Archive: 2025

Had The Beatles been able to successfully fulfill the vision they originally conceived for the album that was released over a half-century ago as Let It Be, we might not have seen that LP as we now know it.  Fresh off the recording and release of The White Album (a/k/a The Beatles) in late 1968, the foursome reconvened early in […]

It’s absolutely uncanny to listen to this latest Little Feat album and notice how the stylistic similarities of Strike Up The Band evoke the vintage releases of their namesake lineups from the mid-to-late Seventies.  Implausible as such comparisons may sound, they are wholly apt because neither the musicianship nor the songwriting sounds forced nor fake. On the contrary, this record […]

Listening to Beyond Today: Live at the Farm – San Francisco 1986, the thought occurs Translator was so far ahead of its time, the band now transcends all the glib labels of musical category concocted in the interim since they first flourished in the Eighties This foursome was one of the few bonafide rock and roll […]

Nakia is an influential queer artist in the Austin music scene and beyond, captivating audiences worldwide with his commanding and soulful voice for over 20 years. He was a semi-finalist on The Voice where he quickly became the fan-favorite of season one. He has shared stages with legendary performers such as Alejandro Escovedo, Sharon Jones, […]

Murray Attaway is the first to admit it’s been a minute. Throughout the ‘80s, he fronted the wildly underrated Georgia jangle pop band Guadalcanal Diary and put out his first solo album in 1995. “I kept meaning to do another record, but I’m easily distracted,” he says. “It took me a while to focus.” In […]

Hailing from a small Icelandic community in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. Dave Helgi Johan moved to Byron Bay in 2019 to actively pursue music full-time as a solo musician while playing and collaborating with many local artists. His sound has been described as Lofi Indie, Folk, and Alt-Country. Dave has performed and toured for the last […]

An artist and craftsman, Matt Monsoor returned to his hometown from Los Angeles in the late ’90s. Longing for the space he once took for granted—the Driftless—he settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he’s made his home ever since. Inspired by the region, he wrote “Sam’s Hill,”  his latest single. The new song reflects the […]

Witnessing the creative trajectory of legendary frontman Thom Yorke is nothing short of extraordinary. From his groundbreaking work with Radiohead to the modern marvels he’s creating with The Smile, the man’s tireless creativity can’t help but explode out the top of his head and directly into our ears. So, what’s a man who has already […]

By all accounts, 2025 is shaping up to be the Year Of The Goose.  That’s not to say that the Connecticut-based jam band’s arrow hasn’t already been pointing squarely up and to the right for quite some time now. After all, the group has been experiencing an unprecedented rise through the jam band ranks, particularly […]

With years of experience under their belt since their first releases in 2016, Cedarsmoke has attracted a flurry of attention from Meanjin/Brisbane’s indie scene, radio stations with their hundreds of plays, and iconic music platforms such as Triple J, Triple J Unearthed, Double J, MTV, Pilerats, The Music, AU Review, AAA Backstage, Hysteria Mag, Scenestr […]

Jared Dustin Griffin is a singer-songwriter with influences coming from Americana, blues, and country music. Raised in the West, he took to the road at an early age, traveling across the country and abroad to carve his voice out of the roots of the American songwriting tradition. He is currently residing in Topeka, Kansas, where […]

Part of what made Faith No More such a great band was their penchant for being weird and subversive while still managing to write some undeniably great and catchy songs in the process. Indeed, it was often hard to tell if they were a great pop band masquerading as an alt-metal band, or a great […]

Very few things stay consistent over twenty years. Within two decades, children will become adults, world leaders will trade positions, and pop culture will experience many trends. A wise man once said that life’s only constants were death and taxes, but on May 9, a third consistency is added to the short list. Mclusky, the […]

Despite overwhelming critical praise for his 2022 debut, and tours with Noah Kahan – one of the biggest names in modern folk – and counting Zach Bryan as one of his earliest fans, the thought of pulling together the follow-up filled Jack Van Cleaf with dread. While he should have been brimming with confidence having […]

Low Beam is a Brooklyn-based five-piece that infuses classic indie pop/rock with its eclectic blend of funk, electronic, and rock tendencies. Taking its name from the discography of dream pop duo Her’s, Low Beam has a penchant for creating tight, full-sounding live shows that capture both the spaciness of its more psychedelic influences and the […]

Django Duyns is an Amsterdam-based composer and singer-songwriter. Nowadays, working as a solo artist, he formed bands such as Pale Puma. He has a long-standing collaboration with Marien Dorleijn (Moss) as his producer/ mixer. His long-awaited debut album, True Blue Vision, was released on April 25 via Excelsior Recordings. His songs have an introspective grandeur. […]

Big Thief has announced the first leg of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour. The extensive tour – their first US shows in over a year – kicks off Wednesday, September 17th in Sacramento at Channel 24 and concludes on Friday, November 7th in Houston at White Oak Music Hall Lawn. The run of dates includes stops at Berkeley’s The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles’s The […]

Grandaddy have announced a 2025 North American tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal studio album The Sophtware Slump. The band will perform the beloved album in full on what will be their first US tour in over 20 years with Pedro the Lion & Greg Freeman as support. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 9 at 10am local. Making stops in NYC, […]

Aerosmith guitarist and songwriter JOE PERRY is set to return to the road for a series of August performances with THE JOE PERRY PROJECT. The 8-date run kicks off August 13 in Tampa, FL and wraps August 23 in Port Chester, New York, with an August 19 performance in PERRY’s Boston hometown (see the itinerary below). For the North American trek—which marks the first solo shows for PERRY this year—the legendary guitarist will be joined […]

Do a lot of kids who start off being interested in artists like pianist McCoy Tyner before getting into Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam? Surely it isn’t common. That trajectory defines Norwegian guitar monster Hedvig Mollestad and is the key to understanding her. Mollestad’s eponymously named trio drops its new LP, Bees in the […]