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 […]
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 […]
