Archive: 2025

North Carolinian songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and Producer Chris Stamey’s new album, Anything Is Possible, arrived in multiple formats on July 11th, and he’s been busy with a series of performances bringing the album’s intricate sounds to audiences. It’s almost entirely original content (the outlier is Brian Wilson’s “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder”), […]

Grimson is a 26-year-old Swedish/American songwriter and animator who grew up in New York City. Every release from the artist is an attempt to weave animated narratives through songs, and this project is an ongoing music/film experiment. The artist self-released his debut album, Climbing Up The Chimney, in September 2023, to critical acclaim and commercial […]

Indie Rock meets the taste of Alt Hip-Hop with a sprinkle of Trombone. Los Angeles-based artist Jake Knox takes the wheel and drives us into an unexplored region of the music industry.  If you’re unfamiliar, Jake Knox’s first journey was with the multi-platinum artist Bipolar Sunshine. They toured and wrote the song “Tears,” which quickly […]

Madi Diaz has announced her new album, Fatal Optimist, out October 10th via ANTI-, its lead single/video, “Feel Something,” and a North American Tour, on sale July 25th at 10am local time. Diaz is an artist who cuts to the emotional core of her own experiences with startling precision. Fatal Optimist could be considered the final chapter in her heartache trilogy, and […]

Dead & Company’s August 3rd performance at Golden Gate Park will stream live exclusively to select IMAX screens across the US and Canada. Fans will experience the final night of three consecutive sold-out shows – celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead’s music – presented with IMAX’s signature immersive visuals and precision sound. Tickets are on sale […]

“Might put an OG on this beat watch his career get revived… he’s still not touching me though,” exclaims Virginia-bred Hip-hop pioneer McKinley Dixon. The line is said with a joking undertone towards the end of Dixon’s verse on “Crooked Stick,” a highlight from his recently released, critically acclaimed, and artistically daring album Magic, Alive! […]

Throughout punk rock’s long and storied history, many bands have pushed the boundaries of what the genre can sound like over the years. For example, Wire practically invented post-punk with 1978’s Chairs Missing, following the release of their classic debut album, Pink Flag, the year prior. And the Meat Puppets made a hard left turn into quirky psychedelic […]

By the time Héctor Lavoe released El Sabio in 1980, he had already established himself as salsa’s most captivating figure: a gifted vocalist with impeccable phrasing and charisma who brought vulnerability, humor, and fire to every performance. El Sabio may not be his most commercially celebrated album, but it stands as one of his most […]

Sons of Sevilla chart their musical geography with Street Light Moon. The album is one for endless summers and retro-futurist reveries, inspired by an entire world’s worth of influences: the family-owned British pub where brothers and band members Henry and Reuben Smith grew up, watching their parents sling drinks as songs by John Prine and […]

Whenwolves was launched by Bobby Lewis during the 2020 lockdown alongside his production work on BODEGA’s second LP, Broken Equipment. After his previous band Mustardmind went quiet following a 2019 tour, Lewis began writing solo, eventually enlisting Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, solo) on drums and Kristin Slipp (mmeadows) on backing vocals for an EP. In […]

When James Bookert walked off of the set of the last day of shooting the movie Pitch Perfect 3, he knew that he wanted more of a role as a writer/producer. Having collaborated with musicians Harvey Mason Jr, Anna Kendrick, Ester Dean, and Trinidad James, Bookert wished for a role far beyond what he could […]

As the blinding sun beats down on Mother Earth with a force that thickens the air and drenches one in sweat and ice cream dreams, the Caustic factory switches to solar to help fuel a jam-packed New Music Friday. The start of summer typically marks a slow season for new music releases. Now that everyone […]

Jade Bird’s newest album is titled Who Wants to Talk About Love, and the English-born, Los Angeles-based pop/Americana artist has a lot to say on the subject, especially the aftermath.  All the songs on this album explore the dissolution of relationships. While there may be multiple influences, the most significant and overarching theme is the recent breakup of […]

Colin Hay has managed that rare pivot, segueing nearly seamlessly from 1980s New Wave One-Hit-Wonder status (though admittedly, Men At Work had several hits) to being a prolific solo artist, writing some of the best songs of his career decades later.  In 2003, he put out Man @ Work, a career retrospective of both his […]

Ferro Dormer is a Brooklyn-based artist working at the crossroads of the devotional, the absurd, and the uncomfortably human. With roots in folk songwriting and a fondness for degraded audio that sounds like it has bested the elements and stood the test of time, his upcoming LP, Look at This Ugly MF, explores themes of […]

Guri Yeller is a psychedelic rock band formed by multi-instrumentalists Harry Paterson and Matthew Banton in 2022. Hailing from Bolton, Greater Manchester, with a decade-long friendship at its heart, the music reflects the wide variety of genres from which the co-frontmen draw their own influences, as well as the songwriting chemistry between the two.  “Sister […]

Isolation is an odd and delicate asset to a person. Too much can drive one out of their mind, and too little can keep one from home, and strip one of the ability to reflect and grow. The perfect amount, though, can unlock new areas of creativity and self-growth. Balancing time spent with oneself and […]