Archive: 2024

Give your fireplace a break during this dreadful winter and allow Steve Stout’s latest single to warm you up. “Some Folks” is a lo-fi folk anthem with grainy textures and welcoming melodies. Stout navigates infectious guitar tones as he delivers moving lyrics that feel relatable yet otherworldly when delivered by the artist’s low vocals. The […]

Navigating grainy textures and fierce guitar tones, Notbrian unleashes his latest single. “Take Me Back” is a jangly guitar rock single lined with nuanced artistry that separates Notbrian from his DIY rock contemporaries. This gritty vocal performance can keep up with the infectious guitar work for a track that harkens back to the early days […]

moe. has announced their 12-date “Best.Summer.Ever” Tour, set to light up stages across the U.S. Joined by the electrifying Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country and featuring an extended one set performance from moe. each night, the tour promises a blend of classic jams, improvisational brilliance, and a vibrant celebration of live music. The “Best.Summer.Ever” Tour will kick off with […]

New England’s homegrown creative force Levitate has announced the lineup for the 11th annual Levitate Music & Arts Festival taking place Fourth Of July weekend- July 5th, 6th and 7th at the Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, MA. On the heels of last year’s pivotal 10th anniversary of the festival and 20th anniversary of the Levitate brand, Levitate will ring in its 11th year with a […]

New England’s homegrown creative force Levitate has announced the lineup for the 11th annual Levitate Music & Arts Festival taking place Fourth Of July weekend- July 5th, 6th and 7th at the Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, MA. On the heels of last year’s pivotal 10th anniversary of the festival and 20th anniversary of the Levitate brand, Levitate will ring in its 11th year with a […]

Today, Neil Young + Crazy Horse have announced their 2024 tour – Love Earth Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the run kicks off with two nights at San Diego’s Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on April 24 & April 25 then continues with stops across North America in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, New […]

Today, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss announce their return to North America. Reunited once more – and much sooner than the twelve years that passed between their previous two tours – the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and 27x GRAMMY-winner will hit the road this spring and summer for nearly 30 headline dates and counting. Beginning June 2nd […]

Following an extended run of an entirely sold-out tour across the US, alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants are in top form and back on the road with their ever-evolving live show, announcing their upcoming US tour this spring. Dubbed “The Big Show Tour” in tribute to their 8-piece band, these will be TMBG’s only area […]

Pearl Jam will release their twelfth studio album, Dark Matter, on Monkeywrench Records/Republic Records on April 19, 2024 and launch a 35-date worldwide tour this May. The album’s title track is available now HERE. Produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically-acclaimed Gigaton (2020). Dark Matter is now available for pre-order HERE. In 2023, the […]

Pokey LaFarge will return with Rhumba Country on May 10, 2024 via New West Records. The 10–song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman, and LaFarge and was recorded in Los Angeles, CA & Chicago, IL. On Rhumba Country, he reveals his newly heightened devotion to making music that channels pure joy. He says, “There was a […]

Much like a lot of cities in the Southern U.S., Austin, Texas has gone through some major changes. At the moment, it feels like the city is slowly turning into Nashville’s cousin with bachelorette parties and post-college grads flocking to the up-and-coming city in hopes of getting closer to whatever dream is in their head. […]

There are very few artists in the modern age that are carrying on a true renaissance. The idea of a renaissance man has taken on a new meaning thanks to the wide range of knowledge and tools readily available at our fingertips, it feels like anyone and everyone can lay claim to the title. Very […]

Jake Sheppard is a musician, filmmaker, and ex-scientist from Colorado, currently based in Los Angeles, California. Before his pivot, he worked as a cancer geneticist, but he left the lab to go to art school, a move that is still hotly debated over holiday dinners at his parents’ house. Midwest Marlin (due out out March […]

Warren Haynes and co. have been tearing up the road with high-caliber blues-rock jams for three decades. Even if the lineup has occasionally changed, the current Gov’t Mule tour is a celebration of this feat. Following up a Super Bowl – especially one with a West Coast team and no shortage of Taylor Swift hype […]

With all due respect to the classic Motown era of the 1960s, you could make the argument that the 1970s were the golden age of soul and R&B music. The popularization of Chicago’s very own music variety show Soul Train certainly had a lot to do with that. After it moved to syndication in 1971, the […]

Just in time for Mardi Gras, Tipitina’s Record Club releases Earl King’s Street Parade for the marching masses in the Crescent City and funky vinyl collectors everywhere.  Originally released in 1981, the album was recorded in the early 70’s with producer/arranger Allen Toussaint helming the session and The Meters supporting King. Just reading those names […]

Few poets follow their own arrow as devotedly as Tim Easton, whose songwriting career has woven in and out of folk music and rock ‘n’ roll (and Americana before it was really called that), of erstwhile bands and solo songwriting, of his birthplace of America and all the other places he’s called home. Whether surviving […]

We don’t like to get too sappy around here, but with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s only fitting that we serve something up a little heartwarming in the lead-up to February’s corniest day. But, alas, who are we kidding? This is Manic Monday after all, which of course allows us to offer up […]

Back in the 1960s, Jenny Boyd and her sister Pattie were top models in Britain, being courted by rock stars and living a jet-set life. Serenaded by Donovan on his 1968 Hurdy Gurdy Man album with the Top 5 UK single “Jennifer Juniper” and marriage to drummer Mick Fleetwood, the middle Boyd daughter ended up […]