Archive: 2025

Poker is more than just a game of cards; it’s a battle of wits, and bluffing is one of the most powerful weapons in your arsenal. But bluffing isn’t just about pretending you have a better hand—it’s about reading your opponents, controlling your emotions, and knowing when to act decisively.  Whether you’re a beginner or […]

Brazenly raw emotion and headbanging psychedelia overflow in the dynamic sound of Exceptional Failures. The PDX two-piece, made up of singer/guitarist Corey Distler and drummer Damian, shatters expected limitations of a duo with heavy riffs and fiery, unpredictable solo breaks. Distler’s poignant lyrics, often drenched in the darkness or the spiritual worth of humankind, are […]

Bay Area-based songwriter Deborah Crooks performs and records under her own name and with the band Bay Station. Place-based and rooted in practice, her work is informed by her studies of natural and personal history, as well as co-writing and collaborating with other artists and musicians. Her most recent projects include the multi-character, bird-themed folk […]

Being a multi-billion-dollar industry, iGaming grows exponentially as there are plenty of businesses ready to take their place in this niche. However, this brings new challenges that require smart solutions. Indeed, new rules and market saturation create a challenge for operators who want to stand out and scale up. Traditional single-brand models are no longer […]

With the Grateful Dead in town for a show at Austin’s Municipal Auditorium the night before Thanksgiving 1972, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh joined up for an epic jam session with Doug Sahm at Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters concert hall. The jam was so epic that it would include Leon Russell and members of the […]

The music world has never seen anyone like Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The blind multi-instrumentalist could play three horns at once through his amazing circular breathing technique. He was a master of every woodwind instrument, and used unusual instruments like the manzello, the strich (a straight Eb alto saxophone to which he added a French horn […]

Singer-songwriter Afton Wolfe is arguably the most conceptually artful troubadour that we have heard since Tom Waits. The reference to Waits is rather obvious in Wolfe’s deep, gravelly voice and in his off-the-beaten-track concepts. Yet, Wolfe also possesses the fearlessness of Bruce Cockburn, the intellectualism of Leonard Cohen, the deep woods poetry of the late […]

Available on vinyl, digital and compact disc formats for successive late 2025 Record Store Days, Warren Zevon’s final live performance, recorded Live At The Edmonton Folk Music Festival, joins 1980’s Stand In The Fire (issued in expanded form twice) and 1993’s Learning To Flinch, as sterling examples of how the late singer/songwriter so artfully transposed […]

Crammed into the basement of Philly’s First Unitarian Church on November 19th, Austin’s Die Spitz tore through just over a dozen songs, fusing the spirit of late-’70s Orange County hardcore with the sharpened political consciousness of Gen Z. The band — whose members were born decades after hardcore first blew open — managed to channel […]

Guns N’ Roses have announced they will hit the road again in the spring and summer 2026. This 2026 tour will see Guns N’ Roses visit Mexico and Brazil, before headlining additional EU markets, as well as stadiums across the US and Canada. The upcoming run includes a special performance at LA’s Rose Bowl, marking […]

With Thanksgiving only a few days away, this week we’ll be spotlighting some classic Thanksgiving performances from yesteryear to help whet your appetite for the delightfully gluttonous and communal holiday. And for today’s Manic Monday, we’re shining a light on The Rolling Stones’ epic run at Madison Square Garden in New York City from November […]

Well, the tour’s over, folks, and if you didn’t get to catch any of the shows on ZZ Top’s Elevation tour, then you really missed out. Ending their months-long trek across the country in Biloxi, Mississippi – where their “My Head’s In Mississippi” could be declared the state song, judged by the reaction of the […]

For Record Store Day Black Friday 2025, Rhino digs into Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required-era with a focused, six-track reissue of 12″ers, long tucked away in CD history and finally granted a proper vinyl release. Issued in a limited run of 3,500 copies to mark the album’s 40th anniversary, this set pulls together extended mixes […]

Seattle bartender-turned-singer/songwriter Dean Johnson and his band have been touring to support the release of his latest release, I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, the powerful follow-up to his 2023 debut Nothing for Me, Please. Luckily for music fans, Johnson had friends and music industry folks twist his arm hard enough to finally release […]

Few bands feel as tied to their hometown mythology as The Flaming Lips, so it makes perfect sense that their full-album performance of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots would eventually circle back to Oklahoma City. Recorded on August 30, 2024 at the Zoo Amphitheater and issued as a 2LP, 45rpm neon-yellow RSD Black Friday exclusive, […]

Steve Hackett’s show at Revolution Hall on Saturday, November 22nd felt important. For starters, it was the final stop on a lengthy North American tour that had this Rock and Roll Hall of Famer criss-crossing the U.S. and Canada. It was also the final show for keyboardist Roger King, who has provided his masterful musicianship […]

Fleetwood Mac Live 1975 captures the band at a pivotal turning point, months after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined and just before the group became one of the biggest acts in the world. Recorded at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ and Jorgensen Auditorium in Storrs, CT, this set documents the early chemistry of […]

It is hard to believe we are already a week away from the official start of the holiday season, but 2025 isn’t going out without squeezing every drop of new music from this storied year. We have another jam-packed list of imaginative releases from across music, including refreshing Hip-hop, big band jazz from veterans of […]

Matt Storm makes music that fuses vintage soul and jazz with modern alternative sounds. A songwriter since age 13, his writing touches on introspection and hard truths. The multi-genre, multi-instrumentalist is also a third culture kid, born in the U.S. and raised overseas before settling in Western Canada. His self-taught style reflects his non-traditional upbringing.  […]