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In 2016, the #OscarsSoWhite campaign drew attention to whitewashing in Hollywood, although the practice has been going on long before hashtags were even invented. For generations, roles of people of…
It’s not enough that Paul Weller recently released his first soundtrack/score for the movie “Jawbone”; he now offers us his latest studio creation, A Kind Revolution. After the breathtaking one-two…
For the first time in his long and storied career, Paul Weller has written, recorded and delivered his first movie soundtrack score, Jawbone: Music From the Film. Certainly, a labor…
The Hangabouts, a hearty trio from the Detroit area, have just unleashed their sophomore full length album, Kits & Cats & Saxon Wives (a clever title!) and this one pops…
Why did so many, when given the chance to speak, let Dylan speak for them?
“Flash Light” was the first #1 hit for any group in the Clinton empire
In these turbulent times, you may often wonder, “Where’s our Bob Dylan? Where’s the bard of the 2010s translating the dicey political and social climate into musical stanzas?” When the…
Chicken & the Chick Flicks’ Too Bad About the Sun, out now on Shinkoyo, is exhilarating for reasons that most records simply aren’t. A microtonal-poetry reading for a demented albeit…
The mere fact that this album is titled Memphis immediately made my ears prick up – of course, I would have to take instant notice. But the music contained within…
She turns herself round and she smiles and she says, “This is it, that’s the end of the joke.” What’s THAT supposed to mean? Some songs are ambiguous. Some songs…
To hear some good reverb-drenched post-rock on the radio dial or the event horizon, you can do a heck of a lot worse than Heron, the Pennsylvania quartet that made…
Curry Cuts’ third concept compilation ups its game to everything-or-nothing heights.
The single is a part of Errico’s new album, now on pre-order at Pledge Music.
Once upon a time, you had a thing called “rock and roll”. Happy to say, it’s still alive and well and thriving in the sounds of The Bayonets. Put together…
You might remember Malea from “Give,” the track that landed her in the Top 20 Dance Club Songs on Billboard in 2014. The Los Angeles-based songstress is best known for…
You can argue the merits of a country singer/songwriter/performer being based in Brooklyn, New York, but I personally find it irrelevant. What counts – simply put – is the soul,…
This Los Angeles singer/songwriter releases albums at a pace that makes both Axl Rose and Kate Bush seem prolific. Wow and Flutter, Spicer’s first studio release since her sophomore album,…
Matthew Ryan’s new song is called “(I Just Died) Like an Aviator” — hear from Matthew what that means exactly.
Australian pop-rocker Ivan Beecroft shares a wealth of similarities with many classic-rock artists. He comes from a working class background, suffered tragedy in his life — and has a sound…
The lesson to be learned here is, don’t say ‘power pop’ to Marshall Crenshaw. Also, don’t call Kerli a Goth. She will hurt you.
The Del-Vikings were an important group for reasons beyond music
Darlings of Pitchfork and NPR, Brooklyn’s Big Thief has an accessible sound that mellows so much that it can be easy to miss its message. The band’s first album, the…
The Voice finalist Kat Robichaud is back with an exciting new album and we’ve got an exclusive track for your listening pleasure!
Once again, Australian pop master Wade Jackson returns with a brand new album and a different direction. Nearly two years after his shimmering pop masterpiece, Whiskey Alpha Delta Echo, he…
Record Store Day 2017 has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean there still isn’t treasure to be found online and at your local record store. I’ve never been one…
(Archive.) Thursday, April 7, 2016 I never end up taking a screenshot of that Craigslist ad that led me to Tom, but I still have the e-mail I sent to…
Lush new (surprise) record may test the perceptions of the group.