Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs : Mission Of Mercy

I always felt like Mike Campbell was Tom Petty’s secret weapon. Petty took the spotlight for sure, as he was the music scholar in the band. He took his love of bands like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Byrds and so many others and turned it into a lifelong music career. Borrowing from but never […]

Slippers : Slippers 08

Slippers is the music project of LA-based singer/songwriter Madeline Babuka Black, or Madeline BB. Black brings a nostalgic, almost melancholy sound to her music. Power pop with a bit of grit. If you took the poppy punk of Alvvays and threw in some early Strokes, The Feelies, and Camera Obscura you’d get in the ballpark […]

Feverdreamt Returns 7/3 With New Album ‘Our Only Fault Is Existing’; Listen To Haunting New Single “Waiter Without Guests”

Alexander Donat never slows down. The German musician/producer/label runner of Blackjack Illuminist Records keeps a constant flow of amazing musical works humming right along. Check out Blackjack Illuminist Records’ Bandcamp page and you’ll see an artist with a fire burning within him that never goes out. From his flag ship dark-wave project Vlimmer to the […]

Of Montreal : aethermead

Kevin Barnes has been making music as the front man/ringmaster/sole continuous member of the band Of Montreal for nearly 30 years. He emerged from the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, along with bands like Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, the Apples In Stereo, and Neutral Milk Hotel. The one connecting musical DNA was 60s pop. […]

Hell Of A Year For Music : Favorite Music of 2026 So Far

I realize it’s not quite the halfway point of 2026 so far, but man it’s been such an incredible year for albums that it feels like we’re already into late fall. Music has always been a mental sanctuary for me; from being an awkward kid sitting in my bedroom on a Friday night popping in […]

Kurt Vile : Philadelphia’s been good to me

Kurt Vile has built a solid musical career out of jangly, classic rock vibes with a touch of outsider weirdness. It’s like Tom Petty meets R. Stevie Moore with a brush of John Prine and JJ Cale for good measure. His quietly genius guitar playing and stream-of-consciousness lyrical style feels both relatable and alien at […]

Boards of Canada : Inferno

Boards of Canada’s music has always felt relevant, commenting on society thru ghostly voices and nostalgically-tinted electronics. Music Has The Right To Children, their first full-length from 1998, sounded like walking back in time with its faded audio clips and analog electronics and instrumentation. It felt familiar and foreign simultaneously. The follow-up, Geogaddi(2002), was seeped […]

Texas Music Stalwarts Reunite In Collaborative Project Slow Pulse; Listen To New Single “Cries From The Half-World”

Nicolas Nadeau and Justin Sweatt have made their mark on the Texas electronic/shoegaze/post-punk scene over the last 15 years. Nadeau has fronted shoegaze outfit Single Lash since 2009, as well as playing guitar in the Komisch-heavy Future Museums. While Sweatt has made a name for himself as a premier electronic composer with his dark synth […]

The Lemon Twigs : Look For Your Mind!

The Lemon Twigs, aka Long Island-bred brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, have made a musical career out of mining the best of twee power pop from the 60s and early 70s. Borrowing from The Zombies to The Beatles to The Raspberries and The Association, they have a gift for melodic turns and twists while perfecting […]

AE Paterra : VCO 025 :: Alone In Your Dark

AE Paterra is the drummer extraordinaire of the electro synth prog duo Zombi, along with Steve Moore on bass and synths. They’ve carved a niche for themselves over the last 20+ years(debuting in 2004 with Cosmos). The band tows the line between prog rockers and classic 70s/80s horror film scores, somehow bringing the worlds of […]