Archive: 2025

More than 20 years after recording their last record, Cough, Black Eyes returns with Hostile Design out on 10/10 via Dischord Records.. The album is comprised of six all-new songs, written directly in the wake of the band’s April 2023 reunion shows. Hostile Design was recorded at Tonal Park studios over three days, with Ian MacKaye resuming his […]

Last month, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band—the project of Louisville-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ryan Davis—released their new album, New Threats from the Soul, via Sophomore Lounge / Tough Love.  Today, the band has announced a December North American tour. The newly announced dates will see the band playing DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Chicago, two dates in Brooklyn, and more […]

Chrissie Hynde has announced a new album as Chrissie Hynde & Pals titled Duets Special, due for release digitally as well as on black vinyl LP, and CD on Friday, October 17 via Rhino. The album consists of 13 extraordinary duets featuring a host of world-class collaborators, including k.d. lang, the late Mark Lanegan, Dave Gahan, Cat Power, Brandon Flowers, Debbie Harry, Shirley […]

Marin County is gearing up for a full year of music, art, and delicious food. Picture pastel booths popping up on village greens, sea air mixing with kettle-corn sweetness, and sunset guitar riffs echoing between golden hills and the Bay. One weekend, you are tasting local oysters in Novato; the next, you’re under redwoods in […]

Rounding out our summer salute to The Specials this week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re taking a look at the last performance of the original lineup on Top of the Pops where Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, and Neville Staple announced they were leaving the band. According to Golding, they were not in a good place […]

Throughout the past 15 years, Pile has woven a web that ties the loose ends of post-punk, indie rock, and experimentation together in a knot that would make Henry Rollins proud. All the while, Pile never abandoned the DIY ethos that made them the band they are, keeping a prolific release schedule intact with six […]

At this point in her career, singer/songwriter Mae Powell is on the verge of a major breakthrough. After stunning the world with her powerful songwriting and wistful vocals on her 2021 debut, Both Ways Brighter, it was clear the young artist contained multitudes. By tackling socio-political topics and personal emotions alike, Powell was able to […]

Most think of the origins of the blues in terms of the Delta acoustic guitar style yet Afro-Romani cornetist, saxophonist, historian, and producer Colin Hancock is bent on disproving that notion. In fact, the original Black music of this country was not called ‘blues’. That later became a marketable term for music shaped by violinists, […]

The Kingston Lions’ self-titled debut is a chance for some legendary reggae session musicians to step into the spotlight, covering classics from the genre.  Produced by Ralph Sall and recorded at Anchor Studios in Kingston, guitarist, bandleader, and arranger Mikey Chung brought together a group of musicians who have played with everyone from Peter Tosh […]