Harlem-based singer-songwriter River Hooks began her career at the age of 11 and by 16 was uploading covers of songs by Billie Ellish, Chelsea Cutler and others to SoundCloud. Soon after, she was writing and recording her own material, culminating… Read More
In a time of sickness and great division, Front Country aims to heal with “The Reckoning”. The hopeful hymn was written around a year prior to the rise of COVID-19 but eerily strikes a chord in its potent lyricism: “Maybe… Read More
Dan Baird called it quits just in time. In 2019, after touring around the world for the better part of 40 years as a member of the Georgia Satellites, as a solo act, and finally as the frontman for Dan… Read More
Nate “Rocket” Wonder and Roman GianArthur worked with alt-pop maestro Janelle Monáe through the Wondaland Arts Society, which helped her develop a series of increasingly complex Afro-futuristic albums. The duo worked with Monáe again on the upcoming film, Antebellum, where… Read More
Mt. Wolf specialize in a mesmerizing form of atmospheric indie-folk that blends delicate electronic elements with gossamer vocals. Some call that indietronica, but “Anna Maria” is a more than that, drawing influence from post-rock artists such as Sigur Rós. The… Read More
A little over 15 months after music critic Jon Landau declared, “I have seen the future of rock and roll and his name is Bruce Springsteen”, the promise and burden contained in that declaration were manifested in the release of… Read More
There’s something undeniably sexy about the Montreal-based eight-piece collective Busty and the Bass’ latest release, Eddie. The overall vibe is that of a basement make-out party with dim lights, smoke-filled air, and a pile of R&B based rock, funk and… Read More
As the LGBTQ+ movement for equality increasingly shifts its focus from mainstream representations of the acceptability of lesbian and gay people toward full inclusion of those groups that have historically been marginalized as too radical, queer books themselves have to… Read More
Bettye LaVette has many talents. During her 50-plus year career, she’s been celebrated as a soul, rock, R&B, Americana, funk, gospel, and country music singer, as a songwriter and an interpreter of other people’s work, and recently was inducted into… Read More
New York-founded, Vancouver-grown, Los Angeles-based duo Bob Moses found their musical niche early on: smooth, gloomy synthpop with subtly driving beats, a balancing act between richly indulgent melancholy and tight grooves that speaks to the members’ backgrounds, Tom Howie’s in… Read More