asbury Lanes. She said she wasn’t sure why they booked her a second time, because the first show only had 12 people in the […]

Guitar master Ronnie Earl and his long-time Broadcasters consistently deliver clean, soulful blues but their spiritual approach sets them apart from any band in the genre.  Mercy Me is Earl’s 14th album with Stony Plain and his 28th career album, most of which have featured various incarnations of his band, The Broadcasters. Earl, a four-time […]