JamBase Details Fruit Bats’ Upcoming LP
JamBase has the details on Baby Man, coming September 12 from Fruit Bats via Merge Records. The site quotes the band’s Eric D. Johnson, who says, “Right now this world is big and weird and horrible and yeah, sometimes even beautiful in short bursts. A loud place. But if you wanna take a quick moment and get eye-level with me, hear […]
Patrick Watson Collaborates With Charlotte Cardin
Patrick Watson has recently released several advance singles from Uh Oh, his upcoming album due September 26 from Secret City Records. Inspired by a period during which Watson lost his voice, it features several guest vocalists. “Gordon In the Willows” has Charlotte Cardin, who won Artist of the Year at the 2022 Juno Awards and with whom Watson last partnered […]
King Buzzo Talks Tour Routing With Billboard
“You have Melvins fans pretty much everywhere,” Buzz Osborne tells Billboard in a new interview. In the feature, the legendary frontman discusses the active role he takes in routing the band’s tours. “With more than four decades of experience and thousands of shows,” the site explains, “Osborne takes a hands-on approach to tour routing, ensuring that travel is bearable and the […]
Popmatters Enjoys The “Always Thrilling And Amazing” Mary Halvorson
Popmatters writes that “the latest from guitarist Mary Halvorson is another master class in jazz performance and composition. If she is the future of jazz, we are in tremendously gifted hands… She’s currently in the midst of what may be her most acclaimed and creatively fruitful period… About Ghosts continues Halvorson’s brilliant and engaging exploration of this particular format.” The […]
Music From Patrick Watson and Charlotte Cardin
Patrick Watson composes, performs, and records with his long-time bandmate and collaborator and multi-instrumentalists Mishka Stein and Olivier Fairfield. The Canadian artist has reached gold and platinum status in over multiple countries, and his shows sell out around the world. Over the course of his career, Watson has retained the uncanny ability to coexist in mainstream pop-culture spaces and […]
All About Jazz Says Mary Halvorson’s New LP Is Lyrical And Expansive
All About Jazz says the new album from Mary Halvorson, About Ghosts, “is about what we have come to expect (and maybe take for granted) from the mercurial Halvorson, whose recipe reflects her taste for now. About Ghosts may very well turn out to be the fleet thinker’s most lyrical and expansive set. Which says a whole lot of something […]
KLOF Previews Fruit Bats’ Baby Man
KLOF writes that “Stuck In My Head Again,” Fruit Bats‘ new single, is “a fever dream of introspection, a whispered confessional that immediately burrows into the listener’s psyche.” The site has details on the upcoming Fruit Bats’ LP Baby Man, which “promises vulnerability and an almost unsettling directness. After 2023’s critically acclaimed A River Running to Your Heart, Baby Man feels […]
The Guardian Awards Four Stars To Mary Halvorson’s Newest LP
On Mary Halvorson‘s About Ghosts, The Guardian writes, “the Brooklyn boundary-pusher’s expanded ensemble returns with a kaleidoscopic blend of angular rhythms, intricate melodies and thrilling improvisations… However edgy and angular Mary Halvorson’s music gets, powerful melodies and inviting harmonies always drift below even the stormiest surface, giving the much-lauded New York composer and guitarist an appeal way beyond the […]
Northern Transmissions Shares Patrick Watson’s “Peter And The Wolf” Clip
Northern Transmissions recently shared the video for Patrick Watson‘s new single “Peter and the Wolf,” which is at radio now and which will also appear on his upcoming new album Uh Oh. NT has info about that release, which will be “a collection of collaborations with friends and strangers; artists that he wanted to hear sing. Uh Oh represents a vision […]
New Music From Jeffrey Runnings (For Against)
Independent Project Records (IPR) has announced the upcoming release of the posthumous, final solo album from Jeffrey Runnings, Piqued, on Friday July 11, 2025 on vinyl, CD, and digital formats. All formats will include four bonus tracks of rare recordings from the late Eighties. The first singles from Piqued, “Batman Forever” and “Heretofore,” are at radio now. Runnings […]
BrooklynVegan Shares Fruit Bats’ Tracklist and Tour Dates
Fruit Bats just announced the new album Baby Man, due September 12 via Merge, and BrooklynVegan has the album announcement alongside the track listing. According to the band’s Eric D. Johnson, the album is “different from anything you’ve ever heard from me. I wrote and recorded it pretty much all in one week’s time and it’s mostly just my voice and […]
Springhouse Completes Unplugged Series
Springhouse has been pretending they’re on MTV Unplugged, recording themselves doing acoustic versions of tracks from their newly re-released album From Now To OK. The album finds the band exploring British pop and alternative folk influences, and it is now at radio via Independent Project Records. Check out the band’s acoustic performances here.
