AYSANABEE TIMELINES ISHKODE RECORDS In one of his last interviews, John Lennon talked about wanting to re-record a number of songs he wrote and performed with The Beatles. It wasn’t that he didn’t like the originals, but he felt they could use [...]
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY GOOD GOD / BAAD MAN NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS Stoner rock and metal are genres that fuse doom metal and psychedelic rock to create subgenres that are groovy while maintaining a slower tempo and distorted feel. Pioneered in [...]
THUNDERCAT DISTRACTED BRAINFEEDER Six years ago, Thundercat released the critically acclaimed It Is What It Is. Since then, he has toured extensively as both a headliner and in support of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and has collaborated on tracks [...]
LOS RETROS ODISEA STONES THROW RECORDS Summer waits for no one. People out and about on the beach soaking up the sun, playing volleyball, or having a picnic. Summer also means the city comes alive. For 26-year-old Oxnard, CA-based artist [...]
GOOD KID CAN WE HANG OUT SOMETIME? GOOD PEOPLE RECORDS CO. Good Kid’s new album feels like both a homecoming and a leap forward. The band stays true to the bright, guitar-driven sound that first drew fans in, including tight rhythms, infectious [...]
SPACEPORT CUT THE LAKE AURA VORTEX RECORDS Minneapolis trio Spaceport is back with their second album Cut the Lake, with many missing their first offering Window Seat (2023). Maybe this time around that initial slip will be corrected, as the [...]
ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULT RESPONSIBLE FRIEND COMPASS RECORDS The oh so sophisticated and fluid sound Responsible Friend, the new album by Elizabeth and the Catapult, might come as a surprise to the uninitiated, but Brooklyn-based Elizabeth [...]
THE WEDDING PRESENT MAXI HHBTM RECORDS The Wedding Present made their debut in 1985 and were once known as ‘the least complicated band from Leeds’. I say they still are the least complicated. They continue to play excellent alternative rock. [...]