News

The summer of 2023 has proven to be one of the most exciting seasons yet for the electronic music scene in the United States. Electronic music sounds, in particular house music, can be heard in virtually every other genre, making their way to the top of the charts.  From funky house grooves to ...Continue reading  » Read More

Should states legalize marijuana? There is no yes or no answer to the question. As you might know, weed is made from the cannabis plant. The former name appears less contentious. Yet, the latter conjures images of cognitive impairment and mental health problems. The issues surrounding medical ...Continue reading  » Read More

For a long time, the Massachusetts band Fuming Mouth has been making a guttural, unholy sound that sits somewhere near the border between death metal and hardcore. Fuming Mouth’s 2019 debut The Grand Descent was an absolute monster, and they followed it with the 2020 EP Beyond The Tomb.  » Read More

Chris Stapleton’s soulfully rootsy growl probably helped pave the way for the success of relatively iconoclastic country stars like Zach Bryan and, um, Oliver Anthony. And Stapleton has become an arena-conquering giant in his own right. But that doesn’t mean that Stapleton is going the easy route with his new music. Today,  » Read More

Last week, Jimmy Buffett, the massively successful maker of chill beach music, died of skin cancer at the age of 76. Before his passing, Buffett finished work on a new album called Equal Strain On All Side. The title comes from the way that Buffett’s grandfather would describe a good nap.  » Read More

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling LP2.  » Read More

Liza Anne has been sharing colorful new singles all year, and now the genre-averse, gender-fluid Nashville singer-songwriter has revealed what we all suspected: Those songs were leading up to a new LP, Utopian, which is coming in November.  » Read More

Ten years ago, Samuel T. Herring, leader of the great Baltimore band Future Islands, went on a cross-country road trip with Du Blonde, the singer-songwriter formerly known as Beth Jeans Houghton. A couple of years later, the two of them teamed up for a raucous garage-rock duet called “Mind Is On My Mind.”  » Read More

The Berlin-based Englishman known as Fort Romeau has been releasing new singles every few months through his Romantic Gestures label, most recently “Man From Another Place” on the final day of March. He’s given us another one today, a sleek and eerie club track called “Blue.” The minimal pulse on this one makes a fine foundation for the little dance between the funky digital bass and the self-described “mysterious”  » Read […]