Archive: 2026

As we wrap up Black Crowes Week in celebration of the band’s newest album, it’s worth rewinding to 1995—when The Black Crowes were riding “high” after the release of Amorica. The band had already played plenty of unusual gigs over the years, including massive festival crowds at Monsters of Rock, but few settings felt quite […]

Every once in a while, you get the chance to hear an album that refuses to meet your expectations of what music should sound like, not because the band or artist is pushing boundaries, but because the culture that informed the record is completely different from the one you were born into. Hoggar, the tenth […]

Before the private jets, the billion-dollar hospitality empire, and the globally recognized shorthand for coastal escapism, Jimmy Buffett was, in the words of guitarist Roger Bartlett, “a mere mortal.” Bartlett was the first-ever member of the Coral Reefer Band, and he is one of many past Buffett collaborators to speak in Occupational Hazard: The First […]

Shoegaze is entering a renaissance period before our very eyes, and it couldn’t be a more invigorating revelation for the beloved genre. For the past few years, shoegaze acts have been exploding out of every corner of the world, some dedicating their sonic adventures to preserving the heyday of the sound. In contrast, others see […]

Primarily known as a bassist for groups like Grammy-nominated band Alvvays and Seattle surfers La Luz, Abbey Blackwell (Seattle) is focusing her energies on writing for solo guitar and voice. Her songwriting calls back to the lyrical, hanging melodies of Sibylle Baier and Linda Perhacs, with angular, geometric chord progressions that lean in satisfying directions. […]

Tarantula Bill began in 2020 as the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Kendon McGehee. After years as a sideman, McGehee used the pandemic’s stillness to build a DIY studio and teach himself to sing and mix. What started as an isolated creative experiment, beginning with the debut album Toola, has since transformed into a formidable force in […]

Kim Gordon’s solo career (which didn’t start until she was 66) has been extremely fruitful as 2019’s No Home Record began her collaboration with producer/multi-instrumentalist Justin Raisen, and 2024’s The Collective is one of the best albums of this fractured decade. The pair’s third effort is PLAY ME. While not as exciting as those offerings, it still […]

Before they were The Black Crowes, they were Mr. Crowe’s Garden. Early footage of a band before they became and looked as we know them to be is always fun, especially if its a young Chris and Rich Robinson. At the time of Mr. Crowe’s Garden, the group hadn’t yet fully transformed into the bluesy […]

Snarky Puppy will host the GroundUP Music Festival this weekend, March 13–15, at the Miami Beach Bandshell. The eclectic lineup goes well beyond performances from the festival’s hosts, featuring artists like Flying Lotus, Rickie Lee Jones, Patrice Rushen, Isaiah Sharkey, and Bilal among others. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the festival, which has […]

In its 23rd consecutive year, the Portland Jazz Festival is in full swing, bringing 60 events to 30 venues in Oregon’s Rose City over a 10 day period. On Saturday, March 7th, the festival showcased two luminaries of the electric bass at Revolution Hall. First up was Mohini Dey, a 29-year-old bass phenom from Mumbai, […]

Adam Gaffney and the Balladeers’ album Product of Another Sad Song (out May 8) is a somber and emotional exploration of losing his mother to cancer, loves lost and found, and returning from the brink to embrace sobriety. Made up of 13 songs and four short poems, Product of Another Sad Song gives nods to […]

Asara is a Parisian multi-instrumentalist artist launching her first solo project. After spending the last four years with the band Dog Park, in which she plays guitar, bass, keyboards, and sings, she is now opening up more intimate spaces. Composed throughout 2025, her first solo album is structured like an audio diary, almost a documentary, […]

Augie Meyers, one of the most distinctive keyboard players in American rock, known for his unmistakable Vox Continental organ sound and his deep roots in Tex-Mex, Chicano rock, and roots music died in his sleep on March 7th at the age of 85. Meyers first rose to prominence in the mid-1960s as a founding member […]

Providence’s Deer Tick have announced the June 5 release of their ninth studio album,  Coin-O-Matic, via ATO.  The LP casts a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden histories of the band’s home state of Rhode Island, where the everyday dramas of working-class families long collided with the menace of […]

Psychobilly legends The Quakes have cemented a long-standing place in the subgenre, being one of the early American influences of the psychobilly scene in the 40 years since the band’s founding in 1986. Formed in Buffalo, New York, by frontman Paul Roman (guitar/vocals), Rob Peltier (upright slap bass), and Dave “The Ace” Hoy (drums), The […]

In their earliest years, The Black Crowes proudly wore their hard-rock swagger on their sleeves. Tours alongside heavyweights like Aerosmith, ZZ Top, and Robert Plant helped propel the band toward mainstream headliner status. While the mid-to-late ’90s would see the group drifting into more mellow territory—headlining the HORDE Festival and Furthur Festival —their most commercially […]

Southern California, home to the stars, sun-drenched memories, and some of the finest record shops on the West Coast of the United States. Through the rich musical history that has driven the area’s art scene for decades and continues to do so, many locals have been inspired to get involved. Whether you were starting a […]

Esther Rose is on the verge. Though the folk songstress has been chugging steadily along for damn near a decade, she seems to be hitting her stride with her newest album Want (REVIEW). From her beginnings in the New Orleans folk and country scene cultivated by peers like the Deslondes, Rose has continued to evolve […]