Now Hear This: Jupiter Sprites | Holographic
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Experimental dream pop group Jupiter Sprites — driven by songwriters Max Keena and Alicia Capp — hail from misty Olympia, WA, where late-night recording sessions...
Now Hear This: John Németh | Stronger Than Strong
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Stronger Than Strong, the latest 12-track album produced by John Németh and recorded at Electraphonic Recording in Memphis, features 10 original compositions. According to Németh,...
Now Hear This: Joey Molland | Be True To Yourself
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: The story of Badfinger is arguably rock’s saddest and most tragic tale. But one thing is for certain: The group that practically invented “power pop”...
Now Hear This: Jeremy Ivey | Waiting Out The Storm
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Hey tomorrow people / how do you like it there? / How do you see yourself / and how does now compare?” Jeremy Ivey asks...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 23-29 • The Short List: 3 Titles You...
I can never remember if it's good things or bad things that come in threes. I guess we'll find out when these big-name releases come out next Friday. Stay...
Next Week in Music | Nov. 23-29 • The Long List: 575 Releases On...
Most of the year's big-name releases have already arrived. But there's still a ton of good new music on the way. Scroll down (and down ... and down ......
Next Week in Music | Nov. 23-29 • New Books
If you’re the kind of person who would put Weird Al, Sun Ra, Thin Lizzy, The Clash, Darkthrone and Marillion on the same mixtape, you’re in for a treat....
Next Week in Music | Nov. 23-29 • On TV
Josh and Jeff and James and Jewel and J. Clearly, this week’s Late-Night TV Music performances are brought to you by the 10th letter of the alphabet — though...
Now Hear This: Hypoluxo | Hypoluxo
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Hypoluxo almost didn’t make it. Members of the Brooklyn-based quartet have been playing together in some form since their teens but their experience with the...
Now Hear This: Flat Five | Another World
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "The Flat Five return! Chicago’s beloved band of in-demand music biz ringers — Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor (Neko Case, The Decemberists), Scott Ligon and...
Now Hear This: Dust Bowl Faeries | The Plague Garden
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Plague Garden would never have come to life in this incarnation were it not for the 2020 plague, which is not to say that...
Now Hear This: Dirk. | Cracks In Common Sense
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Since 2014, Dirk. have been walking a winding musical path strewn with praise and love. It took them just two years to bag the bronze...
Now Hear This: Chico Mann | Double Life
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “When I moved from N.Y. to L.A., my intention was to start this AfroRock band, Here Lies Man,” recalls Chico Mann. “What you're hearing on...
Now Hear This: Boogie Bombers | Boogie Bonanza
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "In 2004, two of the youngest musicians on the Turin blues scene met in underground jam sessions: the harmonica player and singer Andrea “Boris” Borasco...
Now Hear This: Blinker the Star | Juvenile Universe
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Sessions for Blinker The Star’s new album Juvenile Universe began before last year's Careful With Your Magic album was even released, with sole proprietor of...
