LISTEN: Drift City Craft Immersive Psychedelic Pop On “The Seeds”
Formed in Louisville, KY in 2017, Drift City spans psychedelic terrain with eclectic elements of pop, soul, and rock. Consisting of core member Jason Rivers (guitar, vocals, synth), and rotating personnel including Dave Givan (Jim James, Ray LaMontagne), Billy Lease (Tyler Lance Walker Gill), and Woody Woodmansee (Hawks), Drift City released their second LP Deep […]
LISTEN: The Best Around’s “Call of The Void” Brings Folksy Storytelling To Imaginative Rock
Understated art-rock innovators, The Best Around, are that rarest of things in modern music. Drawing inspiration from diverse influences ranging from country rock to Devo, Oingo Boingo, and beyond, they are a collaboration of artists that politely refuse to be pigeonholed. Their song-first approach allows them to produce eclectic fare. Camron Rushin, Todd Pruner, and […]
CAUSTIC COMMENTARY: AVTT/PTTN, Cheap Trick, FKA Twigs, Navy Blue, Colter Wall & More
While most of the world has mentally checked out of work for the year, with the long holiday vacations creeping from around the corner, we continue to fire on all cylinders here at the Old Caustic Factory. We greased our machines in preparation for what turned out to be another thrilling edition of New Music […]
Danz CM Goes Into Exploratory Mode With Atmospheric Krautrock Sounds on ‘LÄRM!’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
After three albums of synth-pop, Danz CM (formerly Computer Magic) has fully embraced the “synth” and done away with the “pop.” With LÄRM!, Danz CM pivots decisively into a more conceptual and exploratory mode. Recorded entirely with analog synths and a tape machine in her home studio, the album blends the locked-in pulse of ’70s […]
Winterpills Return With Expansive & Dreamy Sound On ‘This Is How We Dance’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
It’s been a significant year for chamber-pop band Winterpills. The Western Massachusetts quintet recently marked their 20th anniversary with a remixed reissue of their debut album—complete with a pair of bonus tracks—and now they’ve returned with This Is How We Dance, their eighth album and first release in nine years. Across these 12 songs, the […]
2026 Newgrass Brews & Bluegrass Festival Returns to Newberg, Oregon with Shadowgrass, The Fretliners, Never Come Down, Two Runner and More
Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery and the Chehalem Cultural Center are gearing up to bring Newberg another unforgettable weekend of music, craft beverages, and community as the Newgrass Brews & Bluegrass Festival returns March 13–14, 2026. Festival passes are officially on sale, with a limited-time presale price of $99 available through November 21, 2025. What […]
LISTEN: Wendy Eisenberg’s “Will You Dare” Is Ethereal Folk With Vulnerable Poetry
Over the last five years or so, Wendy Eisenberg has been keeping listeners guessing. Nominally an improvising guitarist, they don’t recognize any musical limitations, perpetually finding ways to apply a deeply exploratory practice to a wide variety of contexts. Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism, but a genuine artistic essence. The prolific […]
LISTEN: Telemarket Craft Immersive Psychedelic Textures With Raw Emotions On “Didn’t Ask What’s On My Mind.”
Athens, GA’s “sometimes-loud-sometimes-quiet” indie rockers Telemarket return with new single “Didn’t Ask What’s On My Mind.”, a dreamy bedroom pop number featuring an accompanying music video by international “ignorant” tattoo artist JankyDoodlez, out November 12th. “Didn’t Ask What’s On My Mind.” is Telemarket’s first follow-up to 2023’s Ad Nauseam, their debut LP released on Elephant […]
Charley Crockett, Spoon, Geese, Wednesday Lead 2026 Green River Festival
Green River Festival has announced the first installment of its 2026 lineup: headliners Charley Crockett, Spoon,and Geese will be joined by The Beths, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Wednesday, Lucius, The War And Treaty, Big Freedia, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Kashus Culpepper, PawPaw Rod, Folk Bitch Trio, Ratboys, Etran De L’Aïr, Frente Cumbiero, Sonido Gallo Negro, Southern Avenue, Esther Rose, […]
