Nothing in life offers guarantees that everything will be fine. Nothing assures you that your behavior will win you either comfort or justice. Nothing keeps the water clean and the floods down, and the winds light. Country singer Ruston Kelly… Read More
Sometimes the power and promise packed into a pop single can be heard in its opening notes. However, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” is not typical pop. It’s six-minute plus duration gives it an unlikely length for a single.… Read More
TV FACE are a hard-driving post-punk band from Lancaster, UK that channel the genre’s jagged edges and kinetic rhythms alongside intense, punk rock energy. TV FACE have been releasing a new single at the end of each month this year,… Read More
Albuquerque indie-folk artist, BYLAND’s music is sweeping and expansive like the New Mexico landscape she calls home. Unsurprisingly, adjectives like “cinematic” and “dreamy” are bound to spring to mind with regards to her latest single, Passed Me By”. It’s an… Read More
I’m unreasonable on the subject of Douglas Sirk, one of the most intelligent stylists of classic cinema, so I’m happy that Kino Lorber has graced us with three of his 1950s Universal productions on Blu-ray: Taza, Son of Cochise (1954),… Read More
“Daughter Song” is the new single/video from the Elwins. The track appears on the outfit’s upcoming release, IV, releasing on 23 October. A haunting, heartfelt ballad, the song moves in unexpected ways, never falling for clichés; instead of building to… Read More
There are second acts in American life, but there are sometimes second act problems too. Dee Snider knows both those adages well. Having spent the first part of his career as vocalist and primary songwriter for Twisted Sister, he and… Read More
Daniel Rodriguez knows loss, and perhaps more intimately than many of us. Running parallel to Elephant Revival’s breakup was the end of a 14-year romantic relationship. These two significant misfortunes left Rodriguez seemingly lost. However, he turned a new leaf… Read More
While the COVID-19 pandemic put plans for their third album on hold, Brooklyn-based psychedelic dream-pop/jazz/soul sextet GADADU saw it as an opportunity to revisit an old song and reconstruct it remotely. The result is “dosaardvark”, their new single, which premieres… Read More
Real Gone Music has partnered with Steve Wynn (The Dream Syndicate) for a new 11-CD set titled Decade, releasing 23 October. The collection follows Wynn’s guitar-driven albums released between 1995 and 2005, most of which have been long out of… Read More