Archive: 2023

Having started his career as a garage-rocking party man, Kyle Thomas instantly transformed into his stage persona King Tuff. Now, deep into his solo career, Thomas eases back and luxuriates in the natural world and memories of his hometown, two vitally important pieces to this personal album, Smalltown Stardust. 

Played and recorded entirely by himself in his apartment during the pandemic, Trout Steak Revival’s Travis McNamara explores more indie and electric territory on his lush and experimental debut solo release, Moon Calendar (due out March 10th). Trout Steak Revival’s win at the 2015 Telluride Bluegrass Festival – a lineage including Chris Thile, Greensky Bluegrass, […]

The Arcs’ latest album, Electrophonic Chronic, is a masterful blend of rock, funk, and soul that showcases the band’s versatility and musicianship.

Eddie 9V is a guitarist whose main influences are pretty evident. His previous album Black Flies (2021) is a collection of blues songs. Some of the songs like “Don’t Come Around” seem to draw heavily from artists like Buddy Guy, both melodically and vocally. But it’s not something you expect from an artist who is […]

Following up the 2021 Outrunning EP with their first proper full length, Canada’s five piece The Sarandons deliver a satisfying mix of lush indie pop, folk and roots/Americana music that occasionally flirts with more danceable rock here and there. They also manage to incorporate more than the basic guitar, bass and drums formula for a […]

Consider this for the first major show in the main theater – four of the world’s best electric bassists (Marcus Miller, Christian McBride, Derrick Hodge, and Don Was) engaged in three cutting sessions akin to what one might find from horn players on NYC’s 52nd street in the early fifties.

Colemine Records has seen to it that Davis and these forgotten recordings don’t go to waste. The label will release the album Cleveland Blues this spring and you can listen to the infectious single “Wine Hop” today. You can read more about the incredible yet tragic story of Fred Davis and stream the new single below: 

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the third round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 37th annual event. The festival is setting the stage for an incredible week of music discovery. Audiences are filled with attendees from the international creative community including booking agents, managers, festival promoters, A&R reps, and […]

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Baiman will release her anticipated new album, Common Nation of Sorrow, March 31 via Signature Sounds (pre-order here). Ahead of the release, “Self Made Man,” Baiman’s reinvention of John Hartford’s song of the same name, is debuting today. Reflecting on the song, Baiman shares, “In 2019 John Hartford’s family […]

Blues barnstormers GA-20’s first full-length live LP, Live In Loveland is set for release on March 17, 2023. Featuring 11 rowdy, blistering performances (including five songs from 2022’s Crackdown, three from their 2019 debut Lonely Soul and three previously unrecorded tracks),

The influential and well-loved power pop duo Sparks have had quite the career. It was back in 1974 when brothers Ron and Russell Mael first experienced success with their third album Kimono My House, which was released through Island Records. Sparks and Island had a fruitful relationship up until 1976 when the band switched over […]

The Wood Brothers announced their eighth studio album, Heart Is The Hero, will be released April 14 via Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers. Recorded analog to 16-track tape direct from the studio floor with nary a computer in sight, brothers Oliver and Chris Wood, along with honorary sibling Jano Rix, stripped back their sound to its elemental core, focusing on the impact of […]

After two excellent albums as a quartet, duly applauded by critics but overlooked by the masses (despite yeoman’s work on the promotional parts of their Warner Brothers record label), Little Feat reinvented itself as a sextet for Dixie Chicken. It is in this configuration that the group gained the fame it holds today (albeit in one of many subsequently revamped lineups). 

Continuing to add to their storied legacy, today (January 25), Mudhoney has announced their 11th studio album, Plastic Eternity will be released on April 7 via Sub Pop Records. Check out the song and video for the first single “Almost Everything” below..

The tonal perfection of the rhythm section is what will initially draw you into “Picking up the Pieces” The newest indie rock ballad from Argentina’s Zepet. Drawing from modern production-heavy songwriters like Mac Demarco, but with a Brit-pop sensibility, the track introduces itself with tight drums holding the foundation while dreamy melodic guitar and keyboards float above […]

Waking up from a dream that you don’t understand might leave you trying to grasp at its absurdity before letting it fade into your subconscious, but when it happens to a creative force like Montreal’s Ryan Wayne he decides to weave its threads into a musical tapestry.  Opening with moody guitar and dropping quickly into […]

The city of Portland is arguably the most misunderstood city in the United States. Much like a lot of major cities, locals and their small businesses are being priced out of their homes to make room for transplants and trendy new shops. There are a few and proud Portland originals who want to keep the […]

On their latest album, One Day, the band took a different approach to the idea of a concept album than they have in the past. The name explains itself, the album was recorded in single 24-hour spurts despite some members recording their sections remotely.