Archive: 2023

Last night (February 16), Beck made his triumphant return to the late-night circuit as he performed his new single “Thinking About You” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The last time the genre-bending artist graced the stage was back in 2019 in support of his 2019 LP Hyperspace. This time around, Beck replaced the shimmering glam-pop style […]

New York/New Jersey-based Post-Rock, Jazz-influenced instrumental ensemble The Royal Arctic Institute really captured a sense of otherworldliness with their group of songs, From Catnap to Coma, that arrived in 2021. Now, they’ve followed that with a companion collection, From Coma to Catharsis, which is out now from Already Dead Tapes and Records in cassette form […]

It’s a testament to Marshall Crenshaw’s persistence, not to mention his professional pride, that he’s secured the rights to his catalog as originally released on Warner Brothers Records. Issued on double-LP vinyl for RSD reissue in the fall of 2022–in which format it sold out–a 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition of his self-titled debut on compact disc reaffirms the value […]

To attempt to personify the newest release from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare would be futile, and a disservice to the music itself. Tare is gearing up to release his first body of solo material in four years, 7s was recorded in the shadows of mountains down in Asheville, North Carolina. Tare would rise out of […]

Following the rapturous reception to their new single “Ghosts Again,” Depeche Mode has added a new Fall leg of North American tour dates to the Memento Mori Tour, which will support Memento Mori, their forthcoming studio album due out March 24. With the addition of these 29 new shows, the Rock & Roll Hall of […]

On the heels of their freshly released This Stupid World LP, the storied Yo La Tengo trio is setting out on a massive tour. They kicked things off last night (February 15) at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, Washington. While the tour is in support of the band’s newest LP, the tracklist from last night […]

The New Brunswick, NJ-based trio Screaming Females have always straddled the genres of punk, indie, metal, and arena-ready jams, but on their newest album Desires Pathway, they deliver their most accessible musical offering with splashes of power pop and polished alt-rock.

The story of California grunge-pop band STARRY EYES is both tragic and triumphant. The band evolved from the deep friendship between founding duo guitarist John Shippey and drummer Matthew Scoggins. The pair worked together tirelessly for two years on the music for its uplifting debut EP, Ciao Bella, while on an arduous quest to find […]

“Our stories are where we meet. They are the crossroads of human experience,” journeyman singer-songwriter Doug Levitt says describing part of what he’s learned since setting out more than 12 years back with nothing but an initial six-week Greyhound pass, a beat up Gibson J-100, a copy of Woody Guthrie’s Bound for Glory, a country […]

Transformation, the new LP from songwriter, composer, and vocalist Grant Swift builds on the softly psychedelic folk-rock and hook-drenched power pop of his First Elephant release to deliver the listener a truly transformative experience. Swift’s knack for crafting irresistible melodic hooks and his soaring, ethereal voice are still here in spades of course. On this […]

Rodrigo y Gabriela have announced their new album, In Between Thoughts…A New World, arriving via ATO Records on Friday, April 21. Pre-orders are available now. Rodrigo y Gabriela’s eagerly awaited follow-up to 2019’s GRAMMY® Award-winning Mettavolution and first full-length collection in four years, In Between Thoughts…A New World arrives as one of the duo’s most revelatory offerings yet – a spontaneously composed unified work […]

Nashville rockers Country Westerns have shared a new track “Speaking Ill of the Blues” from their sophomore LP Forgive The City, due April 28, 2023 via Fat Possum Records. Marking the band’s second full-length release for Fat Possum, Forgive The City is also their second to be helmed by famed producer Matt Sweeney (who also contributes his lead guitar stylings to […]

You’ll be immediately struck by two things when listening to “I Can Only Love You in a Song”, the new single from Kristopher James. First and foremost is his unbelievable vocal control. He jumps so seamlessly in and out of a smooth and natural falsetto it’s hard to register how much work that can take […]

Opening with a perfectly dialed Brit rock throwback guitar tone quickly joined by the rest of the tastefully heavy instrumentation; The Mosfets don’t pull any punches with their new single “Sign of Affection.” The bold Bass tone is clearly defined and dances well with the straight-ahead guitar playing. There’s no hiding their strong influences of The […]

Ben Folds will release his new album What Matters Most on June 2 via New West Records. The 10-song set was co-produced by Folds and Joe Pisapia (K.D. Lang, Guster) in East Nashville, TN and features guest appearances by dodie, Tall Heights, and Ruby Amanfu. What Matters Most is Folds’ first studio album since his chart-topping collaboration in 2015 […]

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Parker Millsap has announced his eagerly awaited new album, Wilderness Within You, available on CD, LP, and digital download via Okrahoma Records/Thirty Tigers on Friday, May 12. Pre-orders are available now. Millsap’s sixth studio album, Wilderness Within You is heralded by today’s premiere of two standout tracks, “Running On Time,” a calming meditation on the rhythms of life, […]

The Burnt Pines isn’t your typical Stetson hat-wearing Americana band that can’t wait to share a bill with Margo Price or Sierra Ferrell. In fact, this trio simply has carved its own sound that doesn’t play into the trends of anything. One look at their press photos and you notice the age differences, the skin […]

Trapper Schoepp just has a name that says it all: a road-worn tag that rings of swampy reverence. While many might recognize Schoepp when he became the youngest musician to share a co-writing credit with Bob Dylan on a long-lost song called “On, Wisconsin” in 2019, he’s also released a series of critically acclaimed albums […]

One of Europe’s most exciting rock exports, Dutch psychedelic punk five-piece Iguana Death Cult, are making their triumphant return with the announcement of a forthcoming LP, Echo Palace (due May 12 via Innovative Leisure).  Written largely during the 2020 lock-down as documentation of that surreal chapter of their lives and as a form of therapy […]