Archive: 2026

By the time Bad Company released its third album, Run With The Pack (released 1/30/76), a half-century ago, the group had already achieved the goals they set for themselves upon formation in 1973. Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke sought more sustained success than they had experienced with Free (beginning with “All Right Now’), while guitarist Mick Ralphs was eager […]

It’s not every day that a long-dormant experimental noise project reappears as an elite electronic-pop outfit intent on burrowing into your subconscious and unearthing deep-seated memories of a time when we could congregate freely without worry. In 2014, the duo known as Allegories began experimenting across genres, melding eclectic soundscapes with pop inclinations. Gathering further […]

Nashville’s Justin Webb & The Noise return with “Vicariously,” a tense, cathartic new single that captures the frustration of being stuck in place while life feels like it should be moving forward. Known for their emotionally charged, no-frills approach to rock and roll, the band leans into that tension here, turning inertia into momentum and […]

How does a musician become someone’s favorite? With the treasure trove of incredibly talented people releasing music at a dizzying pace, how do some rise within our souls to the point of obsession? Is it an innate prowess in the music itself, a more complex emotional connection, or an amalgamation of collected data, analyzed by […]

On his longest, most thoroughly executed album yet, out now via independent label Lex Records, Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon deftly showcases the surfeit of sonic skills that he’s cultivated over years of releasing exceptional, albeit shorter, projects through fellow indie labels such as FXCK RXP, Copenhagen Crates, and most notably Jewelry Rap Productions. From razor-sharp wit […]

My Morning Jacket are standing alongside the citizens of Minneapolis with the January 29th release of Peacelands, an acoustic album of original songs and exclusive covers, available now at Bandcamp. Recorded by 6x GRAMMY® Award-winner Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Kacey Musgraves, The War on Drugs) at EastWest Studios’ famed Studio Three in Hollywood, CA, the 14-track collection includes stripped-down new versions of […]

Six years to the date of his last LP, Thundercat will release his fifth studio album, Distracted, coming out April 3rd via Brainfeeder. The new album features contributions from A$AP Rocky, WILLOW, Tame Impala, Channel Tres, Lil Yachty and a previously unreleased collaboration with the dearly departed Mac Miller. Distracted was primarily created in close collaboration with a new creative partner for Thundercat – the superproducer Greg Kurstin, known for […]

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. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Crimson and Clay In March of 2025, Jason Isbell released Foxes in the Snow, his first solo album since 2013’s Southeastern. Now, on Jimmy […]

City of the Sun may call Brooklyn home, but the band’s wordless, genre-blurring sound has always traveled well beyond borders. Drawing from indie rock, Latin folk, blues, and global traditions, the instrumental outfit creates music that feels both intimate and expansive, evoking full landscapes without ever needing lyrics. Formed by guitarist John Pita and drummer […]

HÉR is a Polish experimental music group, whose name translates roughly as “here, now”, who will be releasing their first album, Monochrome, via Season of Mist on January 30th. That seasonal release is very appropriate since the album draws inspiration from the icy spirit of the Old North that we find in Viking sagas and […]

The seventh album from the Torrance, California-based outfit Joyce Manor continues their run of super short, catchy, chant-along anthems, with some added twists and turns in the brief proceedings. I Used To Go To This Bar clocks in under twenty minutes with nine tunes that sound primed and ready to explode at each junction.  Released on Epitaph, […]

When a Flower Doesn’t Grow, the full-length debut from Ontario indie rock duo Softcult, is a collection of introspective alt-rock that balances heavy riffs with jangling melodies. Twins Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn self-produced the album, using the eleven tracks to explore sexuality, gender roles, and emotional growth. The title comes from a quote from Dutch […]

One Moment In Time – Live In The USA is the logical extension of the process of refinement that Robin Trower has undertaken with his studio albums of recent years. Running roughly seventy-seven minutes in duration on compact disc and a double LP vinyl set, fourteen tracks taken from two shows on a 2025 American […]

When most people think of samples in Hip-hop, they think of classic soul and funk records. A beautifully haunting vocal sample from a singer lost in the shuffle, a recognizable James Brown drum break, or even a floating horn sample from jazz’s Golden Age. Sometimes, an obscure moment in a record can catch the right […]

Under the name Air Mail, Midwest-born artist Niko Francis crafts songs that feel both handmade and immediate—melancholy snapshots wrapped in melody. The name itself comes from writing letters to loved ones while away from home doing seasonal farm work. Blending the offbeat intimacy of Alex G and the understated poignancy of MJ Lenderman, Frances delivers […]

Sophie Gault, Tennessee’s resident Americana rocker, has released her high-octane album, UNHINGED. The record perfectly captures defiant, whiskey-soaked midnight expeditions and wild-child confessions, painting a picture of well-traveled roads in the dead of night. Produced with Americana’s heart beating through each track’s waking fiber, Gault’s album breathes with experience and adamant rebellion. Sophie Gault’s long-awaited […]

Rather than a nostalgia-driven tribute, Portland-based Chicano rocker Joshua Josué’s Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom (due out January 30th) is imagined as a transmission sent back to that final stage — completing songs Holly and Valens never lived to finish while asking what their music might have become had their lives not been cut short. […]