The Quietus Hails Mary Halvorson’s “Singular Artistic Vision”
On new LP About Ghosts, writes The Quietus, Mary Halvorson “beefs up her ensemble for a stunning suite of modern jazz instrumentals… The album is a masterclass in orchestration and pacing. Halvorson perfectly balances the all-out ensemble passages with quieter more stripped back moments.” “About Ghosts is a storming addition to Halvorson’s catalogue,” the site contends. “Compositionally, it builds on her […]
New Music From Fruit Bats
Critically-acclaimed artist Fruit Bats has announced the forthcoming release of the new album Baby Man on September 12 via Merge Records. Self-accompanied by solo guitar, piano, and an occasional touch of synth, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (who performs under the Fruit Bats moniker) has made an album unlike anything in Fruit Bats’ celebrated canon. Baby Man comprises 10 captivating solo performances with minimalist […]
Treblezine Recommends Mary Halvorson’s New LP
Mary Halvorson‘s guitar is “shockingly expressive,” writes Treblezine in a review of her new album About Ghosts. The site continues, “That this chews on the edges of the avant-garde adds that kind of spicy and sonic interest that tells you of its modernity. Its emotional enigmas come from charting space that we do not always have […]
Smells Like Infinite Sadness Applauds Melvins’ “Weird, Loud” Album Thunderball
Smells Like Infinite Sadness notes that new Melvins LP “Thunderball arrives under the Melvins 1983 banner, a throwback variant featuring original drummer Mike Dillard. Osborne is joined by noise artists Void Mane and Ni MaÎtres. The result is a five-track effort that feels like a celebration of the band’s DNA, from its origins to the present day… At just under 30 minutes, Thunderball is compact but bursting with ideas. […]
Dork Has The Scoop On Patrick Watson’s Upcoming Uh Oh
Dork magazine has the scoop on Uh Oh, Patrick Watson‘s upcoming LP due September 26 from Secret City Records. The site says, “The 11-track record features collaborations with numerous guest vocalists, including Martha Wainwright, Charlotte Cardin, and November Ultra. The project emerged following a period where Watson lost his voice, leading him to reimagine his approach to creating music.” Read more here. As Dork […]
Uproxx Gets Down With Kaela
Uproxx says Kaela‘s new LP “Supraliminal sees the Texas native transpose her penchant for luxe synths into atmospheric dreamworlds.” The site recently shared the track “Superluminal,” which “builds from its kick-and-synth-bass pulse to a gauzy break with harp-like arpeggios. At the halfway mark, her voice rises to the top of the mix, cloaked in reverb: ‘Super. Luminal.’ Cleaving […]
Grateful Web Enjoys The Vibrance Of Paul Givant
Grateful Web has a feature on Paul Givant‘s new solo LP. “Rich with golden-hued melodies and earthy textures,” the site writes, “Marigold marks both a sonic departure and a natural progression in Givant’s artistic journey. From shimmering mandolin lines to the grounding thrum of upright bass, and the vulnerable honesty of his lyrics, each track radiates with a sun-drenched […]
New Music From Mary Halvorson
Nonesuch Records will release About Ghosts by Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and MacArthur fellow Mary Halvorson on June 13, 2025. The album features eight new compositions by Halvorson, performed with her sextet Amaryllis, the improvisatory band that also was featured on her critically praised albums Amaryllis, Belladonna, and Cloudward. Amaryllis comprises Halvorson, Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Nick Dunston (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), Jacob Garchik (trombone), and Adam O’Farrill (trumpet). Saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles join the ensemble on […]
