Archive: 2023

Papooz’s Ulysse Cottin & Armand Penicaut were originally thrown together as teenagers during boozy gatherings of literary obsessives in Paris. Regularly bunking off from Literature studies at the Sorbonne, Penicault would meet up with Cottin at the city’s Luxembourg Gardens. Early and altogether more earnest aspirations – made whilst outrunning the garden’s guards in a […]

Nectar Woode has a special voice and that is a simple fact. The young artist has wowed us with her new single, “God Talks Back”, possessing a keen sense of rhythmic flow and vocal prowess. The drum track and overall production are simple and concise, lending space for the artist to vocally and lyrically shine down on us all.  “God Talks Back” […]

DEVO has achieved one of the most coveted prizes in all of music, longevity. After 50 years of crafting mind-altering LPs, the band has been celebrating in more ways than one. Along with compiling some of their best tracks for a career-defining anthology, DEVO has been touring the world on their “50 Years of De-Evolution” […]

The air is finally starting to truly crisp as the oranges and reds of the trees reach a new level of vibrancy. The autumn scene has been set and Glide has selected the perfect soundtrack to usher in the cold weather. Regardless of the seasons’ effects on wherever you may be reading this from, the […]

By the time Beck arrived at his sixth studio album, he was an established unstoppable force. After the creative leaps he took from one project to the next and coming off of the massive success of the hip-hop-influenced Odelay, the artist saw his next album as a blank canvas. Beck is a chameleon of an […]

With a half-century hindsight, Quadrophenia (released 11/3/73) is indisputably the Who’s masterwork. Based on chief composer Pete Townshend’s perceptions of the group’s early audiences and their connection to the band in its nascent stages, this sixth studio effort of the group’s is a culmination of a growing creative ambition that extends back to 1966’s “A Quick One […]

Over the past decade, the Cincinnati-based musician Mol Sullivan has been charming audiences with songwriting that speaks earnestly and with grit. Sullivan’s performances, recorded or live, vibrate with sincerity, driven by emotional deliveries. Sullivan has spent the last few years sober and has used this time as a poignant backdrop for reflecting on an emotionally chequered past and reconciling […]

Victoria, B.C. duo Ocie Elliott is back with another stunning and transcendent folk expression on new single,”Come On By”. Some artists make creating and crafting timeless art seem so darn easy, Ocie Elliot is one of them. Their vocals blend seamlessly and they pass the torch from one to another, poetically digging and discovering the soul of the song, lyrics, and […]

Ian Sweet’s newest offering, and fourth studio album Sucker, deals with relationships in various stages as the lithe vocalist whispers and weaves around electro intrusions and pop-focused sounds.   Feeling stuck in her home base of Los Angeles, Jillian Medford (who is the lone person behind Ian Sweet) crossed the country to an artist retreat in […]

Formed in 1979, the same year as the Stray Cats, The Blasters were one of the only American bands still hoisting the flag for Rockabilly throughout the 1980s when every other band in America was plugging in a synth and learning how to program a drum machine. Founded by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin, The […]