Pop legend Burt Bacharach has teamed with Grammy-winning Kacey Musgraves collaborator (and Silver Seas cofounder) Daniel Tashian for a new EP titled Blue Umbrella that'll be out July 31 on Big Yellow Dog Music. It's the first record from Bacharach, who… Read More
Oxnard crossover thrashers Dead Heat have issued a statement saying that they kicked out their drummer John following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against him, Lambgoat reports. "We as Dead Heat would like to apologize for the actions of… Read More
The late, great Tony Wilson of Factory Records fame reckoned contemporary music revolutions occurred every 13 years: the Beatles’ first album was released in 1963; after which in 1976, punk kicked off; then 13 years later, in 1989, dance music… Read More
After Homewrecker vocalist Matt Barnum was accused of sexual assault and misconduct by several women — some of whom were underage at the time — drummer Matt Izzi issued a statement (seemingly also signed by guitarist Paul Aloisio and bassist… Read More
H.C. McEntire (Mount Moriah, Bellafea) will follow her 2018 debut solo album Lionheart with new album Eno Axis (which is named after the North Carolina river Eno) on August 21 via Merge. First single "Time, On Fire" is an instantly-appealing… Read More
After video surfaced of now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin suffocating George Floyd, who died shortly afterwards (Chauvin has since been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter), protests took place nationwide, including right here in New York City (where over… Read More
Much like Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi, the young pianist Gabriel Ólafs comes from the modern school of instrumental performers centered on mood over virtuosity. Based in Iceland, Ólafs’ music shares more in common with the art-rock artists of his… Read More
When I first met and spoke with the alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa over a dozen years ago, he was still an up-and-comer, recently recorded by the also-new-to-the-scene Pi Recordings. He had been in New York City for a… Read More
Luke Top’s “Poltergeist” offers an unexpected confluence of influences, that range from reggae to pop and exotica. It’s rare to find a song that is at once so familiar and deeply original. Top says, “When I think about the sound… Read More
Deeper Graves is the solo project of Chrome Waves' Jeff Wilson, who has also played in Wolvhammer, Abigail Williams, and the controversial, officially-disbanded Nachtmystium, and he'll release his debut album Open Roads, on July 3 via Disorder Recordings (pre-order). "The… Read More