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Lido Pimienta Announces Powerful New Album ‘Caribenya’ 

Lido Pimienta Announces Powerful New Album ‘Caribenya’ 

The trailblazing GRAMMY-nominated multidisciplinary artist Lido Pimienta —with a practice spanning music, performance, and visual art – is announcing ‘Caribenya’ today, a new album steeped in everything Pimienta has always been about: connection, resistance, and a desire to push sonic boundaries. Coming out July 17, the lead track is “Tóxica”, a diatribe against bad friendship set to a fiery cumbia. […]

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Thomas Csorba Settles Into Timeless Songwriting on Aptly Titled ‘Tender Country’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Thomas Csorba Settles Into Timeless Songwriting on Aptly Titled ‘Tender Country’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

On his third LP, Tender Country, Thomas Csorba delves into the softer side of country music, eschewing rowdy barroom burners in favor of a more laid-back, emotional connection to life. The album’s title is fitting, considering the tenderness woven throughout these songs. That’s not to say Csorba is above singing a good drinking song, as […]

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Ryan Bingham Rides Toward the Horizon On ‘They Call Us The Luck Ones’ With The Texas Gentlemen (FEATURE)

Ryan Bingham Rides Toward the Horizon On ‘They Call Us The Luck Ones’ With The Texas Gentlemen (FEATURE)

There has always been dust in Ryan Bingham’s music. Not the cosmetic kind Nashville sometimes sprays onto records to make them sound “authentic,” but the real thing—the dust kicked up from rodeo arenas, West Texas highways, desert wind, and nights spent drifting between cheap bars and stranger towns. His voice still sounds like it has […]

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Hunter Morris Finds New Ground Between Music and the Mountains With ‘Nowhere, NW’ (FEATURE)

Hunter Morris Finds New Ground Between Music and the Mountains With ‘Nowhere, NW’ (FEATURE)

For most of his adult life, Hunter Morris has existed between motion and stillness. One version of his life unfolds onstage, in studios, and in the long, uncertain pursuit of making records. The other begins before daylight in the mountains of North Georgia, where he guides clients through cold trout streams and spends long days […]

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‘Shaping Sounds’ Biography Follows Robert Margouleff’s Human Career In The Synth Revolution (INTERVIEW)

‘Shaping Sounds’ Biography Follows Robert Margouleff’s Human Career In The Synth Revolution (INTERVIEW)

On May 19th, Robert Margouleff’s autobiography, titled Shaping Sounds: Stevie Wonder, Devo, The Synth Revolution and My Life Behind The Music, arrives on Jawbone Press, chronicling his life in music so far. It’s arriving in print, digitally, and even as an audiobook. With a career spanning about seventy years, Grammy Award winner Margouleff is best […]

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City of the Sun On Working With Phil Ek & Making Rock-Driven New Album ‘Under The Moon’ (INTERVIEW)

City of the Sun On Working With Phil Ek & Making Rock-Driven New Album ‘Under The Moon’ (INTERVIEW)

City of the Sun is a Brooklyn-based Latin global groove fusion band that continually stretches into new directions and works mostly with instrumental music. Formed by guitarist John Pita and drummer Zach Para, and also joined by guitarist Marco Bolfelli and bassist Matt Fasano. They’ve just released their latest album, Under The Moon, via Nettwerk, which […]

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Thomas Csorba Settles Into Timeless Songwriting on Aptly Titled ‘Tender Country’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Thomas Csorba Settles Into Timeless Songwriting on Aptly Titled ‘Tender Country’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

On his third LP, Tender Country, Thomas Csorba delves into the softer side of country music, eschewing rowdy barroom burners in favor of a more laid-back, emotional connection to life. The album’s title is fitting, considering the tenderness woven throughout these songs. That’s not to say Csorba is above singing a good drinking song, as […]

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The Deslondes Map Musical DNA From Honky Tonks To The Bayou On ‘Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

The Deslondes Map Musical DNA From Honky Tonks To The Bayou On ‘Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Cover albums tend to fall into a few familiar categories: stopgap releases made between proper studio albums, cynical nostalgia plays aimed at Record Store Day collectors, or genuinely inspired reinterpretations that breathe new life into existing songs. Thankfully, on Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1, New Orleans outfit The Deslondes deliver the latter. On Don’t […]

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‘Pet Sounds’ Definitive Sound Series Presents Original Mono Mix on 60th Anniversary of Legendary Beach Boys LP (ALBUM REVIEW)

‘Pet Sounds’ Definitive Sound Series Presents Original Mono Mix on 60th Anniversary of Legendary Beach Boys LP (ALBUM REVIEW)

Few albums carry the weight of Pet Sounds, and even fewer have been reissued this many times with as much scrutiny. For its 60th anniversary, The Beach Boys’ landmark release returns as part of Interscope-Capitol’s Definitive Sound Series, cut from All-Analog tapes sourced from the highly regarded 1972 Brother Records pressing. Long thought lost, these […]

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On ‘Happy Today,’ Jeff Parker Reconvenes Lauded ETAIVtet for Joyous, Bright Set of Improvisations (ALBUM REVIEW)

On ‘Happy Today,’ Jeff Parker Reconvenes Lauded ETAIVtet for Joyous, Bright Set of Improvisations (ALBUM REVIEW)

Guitarist and composer Jeff Parker returns with an exhilarating live set from his ETAIVtet on Happy Today (International Anthem/Nonesuch). Blame it on Parker or give him his kudos, depending on your attraction to this growing brand of immersive improvisational music that no one has yet conveniently labeled, but many are gravitating to. It has become […]

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Kevin Morby Builds Haunting Americana Soundscape on ‘Little Wide Open’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

Kevin Morby Builds Haunting Americana Soundscape on ‘Little Wide Open’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

For his eighth studio album, Little Wide Open, Kevin Morby opened his ears to his midwestern upbringing, inhaling everything from insects to tornado sirens. Those sonic influences are exhaled in a mix of tense/fluid Americana altered by his current Los Angeles surroundings and the Upstate New York studio where he recorded. Working with A-list producer […]

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Ten Years Ago Today- 59 Track ‘Day of The Dead’ Assembled By Aaron & Bryce Dessner Released

Ten years ago today (5/20/16), a sprawling 59-track, nearly six-hour collection that reimagined the Grateful Dead’s catalog through the lens of indie rock, folk, experimental music, jazz, and modern Americana was released. The project was organized by brothers Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner of The National in collaboration with the…