Archive: 2025

The story of California punk rockers Agent Orange isn’t too far off from those of their contemporaries, but the music is a far cry. The band, founded by guitarist/vocalist Mike Palm, bassist Steve Soto, and drummer Scott Miller, unabashedly implemented the influence of their sun-drenched hometown into hardcore’s blazing tempos and throat-scratching vocals. While the […]

With Still Shakin’, North Mississippi Allstars hearken to their roots in more ways than one. Its title a specific reference to their debut album, 2000’s Shake Hands With Shorty, this third New West Records LP of theirs is also a direct extension of the fundamental concept of the band as a rotating cast of like-minded musicians, at the […]

Since Joanne Shaw Taylor so effectively recaptured her roots in 2022 with Blues From the Heart Live, her studio efforts have been a mixed bag. In her earnest endeavors to expand her style, she issued a pop-oriented, highly polished studio outing titled Nobody’s Fool, thereby setting the stage for the R&B-influenced Heavy Soul, a second outing with producer Kevin Shirley (he also […]

Today, Editrix announces The Big E, the first album from the daring, noisy rockers since 2022 and their first LP with Joyful Noise Recordings. With a release date set for July 25, the young band, comprising guitarist/vocalist Wendy Eisenberg, drummer Josh Daniel, and bassist Steve Cameron, is releasing the mesmerizing title track, which doubles as […]

Functioning Dysfunctionals is the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Wayne, following his critically acclaimed 2023 release, Crow Amongst the Sparrows (Ruby-Lu Records). A richly woven collection, it balances raw, metaphorical storytelling with immersive production, shifting between quiet intimacy and full-band intensity. The album takes its name from its lead track, a […]

The Los Angeles-based rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers ratchet up the nervous energy on their newest offering, Trash Classic. The ten spastic tracks shimmy, bang and slam forward as the band embraces new-wave and post-punk influences in a significant way. Recorded in Oakland, at Tiny Telephone Studio, with producer Maryam Qudus (La Luz, Spacemoth), Dylan […]

A new era of Hip-hop is starting to rise from the ashes of the blog era. With Hip-hop’s current stars selling out football stadiums and landing number one hits, a new crop of young lane-pavers is emerging from around the world. These new artists are a far cry from their predecessors; a new level of […]

At this point in its illustrious, nearly 60-year career, rock legends Little Feat could be excused if they wanted to take its proverbial foot off the gas. However, that wouldn’t be in Little Feat’s DNA. From the very first note of Strike Up The Band, you will hear Little Feat–who have been rocking and rolling […]

Over the past two decades, Ontario-based Born Ruffians have been on a constant journey of musical evolution. From indie rock to New Wave to their current incarnation of synth pop, the band manages to show off snatches of just about every musical influence on Beauty’s Pride, their latest LP.   The opening track, “Mean Time” is […]

Rounding out our tribute to Turnstile this week, although the band has not lost any of their distinctively unhinged energy over the years (as evidenced by our Manic Monday and Tuesday’s Gone selections), their sound has nonetheless continued to evolve in a subtly more experimental direction. Technically speaking, this is nothing new, as the band […]

Following back-to-back Grammy-winning albums with her band Golden Highway, along with a Best New Artist nomination, Molly Tuttle releases her new solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, on August 15, 2025 via Nonesuch Records. Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce (Orville Peck, Miranda Lambert, Lainey Wilson), the fifth full album from the singer, […]

Big Thief has announced their sixth studio album, Double Infinity, out September 5th via 4AD, and share lead single and album opener, “Incomprehensible.” Double Infinity is the follow-up to 2022’s Grammy-nominated album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, and was recorded last winter at the Power Station, New York City. For three solid weeks, the trio would ride bicycles on frozen streets between […]

Phish will wrap up their Summer Tour 2025 with a series of newly announced late summer tour dates. The run includes two-night stands at Birmingham, AL’s Coca-Cola Amphitheater (September 13-14) and Alpharetta, GA’s Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (September 16-17) as well as a three-show return to Hampton, VA’s Hampton Coliseum on September 19-21 – Phish’s first performances at the historic […]

Plants is a spacey alternative rock band that formed in Arkansas. A strong love for music, and a devotion to making sounds they’d wanna hear. Striving for dynamic songs, unique structures, and moving melodies, Plants creates music that leads you further into the depths of sound. On their debut single, “Reaching,” Plants turn a palpable […]

Dave Gutter is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, musician, singer, and producer from Portland, Maine. Gutter has co-written songs with Aaron Neville, David Bowie, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Imogen Heap, James Poyser, Questlove?, The Black Violin, Eric Krasno, Spose, Wax, Grammatik, Griz, Sydney Franklin, and many more. As a Maine native, Gutter is a legend in […]

Patty Griffin’s new full-length opus, Crown Of Roses, her 11th studio album and first in over six years will be out on Friday, July 25, via her own PGM Recordings label via Thirty Tigers. Produced by longtime collaborator Craig Ross and featuring musical contributions from her trusted band members David Pulkingham (guitar) and Michael Longoria (drums), the […]

shame have announced their return with new album Cutthroat, out September 5th via Dead Oceans, and have shared the new video for the album’s title track. The video, directed by Ja Humby and produced by Rhory Danniells, features some death-defying stunts from shame lead singer Charlie Steen. The band have also announced a massive EU/UK tour, after an intimate, sold-out performance […]

Kathleen Edwards returns with her highly anticipated new album, Billionaire, August 22 on Dualtone Records (pre-order). Evoking her debut, Failer, the new 10-song album is full of Edwards’ trademark lyrical sharpness and unflinching observations and was produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson. In advance of the release, two new songs—“Save Your Soul” and “Say Goodbye, Tell No One”—are out today.  Of the album, Edwards shares, “I […]

Sound Summit celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, September 13, as CAKE returns to the historic Mountain Theater to headline the daylong festival atop Mount Tamalpais that has brought both exceptional music and benefit to the mountain and Bay Area community alike over the past decade. The ever-engaging band first appeared at Mount Tam Jam […]