Archive: 2025

LCD Soundsystem has confirmed a spring 2025 run of 10 new shows in five North American cities. Following an already announced March 7 appearance at the M3F Music Festival in Phoenix, the new LCD headline dates will begin with a March 8 one-off at San Diego’s Gallagher Square at Petco Park, and will include an […]

The first month of 2025 is slowly coming to a close, and it has been a busy one at the Caustic Factory. Music nerds from across genres are drowning in new releases from veterans and young hopefuls, giving us a wide range of fantastic releases to work with. The runaway train that is New Music […]

In 1992’s Notes from the Underground and the very next year’s It’s a Jungle in Here, Medeski Martin and Wood worked assiduously to forge their talents. Yet their individual and collective assets were still in the process of crystallizing into a distinctive personal style: echoes of Monk and Mingus were too obvious to ignore in these early LPs. […]

Thanks to MTV’s Unplugged series, there was about a decade-long run where acoustic albums were en vogue. Arguably, Nirvana’s Unplugged is the crowning achievement of the movement (with Arrested Development’s entry also up there), but there were a slew of also-rans that, while interesting at times, were not as memorable (who knew 30 Seconds To Mars and […]

Paul Bergmann is a New Haven, CT-based musician. His recently released EP, Long Island Sounds, was recorded live at Sonelab Studio by Justin Pizzoferrato (mixer/engineer of Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Thurston Moore, etc.) to capture the sound of his 3-piece band. For some time, Bergmann has been writing and singing as if from a vantage point […]

100%WET is a duo consisting of producer/guitarists Casper Munns and Jakob Birch, formed in Copenhagen in 2023 and released their first single, “Lost Myself,” in September 2024. Both students at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory of Copenhagen (RMC) formed a musical bond in 2022 through a mutual fascination with combining elements from breakbeat, drum’n’bass, and acid […]

Austin Psych Fest 2025 brings another slate of indie rock icons, experimental rock and tripped-out sounds – from shoegaze to psychedelic rock and cumbia – to the big South Austin backyard at The Far Out Lounge. AUSTIN PSYCH FEST will be held April 25-27, 2025. The Spring event precedes the renowned LEVITATION in the Fall, and marks the 3rd year of APF’s return to […]

Stockholm post-punk band V**gra Boys (**= “ia” because of spam filters) have announced a new album v**gr aboys (** = ia here too) for April 25th via their newly launched label Shrimptech Enterprises. Co-produced by frequent collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt with the V**gra Boys, v**gr aboys channels the band’s sharp observational humor and unique ability to dismantle everything and nothing […]

Throughout a notable career as a New Orleans singer, songwriter and performer, Sarah Quintana has been firmly rooted in her hometown’s rich music tradition — but eager to playfully explore its boundaries and possibilities. Her two self-released full-length studio albums, live concert release and EPs brim with a blend of jazz, folk and rhythm and […]