Archive: 2025

Self-producing an album wasn’t something that Sunny Sweeney spent much time pondering – until it happened. Rhinestone Requiem is the pinnacle of her taking charge, hoeing her own bean row, and flexing her self-determining vigor. It’s just the latest from an artist committed to exploring her imaginative energies on her terms. “I’m happy with what […]

Two forces may be converging here. For years, Jerry Joseph & the Jackmorons fans have missed recorded versions of their favorite songs at live shows. Although in the liners, Joseph pointedly comments, “…we will never know…most people hate the studio versions of their favorite live songs.” Secondly, Joseph wants to maintain the momentum he garnered […]

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Indie punk band The Manic Standstill are a relatively new configuration of experienced musicians, including guitarist and vocalist Adam Bones (Save Ferris, Richie Ramone, Josie Cotton, The Two Tens), drummer Brad Dickert, and bassist Eddy Hewitt. They’ve been releasing singles via Wiretap Records/Double Helix leading up to their debut album, Moving, arriving later this year.  […]

Continuing our spotlight on the late great Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) this week, for today’s Tuesday’s Gone, we’re throwing it back to the very beginning of his eccentric career with this remarkable footage of him and his “magic” band performing live on the beach in Cannes, France, from 1968. The song being performed […]

Ever wish every day was Weirdo Wednesday? Although that’s technically not the case today and tomorrow, fellow weirdos can rejoice, given we’ll be spotlighting the late great Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) this week. Indeed, when it comes to the good Captain, practically all of his output could be characterized as “weird” given his […]

Some music transcends time and place. It doesn’t matter what era or what is currently hot on the radio – it simply exists in an ever-youthful state. Béla Fleck and the Flecktones have occupied this space for nearly four decades. Fusing jazz and bluegrass, but reaching into far more varied musical realms, the group has […]

Mac DeMarco seems to get more beloved every time the bedroom rock pioneer decides to emerge with a new record, and 2025 is no different. On August 22, the modern rock icon released his sixth studio album, Guitar, a raw portrait of where DeMarco stands with himself and his place in the world —a collection […]

Bob Dylan didn’t exactly change the world with the slightly less-than-an-hour duration of Highway 61 Revisited (released 6/30/65), but around the time it came out six decades ago, it certainly seemed like he had, especially when broad hindsight focuses on the twelve months to follow. Arriving shortly after its hit single “Like A Rolling Stone,” […]

2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the formation of the Budos Band. The lineup has fluctuated a bit throughout those two decades, but the band has stayed productive both in the studio and on the road. Plenty of music trends – some shitty and some great – have also come and gone in that time, […]

August is waving to us in the rearview mirror as we venture into what is slated to be a busy Autumn. As we drive away from August, we notice the last month of Summer left us a present in the backseat, something to remember it by. As you unwrap this gift, you realize it is […]

Medway’s own garage rock torchbearers The Len Price 3 return this fall with Misty Medway Magick, their first full-length since 2021’s Ip Dip Do. Due October 24th via Wicked Cool Records, the album is available now for pre-order. Formed in the Medway towns of North Kent, The Len Price 3—Glenn Page (guitar/vocals), Steve Huggins (bass), […]

Elizabeth Stokes, vocalist for New Zealand-based band The Beths, was struggling with writer’s block for the first time going into their latest LP, Straight Line Was A Lie. In response, with the help of her bandmates, she read – among other things – Stephen King’s On Writing, How Big Things Get Done; she started a morning ritual […]

On Wednesday night, Jerry Cantrell brought his I Want Blood Tour into a packed House of Blues in Orlando, Florida, for a celebration of alternative rock. Opening act Sparta started the night with a 45-minute set of melodic alternative rock. The performance, led by Jim Ward’s emotional vocals and catchy guitar hooks, set the stage […]

MacGregor Burns could be a character out of an upcoming Harmony Korine film. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter has held many odd jobs outside of making music: a Hollywood tour guide, pet relocation specialist, substitute teacher, and water polo referee. Directors have found his overall presence so character-driven that it has led to his being cast […]

Hattie is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based vocalist, songwriter, and audio engineer Melissa Kaitlyn Carter. Named after her great-grandmother, who almost took the Titanic with her family over to the States, but one of them couldn’t get a ticket, this project is an act of generational healing. The return of Hattie is marked by “Venus Was […]

As the sun set on the historic green of Boston’s Fenway Park on August 26th, a palpable energy coursed through the crowd that waited on the field and in the stands. The audience knew that this was going to be much more than just a concert; it was a pilgrimage and quite possibly the last […]

With Ride Into The Sun, pianist/composer Brad Mehldau returns to themes he introduced in the wake of his rumination on the COVID phenomenon, Suite: April 2020. That very same year’s revisitation of influence from the Beatles, Your Mother Should Know, presaged a rediscovery of his roots in progressive rock titled Jacob’s Ladder. The latter two […]