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VIDEO PREMIERE: Tucker Woods Bring Full-hearted Rock and Roll Sound with “Sunshine Blues”
Tucker Woods is a tried-and-true rock ‘n’ roll band with a dynamic, youthful spirit; they’re readying the release of their new album, Sunshine Blues (due out March 15th, 2024). Based in New York, Tucker Woods is made up of guitarist and vocalist Chris Hurd and Brian Motel on both bass and keys. The two met […]
50 Years Later: Herbie Hancock Brings Jazz-Funk Fusion To Accessibility On Bangin’ ‘Headhunters’
Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters deserves recognition on the 50th anniversary of its release for the rarest of reasons. It is not only one of the many creative pinnacles in this jazz icon’s discography, but it is the very first to garner widespread public acclamation outside the jazz community. The record that ascended the Billboard charts, reaching #13 on […]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Shapeshift To Electro Pop Fusion On Infectious ‘The Silver Cord’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have done a tremendous job of establishing themselves as anything but conventional. The Australian-bred monsters have built a discography reliant on experimentation and growth, setting themselves up as an unpredictable, artistic powerhouse. This freedom to roam from one genre to the next has had the band exploring everything from […]
The Kills Continue Expansion Of Rock Duo Boundaries With Biting ‘God Games’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
For The Kills‘ sixth studio album, the duo took their time (working on other projects, and dealing with a pandemic) until God Games emerged; a dark album that pushed Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince even further as artists. Hince started writing with the intention of doing a side project, so the songs wouldn’t sound like […]
New Orleans’ Honey Island Swamp Band Keep It Tight & Bluesy On Joyful ‘Custom Deluxe’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The New Orleans-based, blues-roots-rock quintet Honey Island Swamp Band has released their sixth studio album Custom Deluxe, and it is the most robust, confident, album of their long career. The main strength of the quintet has always been their ability to seamlessly cross genres and that is on full display here as the hard-to-label band […]
Gaslight Anthem’s ‘History Books’ Is As Refreshing As It Is Familiar (ALBUM REVIEW)
Gaslight Anthem is a veteran band with very little to prove, but nothing can stop their freight train of hard rock power ballads. The New Jersey-bred four-piece has built an enticing discography brimming with a sound all to its own. This winning sonic formula has garnered the band co-signs from some of the biggest names […]
Drummer Mike Portnoy Returns to Dream Theater
Dream Theater has announced the return of drummer Mike Portnoy to the group. Portnoy will reunite with guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung – the trio formed the band at the Berklee College Of Music in 1985 – along with longtime members, vocalist James LaBrie and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. Dream Theater will be going into the studio […]
Grandaddy Announces New Studio Album ‘Blu Wav’ – Shares New Single “Watercooler”
Today,Grandaddy has announced a brand new studio album Blu Wav set for release February 16, 2024 via Dangerbird Records. A prolific storyteller, Jason Lytle is inspired by the overwhelming beauty of nature to the mundane moments that spark life’s strongest memories. Introducing pedal steel into the band’s repertoire for the first time, buoyant lead single “Watercooler” (below) comments on the dichotomy of both. It was […]
ALBUM PREMIERE: Catbells Translates Fears Into Lyrically Rich Dream-pop on ‘Partly Cloudy’
Partly Cloudy is the full-length debut from Dream-pop auteur Catbells. The album was produced by Billy Mohler (Pom Poms, Coastal Clouds, Airborne Toxic Event, Bel Rays, AWOLNation, Sia, Drowning Men, War Tapes), recorded at his studio in Long Beach CA. Partly Cloudy is being released by SQFT Records on 12” LP vinyl, CD, as a […]