Archive: 2025

Santa Cruz hardcore band DRAIN have announced a North American tour in support of their freshly released third album …IS YOUR FRIEND. Kicking off March 19th in Dallas the 19-date tour will make stops in Atlanta, Philadelphia, NYC, Brooklyn, Chicago, Seattle and more while also making their Coachella debut along the way. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday November 14th at 10am […]

At this point, rock legends Cheap Trick have nothing left to prove. From fan-favorite rockers releasing acclaimed albums at breakneck speed, to becoming an overseas sensation, and landing themselves in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band has achieved something most bands can only hope for. Not only did Cheap Trick emerge from […]

For its third consecutive year, Dreamy Draw Music Festival transformed Scottsdale Civic Center into a wild-west-inspired haven for folk and indie fans. The 2025 edition was headlined by The Lumineers (Friday, November 7) and Vampire Weekend (Saturday, November 8). While The Lumineers fit the festival’s folk-forward tradition, Vampire Weekend’s appearance underscored promoters Oh Wow Presents […]

Guitar virtuoso Julian Lage has announced the January 23 release of Scenes from Above, his fifth Blue Note album, the second made in collaboration with revered producer Joe Henry, and his first with a striking new quartet featuring keyboardist John Medeski, bassist Jorge Roeder, and drummer Kenny Wollesen. The album is introduced today with the gorgeous invocation “Opal” which is accompanied by […]

Cymarshall Law is a boundary-pushing artist redefining creative expression. Known for his sharp lyricism and cultural depth, he channels his voice through music, books, podcasts, and even gaming—all while staying rooted in independence. His latest album, The Peaceful Warrior 2: Raw Self-Expression (available now via Freedom Entertainment), is a bold collaboration with UK producer Slimline […]

NOTADOG is a Boston-based punk/emo band with a penchant for emotionally earnest lyrics coupled with a fun, down-to-earth play style made to get audiences moving and dancing with the music. This exhilarating 3-piece was created when Eric Fegan, their singer/guitarist, exhausted with 20 years of classical composition, was ready to vent authentically through other means. […]

Among the current crop of bands that traffic in 60s-influenced rock and roll sounds, Color Green is one of the very best you will hear. But don’t be mistaken in thinking this California band can be pigeon-holed into another throwback act rocking paisley and bellbottoms. Since releasing their self-titled debut EP in 2020, the quartet […]

Emma Swift’s new album, “The Resurrection Game,” unfolds like a series of letters written from the far edge of an emotional winter. It is a record of desolate beauty and delicately held hope, the sound of someone who has passed through collapse and found something luminous in what remained. Swift does not sing to escape […]

On his new album Live a Little (due out December 5th), acclaimed Nashville indie-rock singer-songwriter Tommy Womack reminds us that every moment is precious.  “I could have called it Life Goes On, but that would have been a little maudlin and a little too obvious,” Womack says. “The flip side of the death that runs […]

Nashville-based rising star Stephen Wilson Jr. announces the Gary The Torch Tour, the follow-up to his wildly successful søn of dad tour that lasted over two years and took him across the globe. The tour begins on March 6 in Columbus, OH and includes stops in Toronto, Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and many more. Tickets […]