Archive: 2025

Red House Painters’ Ocean Beach (released 3/27/25) distills this group’s idiosyncrasies. Arbitrarily categorized as part of the ‘slowcore’ genre within the indie rock universe, titular leader Mark Kozelek and company’s style belies that glib description (and its attendant droning).  The lilting, sing-song instrumental that opens this 4AD release thus stands as a statement of purpose. And while the acoustic […]

Among the handful of Australian bands that have taken the world by storm in the last several years, few have grabbed the attention of such a diverse range of music fans as Amyl and the Sniffers. Fronted by the brash vocalist Amy Taylor, the band has exploded as they have evolved from their gritty early […]

Lucy Dacus’ fourth album Forever Is A Feeling – and first since her supergroup boygenius went on indefinite hiatus – does a brilliant job of blending lush arrangements into her own, well-established Indie Rock/Pop musical style. Throughout the record, Dacus brings in a slew of collaborators, including her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, […]

While self-serious post-grunge and nu-metal bands dominated the rock scene in 2003, UK rockers The Darkness burst onto the scene with a glam rock revival that featured theatrical performances, flamboyant fashion, and a polished bubblegum sheen. Some thought the band was a joke, but if so, the band was in on it. The band’s first […]

Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Jefferson Ross dedicated each song on his brilliant 2022 Southern Comfort to one of the South’s eleven states. Ross has emerged three years later with an even more eclectic collection of songs, still coming to grips with the American South but with a more existential approach. He juxtaposes his observant worldview with his unshakable […]

B. Hamilton is a power trio from Oakland, California. The band comprises primary songwriter, vocalist, and guitar player Ryan Christopher Parks, drummer/engineer Raj Kumar Ojha (Once and Future Band, The Shannon Shaw Band), and new bassist Ian Miller (Kowloon Walled City). Parks’ low-tuned snarling guitar can be heard throughout the 2017 movie “Sorry to Bother […]

Frozen Inertia is a US-based indie, experimental rock band with roots in San Francisco, California, and Akron, Ohio. The leading members are Timothy Graves (baritone guitar, bass, synths, vocals) and Brad Palmer (drums, accordion, keys). Frozen Inertia’s new album Reflectivity, released January 24th, 2025, is an eclectic, experimental mix of musical genres, incorporating elements of […]

An artist going from the country to the Big City is kind of a cliché. But the inverse? From the Big City to the country? One thinks of Bob Dylan and The Band retreating to Woodstock, or the Grateful Dead moving to Mickey Hart’s ranch. And that’s just what happened to singer/songwriter Hannah Cohen. Heck, […]

In August of 2023, Michael Rudd started hearing songs in his sleep, songs he’d never heard before, lines of lyrics, disparate melodies, full-blown tunes that were so loud and clear that they would wake him up in the middle of the night. Within a week or two, he started hearing them at all hours of […]

The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse have announced a 2025 co-headline tour beginning August 1st at Atlanta, GA’s Coca-Cola Roxy. The bands will hit outdoor theaters across the US with notable stops at Chicago’s The Salt Shed (8/16), Los Angeles’s Greek Theatre (9/4), Santa Barbara Bowl (9/5) and Berkley’s The Greek Theatre (9/7). Friko and […]

Superchunk—Mac McCaughan, Laura Ballance, Jim Wilbur, and Laura King— have shared their brand-new single “Bruised Lung” which features labelmate Rosali! In addition, the band will tour the U.S. this fall, with Jason Narducy on bass for their September dates and Betsy Wright taking those reins in October. Nothing hits like the first Superchunk single of […]

Billy Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through this summer including newly confirmed stops at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum, Minneapolis’ Target Center, Fargo’s SCHEELS Arena, Bozeman’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse, Missoula’s Adams Center and two nights at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom—Strings’ first-ever Canadian shows. Tickets for the new dates will go on-sale this Friday, March 28 at […]

In the wake of Tom Petty’s death in 2017, it’s been more than a little telling to observe his estate’s archival efforts. Intentionally or not, the 2018 box titled An American Treasure suggests that the late musician, songwriter, and bandleader wrote numerous memorable songs but did not make many genuinely great albums with his sterling band of […]

As covered in the compelling new documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), Sly Stone produced an incredible amount of creative and influential material in a relatively short amount of time, before he steadily retreated from the limelight (for a variety of reasons) throughout the 70s. Indeed, although his output (and the quality […]

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late night drive home has announced that their debut album as I watch my life online will be released on June 27 via Epitaph. A criticism of their adolescence always existing in the shadow of the internet, the 13-track offering codes together vignettes of mistaking online connection for something real. With their success outgrowing the bedrooms they used to […]

Pug Johnson grew up just 30 minutes away from the Louisiana border in Beaumont, Texas, and it’s clear listening to his latest record, El Cabron, that much of that Cajun music managed to waft its way into that oil town. Across nearly a dozen tracks, Johnson deftly blends Texas country and swing with Cajun music […]

We’ve all heard, and some maybe even experienced, the pressures of releasing a debut album. If done correctly, a debut can form cult-like fans, draw the eyes of critics, and start a legacy for an artist. For Yukimi, the Little Dragon vocalist, she’s already accomplished all of those things. Her work with the electro-pop outfit […]

Outside Lands, has announced the lineup for its 17th year, once again with a plethora of music, food, drinks, art and cannabis in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on August 8 – 10. Organizers are thrilled to announce this year’s headliners, featuring two-time Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer, Tyler, The Creator, Platinum-selling, GRAMMY-nominated Irish singer-songwriter, Hozier and  GRAMMY-award […]