NPR Interviews Fruit Bats
Talking To Elyssa Nadwari of NPR about the title of his new album, Fruit Bats’ Eric D Johnson said, “When I was a kid, I lived in this apartment complex when I was, like, 10. And it was a fairly featureless view out my window, but there was a landfill, which I always found to be very epic. It was just […]
KCPR Catches Up With Heavenly
KCPR’s Dylan Koch writes, “With badges over their hearts and their hearts on their sleeves, English indie pop group Heavenly put out some of the most heartfelt albums of the 1990s. Now, they are back with Highway to Heavenly, their first LP in 30 years, an instant classic… No longer the bushy-tailed popkids that they once were, Heavenly […]
Under The Radar Shares Pluralone’s “Meditative” Single “Feels Like I’ve Done Wrong”
According to Under The Radar, “’Feels Like I’ve Done Wrong’ is one of several tracks on [Pluralone‘s new album A Drop In The Ocean] that have been gestating for years, and it is a fittingly meditative effort, centering on echoing percussion, a hypnotic piano line, and a pretty, plaintive chorus. Josh Klinghoffer gives the track space to sprawl, only letting […]
SPIN Says Souled American Feels Vital On New LP
SPIN Magazine has a review of the new Souled American album, their first in 30 years. They write, “Sanctions distills what was great about Souled American, channeled through its two remaining members. Though each songwriter’s individual preoccupations and quirks are on display here, the interplay between Joe Adducci and Chris Grigoroff makes this feel like a joint effort. It’s no faint praise that Jeff […]
Heavenly Takes To The Airwaves At KALX
Tune into KALX today (Monday, June 22) at 11AM PDT (2 PM EDT) DJ Poindexter’s recent interview with Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey of UK indie pop band Heavenly ahead of their show at the Great American Music Hall on Wednesday June 24th. The station says, “Their most recent album, Highway to Heavenly, is their first release in 30 years. They talk […]
AMFM Has A Conversation With Pluralone
AMFM has an interview with Josh Klinghoffer, who is at radio now with a new album from his Pluralone project called A Drop In The Ocean. “In an exclusive conversation,” the site writes, “multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer opens up about the long, nonlinear journey behind his fourth Pluralone album… The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist and current Pearl Jam touring member reflects on […]
Atwood Chats With Fruit Bats
Atwood Magazine writes, “Out now via Merge Records, The Landfill is Fruit Bats’ twelfth album and one of the project’s most vibrant full-band statements to date. It arrives in Eric D. Johnson’s 25th year making music under the Fruit Bats name, following 2025’s intimate solo outing Baby Man and carrying that record’s immediacy into a bigger, brighter, more communal space. After years of […]
SPIN Features Inara George
SPIN Magazine has a nice feature on Inara George, chronicling the Bird and the Bee musician’s return to releasing music with her new album Songs of Douglass and Littell. The site also has details about her ongoing tour, on which “she’ll be performing songs from all her projects, including the Bird and the Bee’s ‘Again and Again,’ which has had a […]
New Music From Dren McDonald f/ Sophia James
Dren McDonald is a San Francisco Bay Area composer, producer, and musician whose work spans video games, film, theme parks, and immersive media. After founding Vaccination Records in the 1990s and releasing music with several Bay Area bands, he transitioned into scoring for interactive media, accumulating an extensive catalog of game credits. Beyond his work in […]
Blurred Culture Talks With Pluralone
According to Blurred Culture, “With A Drop In The Ocean, the fourth album from his solo project Pluralone, Josh Klinghoffer turns inward. Released via Org Music, the record strips much of the surrounding noise away, placing greater emphasis on acoustic guitar, intimate arrangements, and lyrics that seem less interested in providing answers than in asking difficult questions. A Drop In The Ocean does […]
Heavenly Chats With Stereo Embers
Alex Green writes, “Heavenly are back. Not sounding diminished by time, the band’s first long player in 30 years Highway to Heavenly is a spry collection of janglepop that’s effortlessly melodic and unreasonably catchy. It’s lovely work that ranks among the year’s best.” Green has a conversation with the band on his Stereo Embers podcast; check that out here! […]
Rolling Stone Enjoys Fruit Bats’ New Release
According to Rolling Stone, the new Fruit Bats album The Landfill “explores the unglamorous bits that make up the human story on a record that bristles with live energy.” The venerable magazine has a review of the new LP, which was just released via Merge Records. “On this 10-track collection,” RS writes, “Johnson is as adept at deconstructing melodies as […]
New Music From Azalia Snail
Azalia Snail is an American avant-garde musician who has been called a “heroic… singular creative influence on us, our scene, and our generation” by Elephant 6 luminary Robert Schneider. With her 16th solo album Gentle Mental, her aim is to take listeners on a journey of reflection and spiritual uplift with an ambient immersion that reflects both humanity’s difficult modern plight […]
Pluralone Shares “Feels Like I’ve Done Wrong” Video With It’s Psychedelic Baby
It’s Psychedelic Baby has shared “Feels Like I’ve Done Wrong,” from Pluralone‘s new album A Drop In The Ocean. The site has a quote from Josh Klinghoffer, who began the Pluralone project when he was still the guitarist in Red Hot Chili Peppers. He says, “This was the first song written after the completion of the last Pluralone album. It shows […]
Architeg Says do+pe Isn’t “Comfortable”
Architeg writes that do+pe = no country for old men, the new collaborative LP from The Doors’ John Densmore and Public Enemy‘s Chuck D, is not “a comfortable legacy record… [it] doesn’t beg for reverence. It argues with the listener, argues with the industry, and occasionally argues with itself. When it’s sharp—like the opener’s economic swerve, the title track’s warning, or the […]
Paste Details Fruit Bats’ The Landfill
Fruit Bats’ new album The Landfill, writes Paste, “is a multi-layered, often melancholy affair as Eric D. Johnson sorts through the comings and goings of life on the threshold of [turning 50].” Though the album, like last year’s Baby Man, came together quickly with Johnson using the stream-of-consciousness-inspired “morning pages” method, it is – unlike Baby Man – a full-band affair. According to Paste, […]
Brooklyn Vegan Covers Inara George’s Street Team Efforts
Brooklyn Vegan has coverage of Inara George’s ongoing tour, for which she is soliciting street teamers. If you’re near one of her upcoming gigs, maybe you can help get the word out? There are details here on the Brooklyn Vegan site. George, who is perhaps best known for her work with the bird and the bee, is touring […]
LWND Gets Dope
Legends Will Never Die likes do+pe = no country for old men, the new album from The Doors’ John Densmore and Public Enemy‘s Chuck D. According to the site, “no country for old men joins Radio Armageddon & Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 in terms of the run Chuck D has musically been on for the past 12 months. The production impressively mixes […]
Norman Recommends Souled American
Norman Records recommends Sanctions, the new album from Souled American. “Sanctions is a work shaped by time, loss, and sharpened intent. Emerging after decades away, it speaks directly to a moment defined by cultural fracture, moral fatigue, and systems that reward conformity over conscience. Rather than retreat, the band turn toward roots and tradition—musically and ethically—using restraint and atmosphere […]
Inara George Starts Tour
We Heart Music caught the opening date of Inara George‘s tour, on which she is performing songs from her new album Songs of Douglass & Littell as well as renditions of favorites from her long solo career and the project she’s perhaps best known for, the bird and the bee. The show was a great success, as was her performance […]
