Archive: 2024

The last time this writer had the pleasure of seeing Ty Segall at Thalia Hall, he started his performance by crawling up to the microphone, sporting his trademark Sloppo baby mask. He proceeded to rip through a delightfully demented set chock-full of tunes from his brilliant Emotional Mugger album, which had just come out at […]

If you haven’t heard of Teezo Touchdown, you must be taking a break from social media. The Texas-bred genre blender has graced the cover of Rolling Stone, worked and toured with Travis Scott and Tyler, The Creator, and created viral hits like “Sweet.” At this point in his career, Touchdown is on a clear trajectory […]

Drive-By Truckers will celebrate their landmark third studio album, Southern Rock Opera, with an expanded new 3xLP edition arriving via New West Records on Friday, July 26. Pre-orders are available now. Southern Rock Opera – Deluxe sees the now-classic double album remixed, remastered, and re-sequenced to include a third LP featuring two sides of additional studio material and live recordings. The supplemental […]

Singer-songwriter Rose Gerber is an intrepid American roots explorer, grafting country, folk, rock, alt-rock, and alt-country into an ageless, ache-laden signature sound. As a writer, Rose is both thick-skinned and delicate, shape-shifting from Heartland rock n’roll to heartbreaking balladry with unpretentious ease. Her songs are snapshots of everyday living that capture meaning in the seemingly […]

Dua Lipa, Tyler, The Creator, Chris Stapleton, blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, and Pretty Lights will headline Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024, marking debut ACL Fest appearances for both Dua Lipa and blink-182.  The lineup will also feature performances from Khruangbin, Leon Bridges, Carin León, Norah Jones, Reneé Rapp, Foster The People, Kehlani (W1), Teddy Swims, Benson Boone, CAAMP, Dominic Fike, The Marías, Jungle, Dom Dolla, Chappell Roan, Porter Robinson (W1), Fletcher (W1), Something Corporate(W1), David Shaw, and many more.  The nine-stage, two weekend […]

Austin-based singer-songcrafter/upright bassist Melissa Carper has announced her forthcoming LP, Borned In Ya, due out July 19th via Mae Music/Thirty Tigers. Carper is back in style on lead single, “Lucky Five,” from her forthcoming LP, Borned In Ya, due out July 19th via Mae Music/Thirty Tigers. The Austin-based artist croons delicately, surrounded by horn flair and a string […]

In February 2022, Boulevards, the project led by musician Jamil Rashad, released its fourth studio album, Electric Cowboy: Born in Carolina Mud. That album culminated years of slow building and provided the Raleigh, N.C. native the breakthrough he deserved. After an 18-month rigorous run, he wasn’t ready to take a deserved break.  Upon Electric Cowboy’s […]

Yesterday’s Manic Monday selection featured a heavy band that occasionally flirted with alternative elements, whereas today’s offering comes from a band that was alternative to the core, but often injected a healthy dose of frantic/noisy intensity into their sound on a regular basis. Talking about the Pixies of course, who were one of the first […]

Green Lights is saxophonist Troy Roberts’ sixteenth album as a leader but the first with this esteemed quartet of acoustic bassist John Patitucci, guitarist Paul Bollenback, and drummer Jimmy Macbride, who had never played together as a unit until now. Macbride, though, has long been Roberts’ beatkeeper. This is the fourth one we’ve covered for […]

As the core of Judas Priest continues to age (Rob Halford, Ian Hill, Scott Travis), relative newcomer Richie Faulkner has given the band a newfound relevancy as the iconic British metal band’s last two albums (Invisible Shield and Firepower) rank amongst their strongest. The band visited Minneapolis’ Armory on May 2nd and dropped a muscular […]

Following their triumphant return to North America with last year’s 19-date tour that saw sold out shows in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, plus six other cities, The Sisters of Mercy have announced a run of 26 shows this Fall that include such venues as New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, Los […]

Atlanta singer/songwriter and guitarist Parker Smith’s breezy third studio album Short Street (due out June 7th) was made with sensitivity, humor and an innate knack for creating art from life. Its easy-flowing melodies and lilting pedal steel infuse some rural Americana without going full-on country. Smith’s sweet, zephyr-like sound and welcoming everyman vocals continue from […]

Rebecca Frazier began performing professionally in Telluride, Colorado, in the late 90’s. Frazier came to national attention in 2006 as the first woman on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, and after moving to Nashville in 2007, she was recognized as “a genuine triple threat as a singer, songwriter, and flatpicking guitarist” by The Nashville […]

For today’s Manic Monday, we’re spotlighting perhaps the best sludge band to come out of the UK in the 90s, the underrated and somewhat obscure Fudge Tunnel. For those not privy, Fudge Tunnel was led by frontman and lead guitarist Alex Newport, who went on to enjoy a very successful career as a music producer […]

On Saturday night May 4th, Waxahatchee brought twangy Americana to The Beacham in downtown Orlando, Florida. Australian band Good Morning opened the show with a 45-minute set featuring melodic midtempo roots rock. Multiinstrumentalists Liam Parsons and Stefan Blair stood at opposite ends of the stage, facing each other and rarely looking at the crowd. Flanked […]

In between New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival weekends, there are an increasing amount of great concerts and festivals. One of these special concerts took place on Wednesday night, May 1st, in the French Quarter’s Toulouse Theater as John ‘Papa’ Gros presented his tribute to Dr. John titled “Papa Plays The Nite Tripper”. The two […]

Emerging from the vaults after more than fifty years, The Doors’ Live At Konserthuset, Stockholm; September 20, 1968 is a revelation, a superb three-LP collection that serves as a vital document of the band’s prowess during their storied European tour with Jefferson Airplane. This release transports listeners back to a moment when The Doors were […]

Los Lobos’  2021 album Native Sons, comprised of (mostly) all cover songs (exclusively by Los Angeles-based artists), is prime evidence of how, during the course of their fifty-year-plus career, these musical emissaries from East LA  have taken great pains not to repeat themselves. But memorable as it is, that LP is not the only such entry in […]