Archive: 2025

For anyone who knows anything about the jam band scene, the 90s was arguably the golden era. Pioneers like the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers were bigger than ever, even if their band members weren’t in the greatest of shape, while the mid-80s and early 90s gave rise to a new wave of grassroots […]

Jeff Tweedy has announced his new album, Twilight Override, will be out worldwide September 26th via dBpm Records, and has released lead tracks “One Tiny Flower,” “Out In The Dark,” and “Stray Cats in Spain,” in addition to the radio single, “Enough.” In conjunction, Tweedy has announced an extensive full-band North American and European tour, kicking off […]

Margo Price has joined forces with Jesse Welles to release new single“Don’t Wake Me Up.” Evoking the essence of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” – and paying direct homage with the Hannah Gray Hall-directed music video – the latest preview of Margo’s forthcoming album, Hard Headed Woman, is a freewheeling country rocker that chugs through […]

The original lineup of the groundbreaking Béla Fleck & The Flecktones—banjoist Béla Fleck, Howard Levy on piano and harmonica, percussionist / drumitarist Roy “Future Man” Wooten and bassist Victor Wooten—will return this winter for Jingle All the Way, a reunion tour spanning their wild and beloved catalog, including reinvented holiday classics from the Grammy-winning album by […]

Given the extensive research and science that go into it, deciding if a song has the potential to be a hit is a debate that artists and labels have been having for decades. Is there a perfect formula that can spark a light inside a listener’s mind, or is it all happenstance, a matter of […]

From sitcom heartthrob to superhero icon, business mogul to football club owner — Ryan Reynolds has done it all, with a smirk. His career has spanned genres, continents, and even industries. Beneath the sarcasm and sharp suits lies a remarkably strategic mind.  Here’s how a Canadian actor with a flair for comedy evolved into one […]

Continuing our spotlight on The Police this week, when thinking about the band in their prime, which album best captured them at the height of their powers? In fairness, that’s a tough (not to mention highly subjective) question, but your answer probably depends a lot on whether you prefer their punky, more rhythmic early material […]

Real Estate has announced A Celebration of Atlas – The Eleven Year and 7 Month Anniversary, a commemoration of their beloved 2014 LP. The tour will kick off September 10 at the Bellwether in Los Angeles and includes dates in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Steel), Toronto (The Concert Hall), Washington, DC (Lincoln Theatre), and Philadelphia (Union Transfer). All dates are listed below. Artist presale is this Wednesday, July 16 […]

Any music worth its salt will reflect the times it’s made in. It’ll absorb the atmosphere of everything around it, hold up a mirror to what’s happening in the lives of the people who made it and also the wider world outside. That’s exactly what Alibi, the third full-length from New York’s Imaginary People (due […]

The thought of staying in versus going out for the night is probably the deep-down choice for many a person. Getting all fancied up, choosing your clothes, changing your mind about what to wear, worrying about parking, and all of that is rather tedious for many a night-goer. What if you just stayed in and […]

It’s mid-July, which effectively means we’re in the very pit of summer heat for most folks in the northern hemisphere. Indeed, if mid-January is the “dead of winter”, conjuring up feelings of bleakness, darkness, and harshness, then surely mid-July should be the antithesis of that idea, right? And for those of us who have a […]

Beyond his worth as a powerful balladeer, Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was a prominent American literary figure. As a singer, poet, and essayist, he embodies the Depression and the war years that ensued.  His grandson, Cole Quest, was born in New York City, at an early age lived in Howard Beach, Queens, and later grew up […]

Project Pabst was first launched in 2014 as a two-day ode to the favorite macro lager of hipsters and dive bar patrons across the land before being somewhat surprisingly discontinued in 2018 after the festival had expanded to other cities. Here in the craft beer mecca of Portland, Oregon, the festival had a solid little […]

By the time Metiendo Mano! hit shelves in 1977, salsa was already becoming a dominant force in Latin music, but this album marked a subtle yet powerful turning point. It was the first collaboration between Willie Colón and a then-rising Rubén Blades. While their next project, Siembra, would become a commercial juggernaut, Metiendo Mano! is […]

There is an authenticity to Longtime Friend, the New West Records debut from siblings Aila and Elisha Wildman, that simply cannot be faked. Raised in the tiny Virginia town of Floyd (population of less than 500 based on the last census), Elisha learned guitar and mandolin as a kid, while Aila opted for the fiddle […]

Marcus King Band has confirmed their new album, Darling Blue, is set for release on September 26 via American Records/Republic Records. Pre-order/pre-save HERE. Darling Blue finds Grammy-nominated Marcus King reuniting with his longtime live band for their first recorded album together since 2018’s Carolina Confessions. Inspired heavily by his home state of South Carolina, the new album incorporates elements of country, folk, psychedelic rock and Motown-era R&B […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), has announced the official release of Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’) with Leon Russell. Marking 10 years since the iconic tribute performance at the Virginia-based festival, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell Present: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (LIVE AT LOCKN’) will be made available on global streaming platforms, CD, and vinyl on Friday, September 12th via Fantasy Records for the […]

Laney Jones is a genre-defying songwriter and infectious frontwoman whose sound blends indie and psychedelic rock, with a timeless, soulful, yet grungy sound. Alongside her band, Laney Jones and the Spirits, she’s built a reputation for deeply expressive songwriting, arresting live performances, and a musical palette that is both sonically adventurous and emotionally grounded. In […]

After a long, relaxing, rejuvenating vacation, a steam whistle blows, the creeks of large gears echo as machines begin to light up; The Ol’ Caustic Factory is back up and running, and we are coming back with a bang. We hope everyone had a lovely holiday last week, but now it’s back to business. This […]