New Music From David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets)
A new album from David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets), entitled Tracks From the Attic Revisited, is confirmed for release on May 22, 2026 from Independent Project Records (IPR). The first tracks from the album, “I Wish Those Spacemen Would Come (Revisited)” and “If Muzak Be the Junk Food of Love (Revisited),” are at radio now. Reshaped, sometimes […]
Dusted Enjoys Souled American’s Return
It’s been 30 years since Souled American last graced the world with a new album. Dusted writes, “Now, at last, Chris Grigoroff and Joe Adducci have delivered Sanctions. The dozen tunes show continuity with the slowcore country genre that the band pioneered, with spare instrumentation focused on acoustic and electric guitars and Adducci’s fretless bass guitar and as has been the case since Sonny (1992), the complete […]
Far Out Digs Black Nile
According to Far Out Magazine, “Jazz is in a truly great place at the moment, and while a decade ago we were singing the praises of the artists who were welcoming us into a renaissance of the genre, we appear to have reached a point where things are in full swing, with some of the most forward-thinking […]
Americana Highways Lauds The “Beauty, Paradox, and Wonder” Apparent On Inara George’s New LP
Americana Highways is out with a glowing review of the new Inara George record. Songs of Douglass and Littell, the site’s Bill Bentley writes, is “an incredibly gorgeous collection of songs sung by Inara George. This feels like a gift we all have someone earned waiting for such an experience to occur. George, an original member of the Bird and […]
Chicago Reader Interviews Souled American About Sanctions
Souled American, Chicago Reader notes, “laid the groundwork for the insurgent alt-country movement” with their initial run of six albums released between 1988 and 1996. Now the band is at radio with Sanctions, their first LP in 30 years, and Chicago Reader writes that “the unexpectedly long time it took for Souled American to finish Sanctions may have benefited […]
Dark Blue Notes Emphasizes The Little Gaps Between The Notes On Black Nile’s New LP
Dark Blue Notes has reviewed Indigo Garden by Black Nile, writing that “the musical language of the album is also based on this collective logic. Music is a process here. There is a structure that does not hurry, deepens and waits. Improvisation is completely free of ostentation. No one has the problem of proving themselves. On the contrary, everyone […]
Kerrang! Loves The Weirdness Of The New Melvins and Napalm Death Record
Kerrang! says Imperial Death March, the new collaborative LP from Melvins and Napalm Death, is comprised of “rampaging riffs and unabashed weirdness… Weirdness abounds, as you might expect on a record where the credited instrumentation includes ‘obscene noises…’ It might just be the most fun release in either band’s esteemed catalogues.” More details are here, and the album is at radio […]
Glide Thinks About Fruit Bats
“While the warm days of June feel a world away,” Glide writes, “Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson checks in with the second single from his upcoming release. ‘Think Aboutcha’ is a lively tune dedicated to longing for something you know will never return, and the fantasies that can be conjured up when a fulfilling love can no longer […]
New Release From Funkadelic
Detroit’s legendary Westbound Records continues its partnership with Org Music to restore, reissue, and celebrate the label’s most vital recordings. Released in July 1970 amid political unrest, cultural fragmentation, and creative upheaval in America, Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow did not attempt to comfort its listeners. It confronted them. If Funkadelic’s debut introduced a new […]
Souled American Goes Under The Radar
Souled American recently shared the story of Sanctions, their new album and first since 1996, with Under The Radar. “We wouldn’t have been able to come back after all this time if we weren’t constantly playing. Even though we were at a distance sometimes, there was never not a Souled American,” the band’s Chris Grigoroff says. The full interview […]
Jazztimes Enjoys The “Smart And Moody” New LP From Black Nile
Jazztimes writes that, “When it comes to their smokey self-penned melodies for their fourth full-length, Black Nile and Indigo Garden is pure LA-noir romanticism run through the old-school spirit of Black activist screeds and the new school of young jazz scene interconnectivity. Such smart and moody LAmour might be painted alongside the sundown chic, funky vibe of Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington […]
Sleeping Shaman Enthusiastically Recommends Savage Imperial Death March
The Sleeping Shaman says Savage Imperial Death March, the new collaborative LP from Melvins and Napalm Death, is “enthusiastically recommended… an album you didn’t know you always wanted but now can’t live without… Not surprisingly, there is a lot to digest with this record, but that is often the case with both Melvins and Napalm Death. In the […]
In Between Drafts Says Souled American “Hasn’t Sold Out”
In Between Drafts has reviewed the new album from Souled American, their first in 30 years. writing, “Sanctions is very good and that its virtues are of the kind that build rather than release. It will not grab you. Or hook you. Or provide the immediate gratification of a record that knows how to sell itself commercially. What […]
Black Nile’s Indigo Garden Is A Bandcamp Essential
Bandcamp Daily has cited Black Nile’s new offering as an essential release. “Their fourth album, Indigo Garden, finds the brothers celebrating their education and journey within the continuum of Great Black Music—particularly its community hubs. Indigo Garden never waxes nostalgia, but rather channels memory and evocation of fertile places the brothers have encountered… It should put the world […]
The Spill Loves Heavenly Live
The Spill saw Heavenly in Toronto and liked it. “The mutual love and respect onstage were apparent throughout the set. Kicking things off with ‘Scene Stealing’ and ‘Excuse Me’ from their latest album, they proceeded to take the crowd back and forth in time, with band classics such as ‘Hearts & Crosses’ and ‘Space Manatee”’ interspersed with the […]
Rarified Heir Speaks With Inara George
Inara George, who is at radio now with her new LP Songs of Douglass and Littell, recently appeared on the Rarified Heir podcast. “We are talking to singer and musician Inara George about growing up the daughter of beloved musician Lowell George. Perhaps best known for his time in the band Little Feat, Lowell George passed away in […]
NACC Website Features AmApAc’s Geoff Geis
Our very own Geoff Geis recently gave some answers to the people at NACC for their series of industry interviews. Go here to learn about Geoff, his idiosyncrasies, his current favorite records, and who he’d bring with to a desert island.
New Music From Fruit Bats
The midwest, particularly the part of the midwest Eric D. Johnson hails from, is a largely flat expanse. Zipping through it on the highway, you’ll see cities and towns rise up in the distance, but blink and you’ll miss other man-made rejoinders to horizontal living dotting the landscape, hill after hill, built from the refuse of the […]
Pitchfork Celebrates The Return of Souled American
According to Pitchfork, “There are influential bands that spawn hundreds of soundalikes and then there are influential bands that spawn surprisingly few, not because their influence didn’t resonate but because their sound was so distinct, nobody quite knew how to emulate it. Souled American reside in that rarefied latter category… [now,] the pioneering alt-country band returns […]
Heavenly Chats With Philthy Mag
Philthy Magazine has an interview with Heavenly, who are currently in the United States and touring behind their acclaimed new LP Highway To Heavenly. The pioneering indie pop band is enjoying a resurgence with young fans, many of whom have found them on social media. The band notes, “There are a lot of young women, and a lot of queer […]
