Mike and Alex Discuss Melvins’ Sludge
Mike and Alex of the Every Album Ever Youtube channel say Thunderball, the new album from Melvins under their Melvins 1983 alter-ego, is “for you” if “you’re a fan of the early 90s sludge era of Melvins,” although the release is “a little more modern and weird” thanks to the electronic contributions of Void Manes and Ni Maitres. According to Mike and Alex, […]
New Music From Jeffrey Runnings (For Against)
Independent Project Records (IPR) has released the posthumous, final solo album from Jeffrey Runnings, Piqued, on vinyl, CD, and digital formats. All formats include four bonus tracks of rare recordings from the late 80s. Runnings was the creative force and guiding light behind Nebraska post-punk pioneers For Against. Runnings died on Monday, March 3 due to stage 4 […]
Fresh Air Appreciates Mary Halvorson’s Progress On About Ghosts
Mary Halvorson‘s About Ghosts was recently reviewed on NPR‘s Fresh Air. As the review notes, the album features Halvorson’s now-regular sextet Amarylls. However, for this release, “Halvorson expanded the group, inviting tenor saxophonist Brian Settles and alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins to play on several tracks. The expanded group, with its four horns, recalls Halvorson’s octet from about ten years ago, but her writing […]
Vinyl District Grades Springhouse On A Curve
“On From Now to OK,” writes the Vinyl District in a recent glowing review, Springhouse “realize a crisp, vibrant melodic sound that veers away from the shoegaze textures of their two prior albums… Springhouse’s approach on From Now to OK has been described as folk-rock, and there’s no need to quibble with that assessment, but it’s worth noting that a […]
Glide Praises Mary Halvorson For Balancing Composition With Improvisation
Mary Halvorson’s About Ghosts made it into the Top 5 at NACC Jazz last week and also made its debut on the Top 200 at #176! Thanks to all the stations that have gotten behind the record so far. Please keep spinning About Ghosts and charting it! The album has been well-received critically. One recent review comes from Glide, which […]
Jack Rabid Talks To Mike Watt
In an interview with Mike Watt on the Watt From Pedro Show, Springhouse‘s Jack Rabid talks about his musical pedigree. “My third Christmas,” he says, “my gift under the tree was the Chipmunks Sing the Beatles in 1965. And I became completely obsessed with that record and soon thereafter became obsessed with the Beatles themselves.” That’s just the first of many musical memories; […]
Glide Shares Paul Givant’s “Marigold” Clip
Glide recently premiered the video for Paul Givant‘s “Marigold,” featuring images that “reflect the track’s quiet emotional power — visually simple, yet deeply affecting. It mirrors the themes of renewal and reckoning that run through the entire album. Produced by Jason Hiller and Zachary Ross, ‘Marigold’ is rich with six- and twelve-string acoustic guitars, upright bass, shimmering mandolin, and vocals […]
Patrick Watson Previews Uh Oh On Instagram
Patrick Watson‘s new album Uh Oh is out in September, and fans can visit his Instagram to preview the physical artwork and get Watson’s thoughts on the intimate collection. According to Watson, “It was so fun to make. Everybody singing on this record will blow your mind each in their own way. The reason why it’s collaborative […]
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.
