Archive: 2024

Applying thirty-year hindsight to Tom Petty’s Wildflowers (released 11/1/94) inevitably considers the archival projects devoted to the title in more recent years. Each, in its own way—and as an all-encompassing archival effort—illuminates how and why this record became such an object of devotion for the late lamented artist. Wildflowers may or may not be the late Florida […]

Jeremie Albino’s fourth album, Our Time In The Sun, is a step up. The Toronto-based singer-songwriter traveled to Nashville to write and record at Easy Eye Sound with Dan Auerbach. The resulting record is an engaging mix of classic rock and roll and southern deep-fried country soul. Working with some top-notch songwriters this time around (Pat McLaughlin, […]

San Francisco-based musician Michelle Zheng is the leader of Lunar Noon, a collaborative effort of instrumentalists in the Bay Area and around the world who make it possible for Zheng to tell a deeply personal story through music. Evading straightforward interpretation, Zheng’s musical world creates its narratives by intersecting contrasting genres, including classical, electronic, jazz, […]

As grey as the skies over The Hague, Sea Foam Grey plays a heady brand of post-punk that brings color back to the beaches of the North Sea. Hailing from the Netherlands, France, and Canada, they found their musical haven in The Hague. Their first EP, Machine in Flames, tells the story of an addiction […]

When it comes to rebellion in Hip-hop, no one does it like Public Enemy. Sure, some other acts, like the Beastie Boys, had a rebellious spirit, and the world of punk and Hip-hop has slowly formed into a new genre since Public Enemy’s heyday. Still, not one act has come close to topping what Public […]

Warren Haynes is one of rock and roll’s most deft and prolific practitioners. Combining blues, jazz, folk, and hard rock influences, he has earned a reputation as a soulful singer, virtuosic guitarist, and thoughtful songwriter, whether leading his band, Gov’t Mule, or launching various solo projects. He was a guitarist for the legendary Allman Brothers […]

Fever Longing Still is Paul Kelly’s most conventional long-player since 2017’s Life Is Fine. Co-produced by the artist with engineer Steven Shram–notably along with Kelly’s longtime band mates–a slate of a dozen original songs metamorphoses into the unified work of a bonafide recording artist by the conclusion of its forty-one-plus minutes. At its heart, this is the sound […]

It’s easy to describe the Swedish Kristoffer Ragnstam as a jack-of-all-trades kind of guy. Sure, he has toured with Debbie Harry and Mumford & Sons and scored a #1 album in Japan with Maia Hirasawa. Lately, he’s been busy co-producing albums for Zander Hawley and Hästpojken and hitting the road with Timo Räisänen – as […]

Nappy Nina challenges genres and expectations of form by pushing boundaries and redefining the essence of her craft. With her unique and dynamic delivery, she captivates audiences on stages across the globe, solidifying her position as an artist whose music cannot be ignored. The Oakland-raised emcee honed her craft in the vibrant music scene of […]

Something about distinctive vocals sets the tone for an artist to be forever recognized audibly. Whether it’s a Rod Stewart rasp or a Neil Young ache, we know who these voices are. Grayson Converse of Spooky Mansion has that type of unique delivery that is part country, part punk, and part folk that immediately engages […]

Live casino is the latest trend at online casinos, and it promises to innovate further in the next few years, maintaining high levels of entertainment for players in this new frontier of digital entertainment. How we consume media and entertainment has significantly evolved in the last decade, with technological advancement leading to new ways for […]

Any pseudo-ode to Halloween would not be complete without a salute to perhaps the campiest band of the lot: The Cramps. Gone but never forgotten, the psycho/gothabilly legends led by the husband-and-wife duo of Lex Interior and Poison Ivy personified the over-the-top excess of the season perhaps better than any other band. There are numerous […]

The long-running garage rockers from Queens, NY, The Fleshtones, release their first new music in four years with It’s Getting Late (…and More Songs About Werewolves)’. The band uses tongue-in-cheek humor, retro rock, and a sense of the macabre throughout the record.    Since the early 1990s, the group has had a stable lineup of frontman […]

In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on No Normal, the new album from Kill Lincoln, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Johnny Delaware describes his latest record as a nomadic affair.  “I recorded it in studios in Mexico and the United States and in hotel rooms all across Latin America, and if you listen closely, you can hear bits and pieces of all those places and the people I met along the way. They’re all a […]

The last time Stevie Wonder performed in Minnesota was in 2016 after Prince had passed. He played a four-hour Prince tribute jam with multiple guest artists. It was a historic event, however much somber that the show performed at The Target Center in Minneapolis on October 27th. Stevie’s current 10-date tour is called “Sing Your […]

The semi-annual Exit Zero Jazz Festival, held October 25-27, 2024, in the nation’s oldest ocean resort, Cape May, NJ, featured the usual loyal, enthusiastic jazz audiences and its famed eclectic lineup. The mild temperatures made it conducive to taking in acts on the sunny deck or at the nearby clubs, which were overflowing the entire weekend. We attended […]

Today, just two months after the release of their 26th album Flight b741, the ever-restless King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release a new orchestral single, “Phantom Island,” and announce a 2025 Phantom Island orchestral tour. Featuring a different accompanying 28-piece orchestra in each city – and ably led by conductor & music director Sarah Hicks – the tour will see the group perform […]

Chris Bullinger began writing poetry at a young age and songs sometime thereafter. Born and raised in the Midwest, Bullinger has lived here and there and now spends a lot of time in Nashville and Asheville. His musical influences include Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Earle. Bullinger writes about truth more than fact. […]