Not to be confused with the short-lived early Minor Threat offshoot band, Los Angeles’s Youth Brigade is the influential hardcore band that emerged from the city’s Punk heyday. Starting in
Tunde Adebimpe’s debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz on Sub Pop, opens with the poetic spoken word title track, setting the scene. What follows is a mix of lo-fi indie rock, electro
In keeping with its title (and the striking cover graphic by the famed Kelley/Mouse artistic team), Robert Hunter’s second solo album resides squarely in the oeuvre of the Grateful Dead,
James McMurtry will release The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy on June 20 via New West Records. The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M., The
Neko Case has announced her fall North American tour today, crisscrossing the continent throughout October and November. Artist presale begins tomorrow, April 17th at 10am local time, and tickets go
Inspiration can come from anywhere. A painter can catch the glimpse of an off-colored autumn leaf and create a world around its shades, a photographer can capture the innocence of
doubleVee is delighted to self-release EP Periscope at Midnight on July 25th. Produced by Allan and Barb in their home studio, it was co-mixed by the pair and Wes Sharon
If there’s one thing seemingly missing from Coachella lineups of late, it’s a lack of truly weird or avant-garde acts featured on the bill. Granted, they still occasionally sprinkle in
The Flying Burrito Brothers’ Burrito Deluxe (released April 1970) seemed conventional to a fault when it came out over a half-century ago, roughly a year after its eccentric predecessor, 1969’s The Gilded Palace
Bootsy Collins celebrated the release of his new album Album of the Year #1 Funkateer at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis. Decked out in purple and black as an obvious homage
