John Andrews & The Yawns: Finding ‘What’s Good?’ on the Cobblestones of ‘Streetsweeper’
Red Hook is a strange place to live if you have to be anywhere else in New York on time, but it is the perfect place to write...
Gary Marks: Staying Inside the Song on ‘I Guess It Never Stops’ and New LP ‘Crossroads’
After five decades of writing in the shadows of an industry he walked away from, Gary Marks returns with 'Crossroads,' a chronological reckoning arriving April 18. This Record...
Bryan Titus: Hiking the Notes of the Appalachian Trail
Music offers this incredible opportunity for a group of people to sync their heartbeats. In my three decades here on earth, I don’t think I’ve found another vessel...
A Journey Through Lucas Neil’s ‘Birds’
Lucas Neil’s newest album opens with the line “I wish we were seaward birds.” In an era of intense depersonalization and dehumanization, Neil has tapped into that intense...
Default Mode Network Unleash ‘Chin Up Chuck’
Leeds’ Default Mode Network are shapeshifters. Their 2022 Demo EP 'Cosmic Joke' is a collection of blues-inspired tracks that could draw comparisons to early King Gizzard. And just...
The Invisible City Resurfaces: Seelie Court’s Relaunch Unearths Heaven’s Lost 1969 Baroque Psych Masterpiece
The release of Heaven's 'The Invisible City of Kartesh' unlocks a genuine historical vault from the late 60s British underground. This long-lost album finally brings to light the...
Chevreuil Debut ‘Plexus,’ a Minimalist Sculpture in Motion from the Forthcoming ‘Stadium’
If you walked into a room and saw a 1976 Ludwig kit surrounded by a four-amp quadraphonic fortress, you wouldn't necessarily think "rock band." You’d think "installation." That...
McCaslin Dahle Unveil Massive Debut Single ‘Henry Takes The 5th’ From Upcoming Album ‘MXD’
Donny McCaslin and Ryan Dahle are finally making their creative collaboration official. While the duo has been orbiting each other since McCaslin’s 2018 album 'Blow,' the announcement of...
Ugly Stick: An Interview on the Return of 1993’s ‘Absinthe’ and the Midwestern Underground
In the late eighties, the town of Delaware, Ohio, was a collision of family farms, blue-collar industry, and liberal arts academia. It was the perfect incubator for the...
AVA Trio Interview: Mapping the Lunar Cycles of ‘Lunae’
AVA Trio bypasses the standard recording studio for their fifth album, Lunae. They drag their acoustic gear deep into southern Italy to record inside a centuries-old Apulian trullo....