Lauren Wanamaker is a folk singer/songwriter originally from Washington State, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Citing Sufjan Stevens, Adrianne Lenker, and Neko Case as some of her most steadfast inspirations,
Born and raised in Harlem, NY, the music and culture of the city played a significant role in influencing Mike Mitch’s love for the craft. Realizing his voice mattered, Mitch
The Slants’ final full-length album, aptly titled The Band Plays On, is a fourteen-track collection of the band’s melodic, highly-danceable synth-pop, which was released digitally and on vinyl. Unlike prior
With Beth Gibbons out doing her solo thing supporting her pensive new album Lives Outgrown, it seems like a good time to dust off some of those classic Portishead records
It’s no slight understatement to declare Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew (released 3/30/70) a paradigm-shifting work. Not that its groundbreaking likes were any more or less profound than Birth of The Cool from 1957, the
West Coast-born genre blender Beck has established one of modern rock music’s most diverse and captivating discographies. From his explorations into electronic pop balladry (2019’s Hyperspace) to stretching the limits
Steely Dan co-leaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker cultivate the most sympathetic characters of their career on the ten songs composed for the now fifty-year-old Katy Lied. But as an
With the weather outside beginning to change, many people see this transitional period of the year as a time to reflect and approach the upcoming months with a new lease
The veteran instrumental outfit from San Diego, CA, The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, continues its smooth grooving ways on the band’s sixth offering, Gemini. Keeping the vibe alive from their last studio
Produced by Sir George Martin, who oversaw most of the Beatles’ studio forays, Blow By Blow (released 3/28/75) marked Jeff Beck’s first proper solo effort, deliberately conceived as a wholly instrumental work.
