Archive: 2026

Born in Nashville and reshaped in Portland, Family Worship Center operates less like a traditional band and more like a traveling rock-and-soul commune. Their sound—groove-heavy, piano-pounded, and drenched in communal harmonies—pulls from dog-eared spiritual ephemera and strange, cult-adjacent texts uncovered during a cross-country field-recording odyssey. The result is a secular gospel of sorts, rooted in […]

Few artists are still carrying the torch for hard country with the conviction — and volume — of Dale Watson. For more than four decades, the Texas native has stood as a self-appointed guardian of honky-tonk, outlaw country, western swing, and rockabilly, carving out a lane so distinct he gave it its own name: Ameripolitan. […]

Among the crop of indie albums that defined what many critics and fans now refer to as the “blog era” of music, Cat Power’s aptly titled 2006 effort, The Greatest, is indeed one of the standouts. While Chan Marshall released several exceptional albums before and after The Greatest, it was this collection of inventive folk, soul, […]

Most people forget that Deep Purple had a chapter before Ian Gillan stepped in as lead singer. That role belonged to Rod Evans—who, legend has it, is still alive today, though he hasn’t been photographed or publicly spotted in decades. But that mystery’s a story for another time. For Tuesday’s Gone, we dip back into […]

His first major studio album in six years, Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye III+, is the latest evolution of a concept he first introduced in 2021. The ongoing project is designed to focus on collaborations with younger musicians the contemporary jazz icon admires, allowing him to reimagine his past work and devote the collective talents to new […]

Before a blizzard shut down NYC, Jason Isbell pulled into town to play two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall. Friday night was a solo acoustic affair, while Saturday, February 21st, found him delivering a louder set of tunes with his full backing band, the 400 Unit.  The Saturday night show was opened by […]

Bill Frisell is the unassuming guy in a flannel shirt, wearing Sketchers. He has this ‘everyman’ aura that one would not typically associate with one of the most inventive, fascinating guitarists of the past five decades, one who is likely to become an NEA Jazz Master at some point. He conducts himself with grace and […]

Louder Than Life roars back to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, September 17–20, 2026, for its 12th edition—and it’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. With the largest lineup in festival history, this year also marks the most ambitious bill ever assembled by producer Danny Wimmer Presents. Joining previously announced headliners My […]

Atlanta slow-core quartet GREBE announce their debut full-length, Hell Diver, out April 17 via Indecent Artistry and Rope Bridge.  Self-described as “boot-gaze shoe-core birdbath”, GREBE covers a lot of ground, drawing lines between slow-core, shoegaze, alternative, and modern indie rock sounds. This conglomerate of genres is evident on their self-released Spring 2025 debut EP, If […]

Plastic Jaguar is the bi-coastal collaboration of Jordan Olberg and Scott Lingner, a friendship that started in college over a shared love of music and has evolved into something much bigger. Their sound weaves together a dense, detailed blend of guitar, piano, synth, brass, and woodwinds into a unique pastiche of psych-pop, post-punk, chamber pop, […]

Despite influences that stretch far beyond Texas, The Point. feel inseparable from Austin. The trio filters psychedelia, Saharan guitar music, and cumbia through a jam-band looseness that reflects the city’s anything-goes musical DNA. The result is a laid-back but deeply intentional sound—worldly in scope, grounded in groove. On their recent album Maldito Animal (Deluxe Edition), […]

Online poker has changed dramatically over the past decade. What used to be a niche hobby is now a thriving, multi-billion dollar global industry. Players no longer need to travel to casinos or local poker clubs to enjoy the game. With just a computer or a smartphone, they can compete against opponents from all over […]

As the narrator in the video below declares, “This bands been called the loudest band in the world,” it’s hard to argue that anyone topped Deep Purple at the time. Between Jon Lord’s howling Hammond organ, Ritchie Blackmore’s blistering riffs and leads, and Ian Paice’s thunderous drums, the band pushed volume and intensity to new […]

There are few road warriors in American music quite like Steve Earle. In 2026, the singer, songwriter, author, actor, and activist will once again lace up his boots and head out on an ambitious North American run dubbed Steve Earle: Fifty One Years of Songs and Stories. Spanning more than 70 dates across the U.S. […]

Surfing the Tube is a daily recap of recent must-see YouTube happenings, from music videos and live performances to interviews and everything in between. 7th EELISA Joint Call – Information Session Benny Sings releases a loosie titled “Real Person” featuring Elijah Fox that comes complete with a music video. As of yet, there’s no indication […]

Portland, Oregon-based Chicano Rock artist Joshua Josué recently released his second full-length album, Broadcast To the Surf Ballroom, which is a very special project that gathers some of the unfinished demos and fragments left behind by Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens at the time of their deaths and completes those songs, bringing them each to […]

We are coming to you live from the Old Caustic Factory, and we are working overtime to bring yet another bustling week of fresh releases. Since the new year, there has been a waterfall of wildly impressive and exhilarating releases from across the musical spectrum, and this week shows no sign of that trend slowing. […]

Portland’s own Alela Diane has long occupied a singular space in contemporary folk—equal parts hushed intimacy and emotional gravity. On May 22, she returns with her seventh album, Who’s Keeping Time?, arriving via Fluff & Gravy Records and Loose Music. The record finds Diane tracing the fragile threads between grief and community, solitude and collaboration, […]

District Five is a four-piece band from Zurich, Switzerland. The multi-instrumentalists have been meeting in the rehearsal room and beyond for over ten years, reflecting on themselves, their friendship, their influences, and their experiences in their music. The result is a work that keeps on moving. Sometimes closer to jazz, sometimes pop, sometimes further away […]