By DAN MACINTOSH Accompanying press material for The Jayhawks’ XOXO album highlights its uniquely collaborative nature, as the album features more writing and lead vocals from members Marc Perlman, Karen Groberg and Tim O’Reagan than […]
By JOHN DALY The Growlers bring good memories and a classic pop song with their latest track and accompanying video for “Dream World.” Brooks Nielsen and the band make it apparent we clearly took for […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Mike Hadreas, who performs under the name Perfume Genius, has released his fifth album. Although this Perfume Genius is a darling of the alternative music scene, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately […]
By JOHN DALY Mike Campbell has been keeping busy during the lockdown by posting social media videos, playing his Apache guitar and hanging with his faithful hound dog, Bobo. Check out the latest video from […]
By JOHN DALY Many people associate California with arts, music, and films and never have those creative arts been more important than during the last few months. California and its artistic inhabitants are worth researching. […]
By JOHN DALY Rock music started in the 1950s and has been through many stylistic changes that has kept the genre alive to this day. But are the glory days fading away? Many have rediscovered […]
Edited by JOHN DALY Gramps Morgan, the legendary Grammy winner with the booming reggae-style voice, inspires hope with his dramatic new single “People Like You” via Halo Entertainment Group / Ineffable Music. “People Like You” […]
By JOHN DALY Louise Goffin and Billy Harvey have put together an Americana ballad “Rattle and The Roll” that blends a range of legacy sounds with today’s modern groove with great results. And judging from […]
Edited by JOHN DALY The Happy Fits are appropriately named and introduce their second album What Could Be Better with a cool video “Go Dumb” here. The Happy Fits started as a casual summer project for […]
By NOTES FROM VIVACE With Los Angeles music venues shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, coming across new up-and-coming artists for me is done via online sources. We Found New Music, which in more […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Ray LaMontagne moves Zelig-like from style to style on his latest Monovision album. Yet, these variety stops never sound schizophrenic or unnatural. The album starts off with “Roll Me Mama, Roll Me,” […]
By JOHN DALY The Polaroids don’t have to take a picture to prove what they’ve been doing during lockdown. The Linköping, Sweden-based Polaroids are made up of five indie rockers who are punk to the […]
Edited by JOHN DALY Coachella and Stagecoach festivals have been officially canceled for 2020 by promoter Goldenvoice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release issued Thursday but dated June 10, the promoter addressed […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Car Seat Headrest opens its album Making A Door Less Open with “Weightlifter,” which has a noisy intro akin to a mosquito buzzing in your ear and awakening you up in the […]
By DONNA BALANCIA The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame has put together a special video playlist to honor Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, for African-American Music Appreciation Month. The playlist includes a range […]
Edited by JOHN DALY Maryland-based trio Pressing Strings: Jordan Sokel, Nick Welker, and Brandon Bartlett, have released the video for their single “Brave” to honor the COVID-19 frontline workers. As the world continues to respond […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Covers albums can take on a wide spectrum of variations. Many of these projects include the older songs that inspired artists to create their own music in the first place. Listening to […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Sparks, the longstanding brotherly duo of Ron and Russell Mael, has been performing together since 1967. So, you’d think by now one could compare this act to other similar bands. But we […]
By CRAIG HAMMONS Alice Cooper is in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new album, Detroit Stories. The PT Barnum of Rock N Roll, Alice was born in Detroit 72 years ago and […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Revered Black musicians including B.B. King, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross have brought the world beautiful music, but also made the entertainment industry billions of dollars. Their contributions and the creative […]
By DAN MACINTOSH Every so often, a band comes along that gets straight to the pleasure points in your brain. You may want to call this phenomenon sonic dopamine. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is a […]
By JOHN DALY Dropkick Murphys love the livestream and this time the Irish punkers enlisted the help of The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, to join them in Boston. It’s a good-time show, recorded on YouTube, and […]
By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Late at night is a good time to listen to Melissa Sullivan’s new album, Late Last Night, set for release June 26, preferably in a richly-paneled, near-empty cocktail bar while you sip […]
By JOHN DALY Pet Shop Boys are among an impressive list of performers set to play The Smithsonian Pride Alliance virtual concert Project Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and history taking place on May […]
By HARRIET KAPLAN Zach Tabori has released a really exciting and vibrant new EP, Ensemble. The multi-instrumentalist, writer, producer and film composer’s sophomore effort is a winning release. It’s the perfect showcase for his impeccable […]
By DONNA BALANCIA Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers (FKA The Reluctant Apostles) went off script with the Nilsson classic “Everybody’s Talkin’” at The Mint. In this recently uploaded video, which was shot last November, […]
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