Black Nile Pushes Jazz Forward, Writes Pitchfork
According to Pitchfork, “The new album from brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw plays to modern Los Angeles jazz tradition with standout performances and a neighborhood feel… Black Nile’s fourth LP, Indigo Garden, feels like a lost scroll of L.A. jazz’s righteous 2010s era; it slides comfortably alongside Kamasi Washington’s The Epic, Terrace Martin’s Velvet Portraits, and Ryan Porter’s The Optimist. Steeped in the wisdom […]
Heavenly Is Featured In The London Review of Books
Stephanie Burt has a long post in the London Review of Books about Heavenly, a band she has loved since their original iteration. Burt writes, “The first time I saw Heavenly play, in 1991, I wasn’t sure what I’d seen: a girl-group revival? Children’s music, amplified? I figured out days later that my life had changed: this kind of beauty […]
MetalJazz Says No One Else Sounds Like Black Nile
According to MetalJazz.com, “Indigo Garden contains Black Nile‘s densest concentration of capital-T Tunes. ‘Exposure’ works as both concept and joyful expression — it’s uptempo, downtempo and both at the same time, with a memorable sax riff. ‘Slauson Fog’ takes off like classic fusion, with urgent drum counterpoint pushback and a riffy bridge. Moving on from Lawrence’s hesitation standup […]
The Quietus Reviews Savage Imperial Death March
The Quietus writes that, on Savage Imperial Death March, the new collaborative album from Melvins and Napalm Death, “Washington sludge merchants join forces with marauding blast beat progenitors to produce an album of big licks and a dash of silliness… And there is something a little bit daft about this album.” Read the review here, and get the album spinning now! You […]
New Music From Souled American
Founded in Chicago in late 1986, Souled American played alternative country before that term existed, slowcore before that term existed, and ambient Americana (a term that never existed). Between 1988 and 1995, the band released six records. Their style evolved from alt-country precursor to an ambient Americana that one critic termed “trance roots.” Though they received little attention at the […]
Rose’s Pawn Shop Schedules Shows And Chats With The Bluegrass Standard
The Bluegrass Standard has a review of the new Rose’s Pawn Shop album that includes quite a few insights from bandleader Paul Givant, as well as a prediction: “If there is an act that Americana music fans will look upon with excitement as they rummage through the twenty-first century, recapping their favorite artists, it will […]
Thusblog Celebrates Heavenly – On Tour Starting This Week – And The Spirit of Indiepop
According to Thusblog, “Few bands carry the quiet, stubborn joy of indie pop quite like Heavenly… Highway To Heavenly, their first new album in more than three decades… feels less like a comeback than a continuation… More than thirty years after their formation, Heavenly sound neither frozen in time nor chasing trends. Instead, they occupy a space […]
Spectrum Culture Digs The Chaos Of The “Triumphant” New Melvins and Napalm Death Collaboration
On Savage Imperial Death March, the new collaborative album from Melvins and Napalm Death, “Melvins’ penchant for zippy, groovy riffs and Napalm Death’s heaviness, bellowing and squealing solos” are evident too. Ultimately, the album mostly sounds less like a cross between the two bands, but instead, a Melvins and a Napalm Death record being played simultaneously — with mostly […]
New Music From David J
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 single from the album, “If Muzak Be the Junk Food of Love,” is at radio now. Reshaped, sometimes rewritten, and now reinterpreted with a full band, the ten tracks that […]
Ghost Cult Evokes Pink Floyd In Its Savage Imperial Death March Review
Ghost Cult says the new collaborative record from Melvins and Napalm Death, Savage Imperial Death March, is “almost too odd for its own good.” However, the record “works not unlike Ummagumma-era Pink Floyd in this regard. Melvins fans will eagerly embrace this album, and Napalm Death fans should at least be willing to give it a listen.” Read the review here, and get […]
Grateful Web Likes Black Nile’s “Fresh” Sound
