Archive: 2023

The South by Southwest® Music Festival (SXSW®) has announced the second round of Showcasing Artists invited to perform at the 38th annual event. The festival features compelling musical experiences showcasing rising talents and renowned artists from around the world performing in front of industry professionals, influencers, press and an abundance of engaged, open-minded fans. The […]

From sharing the stage with Anita Baker to working in the studio with Dan Auerbach, Stephie James has seen every side of music. The Nashville via Detroit singer/songwriter has been earning her stripes in the background while honing her skills as a frontwoman and today, it all pays off. James is announcing her debut album […]

Patrick Davis has spent two decades leaving his mark onstage, on record, and in the writing room. He’s a critically acclaimed solo artist. A road warrior. An organizer of music festivals like Songwriters in Paradise – a boutique series of exclusive in-the-round style performances set in breathtaking locations. And most importantly, Davis has established himself […]

Widely hailed as a return to form upon its release fifty-five years ago (12/6/68), the Rolling Stones’ Beggars Banquet is also the first of three wildly erratic albums preceding the consistently exceptional Exile On Main Street. Still, often as not, the music it contains is as dirty as the image of its controversial original cover image […]

As 2023 comes to a slow close, the final months of the year are filled with conflicting emotions and moods, Michael Nau captured this juxtaposition on his latest offering. Accompany is the fifth full-length from the multi-hyphenate and it is brimming with lush tones that warm the soul. Via vague yet moving poetry, Nau takes […]

In the spring of 2022, Bryan Adams (Canada’s Springsteen) packed London’s Royal Albert Hall for three nights to play live versions of three of his records. Oddly, he didn’t go with the first three nor even the most popular, but opted to play in their entirety, 1983’s Cuts Like a Knife, 1987’s Into The Fire, […]

With ten albums and thirty years under their belt, the punk veterans Hot Water Music are celebrating their legacy with an extensive tour across the U.S. Following the 2022 release of their Feel the Void LP and 2023’s “Drawn” single, the band will be performing across 30 markets with support from Quicksand, Off With Their […]

The legendary New Jersey band Screaming Females is officially calling it quits. After first debuting in 2005 with their guitar-heavy brand of rock, Screaming Females built an iconic discography based on DIY aesthetics and pure musicianship. The band released what is now looking like their final album earlier this year, Desire Pathway garnered critical acclaim […]

Earlier this year, the legendary Slowdive released their first studio album since 2017. Everything is alive is an expansive outing from a veteran band still yearning for refreshing sounds and challenges in the studio. Now, the band is bringing those songs to life on their freshly announced 2024 tour dates. This leg of the tour […]

All the way back in 1985, before the band issued their iconic Evol LP, Sonic Youth was touring the U.K. While performing these shows, the band recorded three shows and pieced together a live album titled Walls Have Ears. Due to a creative disconnect between the band and their manager at the time, the album […]

Adrianne Lenker returns on the solo front to release her new single “ruined” with an accompanying video directed by the singer/songwriter’s brother Noah. The single comes ahead of her freshly announced 2024 European and UK tour dates with one stop in the States at Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival. The single is signature Lenker, a beautifully […]

The Faithful is the brand new tribute/benefit album dedicated to Marianne Faithfull to support the legendary artist during her recovery from Long COVID. The album is set to be released on December 8 on all digital streaming platforms and will feature covers from Josie Cotton, Pom Poms, and Tracy Boham to name a few. Amongst […]

Rush lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist Geddy Lee has shared The Lost Demos, two previously unreleased solo songs available today on all streaming platforms and can be heard below.. Geddy originally recorded this pair of demos – “Gone” and “I Am…You Are”—during the writing sessions for his 2000 solo debut, My Favorite Headache. Today, with the help of Producer/Engineer David Bottrill, he […]

Andy Summers is a Renaissance Man; which means he can do a lot of things very, very well. He is a guitar player with an extensive catalog of recordings – with his former band The Police, as a solo artist and with various other musicians (such as Robert Fripp, Carly Simon and Joan Armatrading). He […]

Chatham County Line is preparing to release Hiyo, their tenth and most anticipated album. The album is set for a January 26 release and if that seems too far away for new music from the legendary western-fusion outfit, the singles are here to guide you through the next month. One of the singles, “Magic” is […]

J. Wilms will be releasing his fourth solo album, titled The Fighter, on December 8th, and it marks something of a departure for him. As someone who is an accomplished guitarist and has worked for many years as a studio musician as well as creating and releasing previous solo albums that were primarily instrumental, Wilms […]

After an explosive return to the Columbus, Ohio area in 2023, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival looks to one-up itself in 2024. Today (December 4), the festival has released its official lineup for next year’s festival and as promised, it is bigger and better than ever. The likes of Disturbed (Thurs), The Original Misfits […]

Emily Frembgen released her first proper studio album with producer Hugh Pool (Taj Mahal, Debbie Harry, Michael Pitt) at Excello Studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 2021. Irreverently titled It’s Me or the Dog, it was received warmly by critics and radio alike, with Glide Magazine calling it “a strong study in writing both melodies and […]