Archive: 2026

Formed in Athens, The Overjoyed debuted in 2011 with their EP 32, followed by full-length albums Boomdoggle (2016), Aced Out (2019), and Pressurepop (2023). Known for their high-energy shows, ironic name, and contrasting upbeat music with emotionally complex lyrics, the band has toured extensively, playing in the UK, Europe, Japan, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey. After […]

Altın Gün has announced their forthcoming North American tour, hitting major markets across the continent in rooms like Brooklyn Steel and The Orpheum this fall, taking along Alex Maas of The Black Angels and a co-founder of the Levitation Festival as their opener. Tickets are on sale this Friday, March 27 at 10am local. The tour is in celebration of their […]

Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers and Scud Mountain Boys will release his debut solo studio album Sunny, I Was Wrong on April 3, 2026 via New West Records. The 11-song set was produced by Pernice and features Aimee Mann, Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub. Rodney Crowell, Jimmy Webb, and includes liner notes written by Warren Zanes […]

Few artists left a mark on Latin music like pianist Eddie Palmieri. Born in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, he came up playing in Tito Rodríguez’s orchestra before forming Conjunto La Perfecta, a group that helped redefine salsa with a heavier, trombone-driven sound. By the late ’60s, Palmieri was moving in a more […]

Fruit Bats has announced the forthcoming release of the brand-new album The Landfill, on June 12th via Merge Records with an extensive full-band US tour to follow (see dates below). The new offering finds Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (who performs under the Fruit Bats moniker) in a highly prolific period following 2025’s critically acclaimed, intimate […]

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. Shabaka – A Future Untold Shabaka shares a live rendition of the first track, “A Future Untold”, from his recent album Of The Earth. The project came out just weeks ago, […]

We don’t usually tell people to sit down and watch an entire concert, but this is one of those exceptions. Tucked away in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the legendary Tanglewood venue hosted a run of incredible early-’70s performances—many of which are now floating around on YouTube—from artists like Chicago, Santana, and more. As the summer […]

Ten years after debuting in 2016 with the lo-fi EP Habit, Snail Mail, a solo project for guitarist, singer, songwriter Lindsey Jordan, has released Ricochet. At a little over 41 minutes and full to the brim with layers of guitar, percussive elements, and strings, Ricochet is Jordan’s longest and most ambitious record to date, as […]

There aren’t many rootsy blues artists who record in Italy. There aren’t many who primarily write about Spain, either. Luke Winslow-King (aka LWK) does both of those and more on his ninth album, Coast of Light, where he and the band indulge in some playful risk-taking that works surprisingly well, a blend of blues, jazz, […]