Archive: 2025

After a self-imposed hiatus to focus on raising his daughter and exploring writing and filmmaking, Josh Joplin returns to rock with GpYr (Gap Year), due out April 4th via NarrowMoat/Missing Piece Records. This album not only marks a new chapter in his career but also reflects the personal and artistic evolution that began with his […]

For her newest release, Sharon Van Etten has shifted gears, moving from a solo artist to a band leader with the first self-titled album as Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. Her musical landscape has also evolved, gone are the singer songwriter aspects and in their place are dreamy, hazy, electro-based outings that yearn, […]

For the past several albums since the pandemic, Joe Ely has pored over the material in his hefty archives for hours on end, and now we have the fourth album from that effort, Love and Freedom. This one is bit different in a few ways. Ely found these rough track demos, but the multi-track aspect disappeared. No […]

Following the confirmation of their Just Like Heaven Festival appearance, Rilo Kiley has announced a run of headlining North American dates and festival performances that will include stops across the western half of the U.S. and Canada. The band is thrilled to confirm that the May 14th date at Red Rocks Amphitheatre will include special […]

Wilder Woods is the solo project of NEEDTOBREATHE co-founder/frontman Bear Rinehart. On February 12th, Wilder Woods will release its third album, titled Curioso, via Dualtone, cementing a carefully excavated sound and live show feel that Wilder Woods has built up through touring with a full band. It’s also a collaborative album that not only builds on […]

The members of Horsebath may all be born and bred Canadians, but their record collection is clearly crammed with musicians well south of the border. Their 10-song debut, Another Farewell, is slathered in Cosmic Country, Tex Mex and Americana, bringing to mind everyone from Gram Parsons to Doug Sahm. But they also manage to sneak […]

Esther Rose will release Want on May 2, 2025 via New West Records. The 11-track set was produced by Ross Farbe (of Video Age) and recorded live-to-tape at the Bomb Shelter in Nashville, TN. The album features appearances by the singer-songwriter Dean Johnson as well as members of Video Age, The Deslondes, and Silver Synthetic. […]

modernform is a female-fronted 5-piece post-punk/new wave-inspired band based in Austin, TX. Supported by angular guitars and mesmeric synthesizers, modernform’s songs are earworm-packed narratives about daily life’s punishing mundanity and the search for its reprieve. The band’s new single comes in the form of a bouncy, pop-leaning, synth-drenched onslaught with pure energy and raw infectiousness. […]

Are We Hunting is the moniker of Northern California-based songwriter Ryan Ayala. While his intensely personal songwriting can be described as melancholic, the sound is both cinematic and anthemic. Perhaps the most alluring aspect of Are We Hunting is the rare ability to craft narrative-driven music still rooted in hooks and melody. Are We Hunting […]

Since the shooting star that was their 2021 debut, Squid has been hellbent on changing rock music standards. Their first two albums established them as art-rock-connoisseurs, morphing the rules of the genre until they were left in unrecognizable, melodic heaps. The five-piece thrives in the unconventional, but their unrelenting trust in each other is where […]

Sandwiched between David Bowie’s infamous glam-rock years and his more avant-garde Berlin trilogy of albums later in the 70s, we find the iconic frontman’s curious “blue-eyed soul” era. Perhaps more accurately described as “plastic soul” by the man himself, it saw Bowie exploring his love of classic R&B music and putting his own unique spin […]

Dawes are following Sunday night’s surprise appearance at the 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards with the release of their exclusive cover version of “I Love L.A.,” (below). The track is available everywhere now and all proceeds will benefit The Recording Academy and MusiCares’ Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort To Support Music Professionals. To contribute to the Recording […]

Realistically, it was inevitable New York City’s Ramones would eventually work with famed producer Phil Spector. After all, the progenitors of punk had demonstrated how altogether fond they were of pre-FM radio, an era in which the eccentric mastermind flourished with his grandiose style of studio productions dubbed ‘Wall of Sound’ (for the Ronettes, the […]

Clad in a brown suede tuxedo jacket with a black peak collar and five-button surgeon’s cuffs, the legendary Stanley Jordan graced the stage at 118 North in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on February 2nd, 2025, with a performance that was both a retrospective and a revelation. Forty years after releasing his groundbreaking debut album, Magic Touch, Jordan […]

The Dirk Quinn Band didn’t just play the Beatles’ Abbey Road at the Zlock Performing Arts Center in Newtown, PA on January 31st, 2025; they inhabited it, exploring its hidden corners and presenting a fresh perspective that both honored the original and showcased their own unique musical identity. The show constituted a conversation between generations […]

The 2025 Outlaw Tour, presented by Blackbird and celebrating ten years has been revealed. It includes Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Sheryl Crow, Turnpike Troubadours, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, The Red Clay Strays, Lake Street Dive, Waxahatchee, Charles Wesley Godwin, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Hornsby & The […]

Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms have joined forces for a co-headlining summer you with special guests Spin Doctors. Currently headlining The 90s Cruise at sea, the bands behind iconic hits like “Run-Around” and “Hey Jealousy” have announced a 30-date tour set to kick off on Friday, July 4 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The trek, wrapping up on Sunday, September 14 at Bourbon & Beyond Festival, will bring their high-energy performances to amphitheaters […]

The Allman Betts Band is thrilled to announce their “Lucky Sevens Tour” – celebrating seven years of The Allman Betts Band.  The tour kicks off on June 6 in Charleston, SC, and will bring the band throughout the South, Midwest, and East Coast before wrapping on June 29 in Augusta, NJ.  The Allman Betts Band will […]