At several points on Small World, the debut album from Gamblers, the Long Island-based indie-pop outfit, wears the sunny disposition of the Beach Boys on its collective sleeve, as jangly guitars automatically conjure up images of summer, sand, and surf.… Read More
Bob Biggs, who founded Los Angeles independent label Slash Records, has died after a long illness. The news has been shared by various friends and family on social media. He was 74. The label grew out of the Slash punk… Read More
League of Legends is really onto something. Following the much-buzzed about successful 2018 launch of the game’s first virtual girl group called K/DA, originally voiced by Madison Beer (put your cans up, fellow Beercans!), Jaira Burns and Miyeon and Soyeon… Read More
As mentioned, the National Independent Venue Association's livestream fest, Save Our Stages Festival, streams from Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 18, with artists including Brittany Howard, Foo Fighters, Leon Bridges, Major Lazer, Nathaniel Rateliff, Phoebe Bridgers, Portugal. The Man,… Read More
Gainesville, FL punk festival The Fest was forced to postpone their 2020 edition until 2021 because of coronavirus, but they'll be marking one of their originally scheduled days this year with a virtual Halloween event. "The Fest That Never Was"… Read More
As mentioned, Jeff Rosenstock's first full-band streaming set of the pandemic, Jeff Rosenstock: Live From the Garden, airs tonight (Friday, October 16) at 10 PM ET on YouTube; watch it below. Ahead of that, he's shared a couple of tracks… Read More
While our brains continue to lose the ability to focus as Election Day approaches (me at least), here are some records to listen to that will hopefully counteract the chaos: Kevin Morby releases his best album since Singing Saw; Helena… Read More
In 1994, at the height of grunge, punk, and alternative rock, '70s/'80s rock giant Tom Petty released his second solo album (and first of three produced by Rick Rubin), Wildflowers, a tender, folky album that is still widely and deservingly… Read More
On a beautiful September evening in 2018, I had the immense privilege of being at the Forest Hills Stadium stop of David Byrne’s American Utopia tour. It was a significant night as it had been 35 years since Byrne, along with his… Read More
Nothing slows down Robert Pollard. Guided by Voices have just announced their third album of 2020, Styles We Paid For, which will be out December 11 via Rockathon Records. It's the band's 31st album overall. Bob and the rest of the… Read More