Sludge metal titans Kylesa have presented their own gift for the holidays with From the Vaults, Vol. 1, a tantalizing record. The rarities and B-sides take hold immediately You May Also Like: I Want, Need, Love You: Garage-Beat Nuggets From the Festival Vaults (2016) The Lickerish Quartet, “Snollygoster Goon,” fromRead More

Just when you think you’ve heard it all — literally — some really crafty cats come along and create sounds that hadn’t quite been previously contemplated. A couple of such musicians from Philadelphia’s fertile experimental music scene banded together to create some of this alien but strangely alluring noise. YouRead More

When this soundtrack compilation landed on my desk, it didn’t mean much to me. I don’t watch the show and only a few of the names on the back of the CD meant anything to me — and one of those was Katey Sagal You May Also Like: Bob DylanRead More

Gabriel Serapicos sounds like what would happen if the Magnetic Fields starred in a film by Wes Anderson. But even that’s not completely right. You May Also Like: No related posts.

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“Good Things Happen to Bad People,” the guitar-stoked advance song from Richard Thompson’s forthcoming long-player Electric, finds him bellowing with a bracing vigor. There’s a knife’s edge to both his singing and his playing. You May Also Like: Linda and Richard Thompson, “The Great Valerio” (1974): One Track Mind

This isn’t a ring-a-ding thing, a Rat Pack thing, a Sands hotel thing. And that’s a very good thing. What you’re struck by, as Paul McCartney cuts a quietly emotional figure on this live companion to his standards set Kisses on the Bottom is how un-dashing he is, how un-Sinatra.Read More

Fabrizio Sferra is a favored drummer of fellow Italian Enrico Rava, having appeared on Rava’s Full of Life (2003) and last year’s Tribe. In evaluating Tribe, Sferra stood out to me You May Also Like: Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – ‘Diamonds and Other Jewels’ (2022) Doogie White – ‘As YetRead More

ou imagine that Amy Helm, daughter of the late Band legend Levon Helm, would want to carry on his legacy, and “Roll the Stone” connects on that level.

Jeff Beck joined the Rolling Stones for a scalding take on “I’m Going Down,” a rare Who cut from the album Two’s Missing, last night at London’s 02 Arena. Stream the song here! You May Also Like: What ‘Back to Basics’ Said About Bill Wyman’s Post-Stones Career Rolling Stones –Read More