Alabama country singer Drayton Farley has been steadily rising since releasing his 2021 debut album A Hard Up Life (he recently opened for Willie Nelson), and now he's followed it with the even more gorgeous Walk Home EP. It's just… Read More
Indie rocker Oceanator (aka Elise Okusami) has announced her first headlining North American tour. The trek supports her new album Nothing's Ever Fine and hits cities across the East Coast next month. Philly band Queen of Jeans will open the… Read More
Long-running Pittsburgh art punks Microwaves are releasing their latest album, Discomfiture Atlas, this Friday (10/14) via Three One G (pre-order). It features guest appearances by Eric Paul (Arab on Radar, Doomsday Student, Psychic Graveyard), Sarah Quintero (Spotlights), Rebecca Burchette (Exosus),… Read More
Mark Hoppus has announced he's writing a new memoir covering all things blink-182, surviving cancer, and more. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Mark got his one-year clean scan from diffuse large B-cell lymphoma last week. “I started writing a book, actually,… Read More
Craig Finn & The Uptown Controllers have cancelled all of their October tour dates after a band member tested positive for Covid. Craig, of The Hold Steady, made the announcement on Instagram this morning, sharing that the West Coast run… Read More
Brooklyn country artist Dougie Poole has announced his second album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death, which will be out February 24 via Wharf Cat Records. He made this one with producer Katie Von Schleicher (Purple Mountains, Neko Case) and recorded… Read More
Canadian-born, Nashville-based country singer Bella White has been on the rise since releasing her 2020 debut album Just Like Leaving, which caught the attention of Rounder Records who signed her last year. She recently released her first single for Rounder,… Read More
Adjacent Festival is a new festival coming to Atlantic City Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-28) in 2023. It appears to be presented by Live Nation, and the lineup isn't out yet, but some of the bands seem to be leaking… Read More
Kurt Wagner released his latest Lambchop album, The Bible, a couple weeks back. Made in Minneapolis with Ryan Olsen, Andrew Broder and others, it finds Wagner taking his project into new sonic territory. As I wrote in Indie Basement, "The… Read More
We still haven't heard any tracks from Taylor Swift's anticipated new album, Midnights, which is out later this month, but little by little she's been dropping song titles and other tidbits, including the exciting news that Lana Del Rey appears… Read More