Archive: 2026

From the flamboyant flair of classic rock icons to the understated coolness of indie performers, what artists wear helps shape their identity. Today, the modern musician’s wardrobe is evolving beyond pure aesthetics. It’s no longer just about looking the part; it’s about balancing personal expression with practicality. In an era defined by constant movement, long […]

Record Store Day was last Saturday. Somewhere in a queue outside a record shop, a person who has been doing this for twenty years stood next to someone doing it for the first time, and they talked about music. That is not an accident. It is the result of a community that decided, a long […]

All Them Witches- Ben McLeod (guitarist), Charles Michael Parks, Jr. (bass/vocals), Christian Powers (drums), and Allan Van Cleave (keys)- have shared their new song and music video for “The Welterweight,” inspired by Parks’ grandfather, a boxing champion. “I wrote ‘The Welterweight’ and ‘Saturn Song’ around the same time.” Parks shared. “When I’m home, I mainly […]

“The Rest of Ever” – Michael Stipe (LIVE on The Late Show) R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe is preparing to release his debut solo album, and accordingly, he takes the stage of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to play the as-of-yet unreleased lead single, titled “The Rest of Ever”. Power Ballad (2026) Official Trailer 2 – […]

Ringo Starr approaches his 86th birthday in July indisputably at the top of his game. Underrated as a musician whose vocal expression, like his drumming, has always catered to the direct rather than the expansive, Starr nevertheless has been recording reliably and touring steadily ever since reigniting his career in the late 1980s. In 2025, […]

Reporting to you live from the Old Caustic Factory, the team is bringing in the night shift to help out with this bustling morning of fresh releases. After giving our team the day off to celebrate Record Store Day (we all hope you checked off everything on your RSD wishlist), we’re back in full force […]

You might know Michael “CAVS” Cavanaugh from his day job, drumming for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. But the percussion wiz has just dropped his second solo album, and you could say it’s a “trip” in every sense of the word. Engaging and lushly arranged, the all-instrumental Sojourn takes listeners on a journey through […]

Hot off their much-buzzed-about appearances at Coachella, North Carolina rock outfit Wednesday descended on Portland, Oregon, for two sold-out nights at Revolution Hall on April 21st and 22nd. The band is no stranger to this city, having wowed Pickathon Music Festival in 2023 and subsequent shows that have only fueled their fire. By the time […]

Geese has announced their 2026 North American tour, Getting Killed Again. Beginning September 29th in Nashville, the band’s latest run on the continent finds them playing even bigger venues throughout the fall, including the biggest headlining show to date, a hometown show at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium on October 2nd.  Tickets for Geese’s Fall North American […]

This summer, for one night only, Bon Dylan will take the stage at the return of Eaux Claires Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Fronted by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, festival co-founder and curator, Bon Dylan will perform as Bob Dylan circa 1994, doing songs from every era. In a new video and voiceover out today – soundtracked by Bon […]

Legendary independent New York-based rock label Equal Vision Records and Quicksand have announced the Friday, July 17 release of Bring On The Psychics, the brand new album from the New York City post-hardcore veterans. Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece — guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifels, bassist/vocalist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage — Bring On The Psychics serves as the sonic bridge between the band’s heavy and influential […]

“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley is one of the more recognizable and beloved songs of its era. The multi-platinum single, with its stirring gospel-tinted vocals and hypnotic production, launched this newly minted duo into a stratosphere only a select few celebrities get to inhabit. From several placements in major motion pictures and TV projects, the song […]

Making up the rhythm section of long-time Melbourne soul favorites The Cactus Channel, ​Karate Boogaloo remind us of the beauty of coloring outside the lines; their unconventional funk is guided by a steadfast commitment to bending the rules.  The quartet spent their early 20s recording in moldy home studios and sweaty attic recording spaces, reimagining […]

Due for release May 29 2026, on Fuzz Club, Honesty Flowers is the fourth studio album from Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari under the Upupayāma moniker. An epic double-album set, it finds Upupayāma’s ever-mind-blowing brew of organic psychedelic rock meets global grooves at its most percussive, lively, and distorted. Equally hedonistic and heady, it courses through […]

Few bands working in Americana today understand the value of community quite like The Deslondes. The New Orleans outfit has always balanced reverence for tradition with a restless urge to keep the conversation moving forward, and on their upcoming release Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1, arriving May 22nd via New West Records (PRE-ORDER), they […]

Merge Records has announced the signing of Welsh janglepop raconteurs The Tubs. The quartet — Owen Williams, Dan Lucas, Max Warren, and Taylor Stewart has shared a spirited cover of Metallica’s “Fade to Black” that transforms the seminal power ballad into the pastoral, jangle-laden epic it was always meant to be. Check it out below. Owen Williams on […]

Released a half-century ago in the midst of mainstream dominance by so-called dinosaur rock acts, the Ramones’ eponymous debut (4/23/76) is the definition of a paradigm shift. With no guitar solos to speak of–the break on “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” is one note repeated twice–and arrangements further lacking many tuneful vocal harmonies, […]

The Rolling Stones’ latter-day albums were frustratingly erratic long before the misconceived likes of 1997’s Bridges To Babylon. And the hit-and-miss designation applies even to those titles general consensus deems iconic: see 1968’s Beggars Banquet and Sticky Fingers three years later. But, in marked contrast to those records–as well as Let It Bleed released upon […]

The seven-piece psych-rock outfit Evolfo returns with the most relaxed, mind-expanding album of their career, Of Love. The Ridgewood, Queens-based players sifted through hundreds of hours of jams developed in their new studio to piece together the thirteen swirling tracks presented here.  The group, Ben Adams – Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals, Matthew Gibbs – Guitar, Vocals, […]