Much has been said of how João Gilberto disrupted Brazillian music with his take on samba, which went on to become bossa nova. His whispering vocals and offbeat, percussion-laced guitar were a novelty to Brazil […]
For most metal bands, a power outage spells doom. It’s a genre that requires sheer volume. No power = no show. Or so one would think… When the power went out before Stryper’s set at […]
Jeff Tweedy, Wilco; producer, The Invisible Way Low goes really far back in my family – my wife had a rock club in Chicago called Lounge Ax, which Low would play all the way back […]
It has been a head-spinning year for drummer Tom Skinner. He has been crossing the globe touring new albums simultaneously with London jazz group Sons of Kemet and with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood as […]
Mimi Parker, drummer, vocalist and songwriter for the Minnesota indie band Low, has died, her husband and bandmate Alan Sparhawk has said. Parker was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December 2020. She was 55 years […]
There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a gauntlet for some of music’s great improvisers, including Abdullah Ibrahim on 2021’s Solotude and Keith […]
Kristin Hayter will retire her beloved experimental project Lingua Ignota in early 2023. Known for composing bracing, cross-genre epics, Hayter said the decision would promote her mental health and prevent her from being “mired in […]
When Ileana Cabra Joglar, known professionally as iLe takes the stage at Brooklyn’s Public Records, it is to a round of raucous applause and whistles—something the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter is no doubt used to by […]
Kacho, Kilos and Mongo Gama grew up performing in cemeteries. Along with their father, José (a.k.a. Batuco), the brothers would play next to the mariachi and Norteño groups performing for families visiting their relatives during […]
Burial has surprise released the Streetlands EP, a three-track, 34-minute ambient collection from Hyperdub. Streetlands is described as a follow-up to January’s ANTIDAWN, a concept EP about wintertime in the city. The new project didn’t arrive with an official explanation, […]
You might have encountered Edward Wakili-Hick in various guises over the years. As Eddie Hick, he has been a key figure on London’s jazz scene, drumming with the likes of Nubya Garcia, Gilad Atzmon and […]
Dayglow drops his third album People In Motion Dayglow image via press photo Reviewed: October 11, 2022 Indie-pop innovator Dayglow has released his highly anticipated new album People In Motion. Produced by: Dayglow Texas-based indie […]
Sarathy Korwar has a light touch behind the drum kit. Since debuting with 2016’s Day to Day, where he mixed the folk music of the Siddi community from rural Gujarat with west African rhythms and […]
Charlotte de Witte has announced a new EP, Apollo, soon to be released on her very own KNTXT label. The techno superstar, who was recognized as one of EDM.com‘s best music producers of 2020, took to Twitter to make […]
Sophia Alexa shares her desires in ‘Going To California’ Sophia Alexa image credit via Press Photo October 5, 2022 German-American singer-songwriter releases an introspective new single, ‘Going To California.’ London-based singer-songwriter Sophia Alexa has shared […]
Photo by Jackie Lee Young Today, Grammy-winning guitarists, Black Pumas co-found and producer Adrian Quesada announced his second LP of 2022, Jaguar Sound, will release on Nov. 18 via ATO Records. In celebration of the […]
Photo Credit: Tim Enso Tim Enso, an electronic music producer and DJ, has released his latest EP Babylon on Sudam Recordings. Known for his brilliant production skills, Tim is versed in incorporating influences from deep […]
Jack McBrayer seems to have found his niche with Apple TV+’s children’s series Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show, which is set to return with its second season on Friday, October 7th. One of this upcoming […]
‘I sang to it with a plastic guitar when I was three years old’Joe Elliott, Def Leppard I was three years and two months old when Love Me Do came out, but I had a […]
The 1975 performed “Happiness” and “I’m in Love with You” from their upcoming fifth album Being Funny in a Foreign Language as the musical guests on BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland. The quartet was flanked […]