https://skywayman.bandcamp.com/ We’re riding on this planet, it’s our ship.We were put on it for a purpose.These latter days are here.– George Van Tassel, 1956 James Wallace–singer, songwriter and producer behind Skyway Man–presents The World Only Ends When You Die, a spinning disc flashing the finest examples of cosmological country and sci-fi gospel blues. The World… Read more »
https://store.rhino.com/john-coltrane-giant-steps-60th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-2lp-7.html Newly Remastered Version Of The Jazz Saxophonist’s Influential Atlantic Records Debut, Plus Eight Alternate Takes, To Be Featured On Double-LP And Double-CD Anniversary Sets John Coltrane’s Giant Steps – the influential jazz saxophonist’s first album with Atlantic Records – continues to astound and inspire listeners 60 years after its release. Consistently lauded in music… Read more »
https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com/album/no-visa The globetrotting beat maestro is back, with a truckload of tropical vibes and the irresistibly danceable soundtrack to your Summer! 3 years after releasing his groundbreaking collaborative album with singer Chico Mann (which landed him live sets on Boiler Room & KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic as well as a feature on NYTimes “Best Songs… Read more »
Variety “Any doubt that X’s original lineup could still bring the fire in the studio … is instantly dispelled by the ecstatic rush of the lead-off title track, which sets the tone for the entire enterprise. The writing is lean and prickly, the high-velocity playing is taut and cranked up, Exene and John’s angular vocal harmonies burn… Read more »
Singer/songwriter Christian Lee Hutson has announced his signing to ANTI- Records along with the details of his new album, Beginners, out on May 29. He also shared the lead single “Lose This Number,” with a Zoe Donahoe- and Adam Sputh-directed accompanying video. Beginners was produced by Phoebe Bridgers, and she also sings backing vocals on this new single…. Read more »
Watkins Family Hour—the acclaimed musical collective featuring Grammy Award-winning siblings Sara and Sean Watkins—will release their highly anticipated new album, brother sister, April 10 via Family Hour Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order here). Their first release in five years, the album focuses on the musical and lyrical chemistry between Sara and Sean—the creative core at the center of the… Read more »
Produced by multi-instrumental wizard and studio guru Josh Kaufman (Craig Finn, The National, Josh Ritter), the album is Martin’s most richly orchestrated and grandly cinematic collection to date, with sweeping strings and exuberant horns fleshing out his spare, understated vocal delivery. The songs here call to mind everything from Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits to… Read more »
Vetiver formed almost two decades ago within the same bizarro-folk circles as Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom, though Andy Cabic’s approach to Americana was always less, um, strange than his contemporaries. Countering the free folk of these peers, Vetiver has always been an outlet for tidy, pop-oriented singles and lushly produced folk numbers flirting with psychedelia…. Read more »
Via Rolling Stone (4/15/19) Explosions In the Sky Announce 20th Anniversary Tour It’s been a couple years since instrumental noise-rock veterans Explosions in the Sky have hit the road, but that changes today. The band has announced a 20th anniversary tour beginning September 11th in Mesa, Arizona. The band announced the run with a tweet: “Hi everyone, our… Read more »
“There is never any end,” John Coltrane said sometime in the mid-1960s, at the height of his powers. “There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at.” Coltrane, one of jazz’s most revered saxophonists, was speaking to Nat Hentoff about an eternal quest — a compulsion to reach toward the next horizon, and… Read more »