Last we checked in with Australian duo anchor & the butterfly they were readying their debut album, Nothing to Win Nothing to Lose. Since the album’s release on 31 March, Bridget Robertson and Lance Hillier have released a video for…
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More than three decades since his last solo album, modern-day Renaissance man Ben Watt last month released Hendra. His first new non-dance music since sidelining Everything But The Girl in 1999, Hendra finds Watt mining his early folk sound from…
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Funny thing about musicians who grow up under the eye of other musicians as kids. Will Johnson (Centro-matic) was babysat by Sheryl Crow as a child. That seemed to work out well for both. Siblings Ryan and Kaylee Williams of…
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Not content to coast on accolades that included being named among the “12 Alabama Bands You Need to Know Now” by Paste Magazine in 2013, the Troy, Alabama quintet Fire Mountain look to justify that praise on their debut LP,…
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A thoughtful, airy ode to summer escapism, “Skydive” is the first single from the forthcoming Hollow Ponds album from London-based Astronauts. The latest project from Dan Carney, formerly of Dark Captain, Hollow Ponds will be released on 21 July via…
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Owing more to the city’s darker corners than its sun and glamor, Los Angeles-based musician HT Heartache is set to release her sophomore album, Sundowner. The follow up to her 2010 debut, Swing Low, Sundowner is a slow burn, marked…
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Filled with escapism and youthful indifference, SUSTO, the self-titled debut from Charleston, South Carolina’s SUSTO was borne from singer/songwriter Justin Osborne’s travels following the break up of his former band, Sequoyah Prep School. Escapism from locales (opener “Black River Gospel”),…
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When one thinks of music festivals, two obvious things come to mind: bands and beer. The two go hand-in-hand so it’s no wonder why many teenagers want to learn more about where to buy a fake ID so they can…
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A seductive voice draw you in on the haunting “Waters,” the title track from the debut EP from Eliza Shaddad. Known for her work with Clean Bandit, the Sudanese/Scottish Shaddad’s four-song Waters EP is a stark, acoustic affair that dances…
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Sturgill Simpson is full of shit. I don’t need to change my strings The dirt don’t hurt the way I sing Every element of Simpson’s latest album, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, is highly calculated, from the title’s coy nod…
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