The Role of Smart Contracts in Music Licensing and Collaboration
Smart contracts are revolutionizing the way artists and stakeholders deal with rights, royalties and cooperation. By automating license agreements, blockchain technology could simplify some of the complexity in the industry. The arts sectors are increasingly converging with digital creativity. Streaming remains center stage and cooperation goes transnational. As a result, musicians are experiencing novel issues […]
SONG PREMIERE: Talented New Orleans Sidemen Come Together as Captain Buckles for Soulful Blues-Rock Tune “Bus Station Blues”
Hurry Up is the debut full-length album from the crew of A-list New Orleans-based veteran sidemen known as Captain Buckles. It was recorded at the famed Dockside Studio (Dr. John, B.B. King) in Maurice, Louisiana by the renowned engineer, Justin Tocket, and produced by the band. Hurry Up is being released on cassette, digital download, and […]
Golden Age Thursday: Redd Kross Turn Pop Excellence Into Raw Punk Energy Live
Longevity is a beautiful thing that most bands can only hope to experience. There are plenty of ways for a young band to etch its name into the history books. Still, those collections of music history are only as good as the people writing them, leaving plenty of room for interpretation on who is classified […]
Todd Snider Digs Into Stripped Down Artistic Shift With ‘High, Lonesome and Then Some’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The newest album from Todd Snider finds a broken man breathily singing sparse numbers as High, Lonesome and Then Some feels less like an album title and more like Snider’s perpetual state of mind over these nine tracks. Known for his humor and insightful songwriting, Snider scales it all back, delivering generalities via gravelly dirt […]
LISTEN: Caleb L’Etoile Brings Eerie Experimentation To Post-punk Prowess On “Darling Pt. 2”
Caleb L’Etoile writes songs like ghost stories — short, vivid, and impossible to forget. The Virginia-based multi-instrumentalist and producer blurs the line between indie pop and punk, weaving melody and emotion into cinematic vignettes that balance humor, grief, and the surreal. Influenced by artists like Arthur Russell, Modest Mouse, and Gilla Band, he thrives in […]
LISTEN: Jack Manley’s “Wind in a Kite” Is Sleek Indie Rock With Poetic Undertones
Jack Manley is a New York-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist crafting hypnotic, emotionally raw alt-rock songs that drift between dreamy shoegaze, dark bedroom confessions, and loud-quiet-loud grunge revival. A former philosophy major and long-time hotel manager by trade, Manley’s music balances deep existential inquiry with brutally honest emotion — always poetic, never pretentious. His new album, […]
Sylvester’s 1978 Out-of-Print Disco-soul LP ‘Step II’ Gets Vinyl Reissue (ALBUM REVIEW)
When Step II arrived in 1978, Sylvester had already carved out a reputation as San Francisco’s most electrifying performer, a singer who fused church-born soul with the glitter and liberation of the disco era. Born Sylvester James Jr. in Los Angeles, he learned to sing in a Pentecostal choir before finding his way to the […]
Katy Guillen & The Drive Balance Indie Rock Risk Taking and Newfound Confidence on ‘Make That Sound’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The 2022 debut from Kansas City duo Katy Guillen & The Drive (led by music and life partners singer/guitarist Katy Guillen and drummer Stephanie Williams), Another One Gained, offered a solid indie rock record that leaned into a variety of influences from roots to garage rock. But on their follow-up, Make That Sound, the pair wanted to […]
Last Dinner Party Serve Up Colorful Bombastic Rock With ‘From The Pyre’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
An album as universally adored and critically acclaimed as The Last Dinner Party’s debut album, 2024’s Prelude to Ecstasy, doesn’t come around too often. The London-based, genre-pushing alt-rock five-piece proved to be a creative force from the start, building up to their stellar debut by generating a strong buzz as a must-see live act. It […]
SUGAR Returns With First New Music And Live Dates In Over Three Decades
SUGAR – the iconic alternative rock trio led by Bob Mould alongside bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis – returns today with their first new music together in over three decades, “House of Dead Memories.” Recorded at Tiny Telephone Oakland in June 2025, the song is available everywhere now via Granary Music/BMG. In addition, SUGAR will celebrate “House of Dead Memories” […]