We're more than halfway through 2020 and this year is moving at a strange pace, but sometimes you need to take a minute, look back on the good parts of the year, and/or lose yourself in some great music. We… Read More
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, UK-born, Berlin-based artist Planningtorock – otherwise known as Jam Rostron – was on the remote Estonian island of Hiiumaa, visiting their girlfriend’s parents. Suddenly the island shut down – and there they were stuck for… Read More
The mid-to-late 1990s saw English guitar music surrender entirely to domesticity. For a remarkable spell, Britain had been an incubator of cutting edge outsiders who secured an audience desiring both challenge and entertainment. Exhausted by a recent recession and a… Read More
Danny Kirwan – Second Chapter (1975) This album is the second chapter in Kirwan’s professional life, following his firing from Fleetwood Mac in 1972. He is a gifted guitarist and songwriter who seemed to have a dual persona: reportedly volatile and argumentative,… Read More
Cities have begun to reopen and some people are finding socially-distant ways to put on concerts, but the world of live entertainment as we know it is still far from back to normal. While you wait to finally attend a… Read More
We're always looking for music documentaries to watch and thankfully there never seems to be a shortage of new ones. Here are eight, ranging from The Go-Go's to Taylor Swift, to the early days of the '80s Bay Area thrash… Read More
Robyn Hitchcock released The Man Upstairs back in 2014, which was made with producer Joe Boyd (Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention) and was envisioned as "a kind of Judy Collins 1965-era album: half covers, half originals." Robyn has now… Read More
Joyce Manor (with Allie Hanlon of Peach Kelli Pop), Rozwell Kid, Spirit Night (ex-TWAIBP), Adult Mom, Retirement Party, Lisa Prank, Fat Tony, and more have released a tribute to the best blink-182 album, Dude Ranch (including the album's Japanese bonus… Read More
It's another Bandcamp Friday, which means Bandcamp will be waiving their cut of sales for 24 hours (midnight to midnight Pacific) and giving all profits directly to artists and labels. Like the previous Bandcamp days, a handful of artists released… Read More
Vern Rumsey, who played bass in the great '90s/early 2000s post-hardcore band Unwound, has died. He was 47. Conan Neutron, who was Rumsey's bandmate in current group Household Gods, wrote on Facebook, "Absolutely stunned and shocked. Vern Rumsey is gone.… Read More