Albumism Celebrates Funkadelic’s Weirdness On Free Your Mind
Last year, Albumism wrote, “Free Your Mind… And Your Ass Will Follow can make you feel like you’re tripping on hallucinogens. It’s chaotic and free-flowing in all the ways characterized by early Funkadelic albums, but there’s drug-infused mayhem dripping from every feedback-laden note. Released 55 years ago, it’s about as heavy of an aural acid trip that you’ll […]
13th Floor Reviews The Gem-Filled New Heavenly LP
13th Floor has a review of Heavenly’s comeback LP, Highway to Heavenly, and writes, “From the moment the music starts the listener is taken on a ride through conflicting emotions – the music is upbeat and happy, but, sometimes, the words will hit a raw nerve… There are gems all through this record. And while […]
Spectrum Culture Peeps Souled American In Portland
Spectrum Culture‘s David Harris saw Souled American at Mississippi Studios in Portland. He writes, “The concert had a gentle, ramshackle feel to it even as many of the new songs touched on melancholy subjects. Honestly, it was simply a true pleasure to see Adducci and Grigoroff perform… Souled American is both ethereal and mundane… Anything can happen. They can […]
New Music From GULFF
GULFF is a remote multidisciplinary collaboration by Owain Kelly and Tod Lippy. Lippy is an artist, editor, and the founding editor of the arts publication Esopus in Brooklyn. Kelly (NO CEREMONY///) is an electronic musician and composer in Manchester. The project explores the cultural, political, commercial, and technological ruptures of the mid–2020s through the auditory byproducts of late capitalism — collected […]
WTBU Checks Out Heavenly
It sounds like WTBU’s Robin Sheng had a good time at the Heavenly concert last month. They’re up with a review of the band’s set from The Sinclair in Boston, during which the iconic group charmed the audience with songs from their initial run alongside new hits from their 2026 critically-acclaimed return Highway To Heavenly. Read the live review here. Heavenly will […]
David J Lives Through That
David J, who is at radio now with two advance singles from Tracks From The Attic Revisited, was recently a guest on Lived Through That. “Today’s guest is a true original,” writes the podcast, “a musician, poet, and creative force whose work helped shape the sound and spirit of post-punk. As a member of Bauhaus, David J brought […]
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 […]
Souled American Reminisces With Matter
Souled American is touring now behind Sanctions, their first album in 30 years. In 2024, when the band was first re-emerging, they spoke to Matter about their early years and why they released music at a much faster clip in the 80s and 90s. According to the site, “Souled American’s early productivity could be traced at least in part […]
The Daily Vault Reviews Louder Than You Think
The Daily Vault has reviewed Louder Than You Think, the original soundtrack of the documentary about former Pavement drummer Gary Young, and writes that “this record truly encapsulates the thriving Stockton scene from the viewpoint of Young’s LSD-taking, alcohol-consuming, hippie existence. It’s actually quite surprising that Pavement was the only Stockton band that made their way into everyone’s record collection, […]
Souled American Is “Challenging But Provocative,” Writes Spectrum Culture
According to Spectrum Culture, the new Souled American album Sanctions “can be a heavy listen, but it’s not the sort to appreciate more than enjoy; it’s challenging but provocative in productive ways, musically distinct and lyrically evocative. The duo vary their approach just enough to be engaging, without ever relinquishing the strange sensibility that makes them who they are, even […]
Metal Epidemic Says Savage Imperial Death March Lives Up to The Hype
According to Metal Epidemic, the new collaborative LP from Melvins and Napalm Death “lives up to hype… There is a lot of music here, a bevy of gnarly moments in every song… I love it. It’s so unique for someone like myself who has never experienced Melvins and loves Napalm Death to hear the sonic maelstrom created when two mammoths combine […]
Magnet Applauds Heavenly’s New Tunes
Magnet Magazine was in attendance at Heavenly‘s recent Philadelphia show, during which the band played plenty of songs from their original 1990s heyday. “But,” writes Magnet, “many of the new songs were highlights, too, including the punkish ‘Portland Town,’ the crash-pop ‘Excuse Me’ and the girl group-like ‘Scene Stealing.’ [New LP] Highway To Heavenly is an extension of the […]
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 […]