Grateful Web has coverage of “Skyrim,” a track from Black Nile’s new LP Indigo Garden that’s currently at radio via Mass MoCA Records. “Somewhere between Inglewood, improvisation, and the echo of a dragon’s roar,” the site writes, “Black Nile have found a fresh portal into their sound. The Los Angeles brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw return with ‘Skyrim,’ a striking new single […]
Mxdwn Shares Inara George’s “Ice Cream In Bed”
Mxdwn has the video for “Ice Cream In Bed,” which is on Inara George‘s new album Songs Of Douglass and Littell. According to Mxdwn, “the ditty is beautiful by how the music serenades the background with a lovely jazz and classy jazz vibe, while George‘s vocal performance fills the air with stunning melodies and harmonies. Also, ‘Ice Cream In […]
Daggerzine Hails The “Fantastic” Songwriting On Heavenly’s Return
Daggerzine says that, on he new Heavenly album Highway To Heavenly, “the songwriting is fantastic… Coming back after 30 years can be a tricky thing but Heavenly seem to have picked up right where they left off. It’s as good as we longtime fans hoped and expected, and I really hope the band members are darn […]
John Noyd Praises The “Lush Cocktail Jazz” Of Inara George’s New LP
Music critic John Noyd describes the new Inara George album as “a whiff of sophisticated wit mixed with lush cocktail jazz.” Songs of Douglass and Littell, Noyd writes, “conjures sultry rebuttals, classy dalliances and chance encounters. Swooping moods groomed in sumptuous ballgown glamour, George’s gorgeous voice accentuates the tender orchestration fluttering in sassy sambas and shimmering in cosmopolitan opulence. Breezy […]
Music Connection Celebrates Heavenly’s Divine Return
Music Connection writes that “new listeners are finding Heavenly via Spotify and TikTok… After a few years of well-received reunion shows, the band recently released their fifth album, Highway to Heavenly, on Skep Wax, the label owned by founding members Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey… Highway to Heavenly is a continuation of the band’s legacy, with singer and guitarist Fletcher drawing from today’s social […]
New Album From Melvins and Napalm Death
The new album from Melvins and Napalm Death shares its name with the bands’ Savage Imperial Death March tours from 2016 and 2025, but marks their first full-length studio collaboration under the moniker. The album was recorded at the Melvins’ Los Angeles studio, with Buzz Osborne (vocals/guitar) and Dale Crover (drums) joined by Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway (vocals), Shane Embury (bass), and John Cooke (guitar). “I […]
Black Nile Is Slow-Burning Greatness, Writes Under The Radar
Under The Radar has Black Nile‘s video for “Danielle,” which is one of the standout tracks on their new album Indigo Garden. The site writes, “‘Danielle’ is a sprawling, slow-burning number, shaded by a recurring sax line. The first leg leans into a smoky lounge noir feel, but the track transitions between moods effortlessly, guided by nimble drumming, […]
KCSU Hypes Charm School
On their new EP Schadenfreude Ploy, writes KCSU, Charm School presents a “gritty, bold take on the no-wave genre. In their newest album, named after the concept of finding joy in another’s misfortune, Charm School combines discordant saxophones, rolling drums, and steady expressive guitars… chaotic in the best way, with expressive vocals punctuated by sharp saxophone phrases.” The Fort Collins-based […]
New Album From Black Nile
For Black Nile, jazz isn’t a musical genre as much as it is a language. A Black American form of communication that bridges music, visual art, and performance. An improvisational mindset that fits into nearly any genre derived from the Black experience. Brothers Aaron and Lawrence Shaw see a very different Los Angeles. Hollywood has stolen the beautiful […]
Mxdwn Shares The Details Of Inara George’s New LP
Mxdwn has some words from Inara George about her new LP, Songs of Douglass & Littell, which is at radio now from Release Me Records. “I think the idea of making this album sprung from me just wanting to create something soothing. Lately, that is the kind of music I want to listen to,” she says. “The world seems so […]
