How do you properly tell the story of one of the most idiosyncratic bands of all time? A band 50 years running, with 25 albums and nearly 300 songs, Sparks have had a trajectory that's been anything but linear, and most die hard… Read More
Every Time I Die's highly anticipated ninth album is due this year via Epitaph, and while details like title, tracklist and release date are still TBA, they did just release a third new single, "AWOL" (which you may have already… Read More
Aaron Lee Tasjan is a mad, creative, singer-songwriting, guitar-playing genius. The proof of this was already evident on his previous creations, but he has taken it up a notch on his latest release, the flamboyant Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! These 11… Read More
JPEGMAFIA spent last year rolling out singles that he eventually compiled as EP, and now he's set to follow that with EP2! on February 12 via EQT/Republic. The new EP will feature his 2020 single "LAST DANCE!" (which didn't make… Read More
James Oscar Smith, popularly known as Jimmy Smith, died in 2005 and is buried just outside Philadelphia under a headstone that proclaims him to be the “world’s greatest jazz organist”. Fellow jazz organists like Jimmy McGriff and Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes… Read More
Last year, Frances Quinlan (of Hop Along) released their great debut record, Likewise. In honor of the album's one-year anniversary, Frances has shared two remixes of tracks from the release. The Likewise Remixes features Chicago's NNAMDÏ taking on the track… Read More
If you only have time to read one contemporary German writer, it ought to be Jenny Erpenbeck. The author of three novels and several short story collections, her last novel Go, Went, Gone was a masterful statement on the immensity… Read More
The members of Infant Island stay busy. Not only did the band release one of the best albums of last year (and an equally great mini-LP), but members also put out music with other bands, including Mattachine and Mikau. Mikau… Read More
Los Angeles trio Tashaki Miyaki will release their second album, Castaway, on April 23 via Metropolis Records. (Their debut, The Dream, came out in 2017.) The album was produced by singer/drummer Paige Stark (who has also produced records for Cherry… Read More
Ashanti is not always there when you call, but she’s always on time. The same cannot be said for her Verzuz competitor. That’s right: the “Foolish” chanteuse is back, not a moment too soon, in the form of “235 (2:35… Read More