Appropriately subtitled “Guitar Stooge Version,” this meth-freak version “White Christmas” is enough to have Bing Crosby spinning at coffin-melting speeds. You May Also Like: Cha Wa, “All On A Mardi Gras Day” (2016): One Track Mind

Truth is, Foghat (part hard blues band, part scroungy jam band) was always better suited to the relaxed atmosphere of the stage.

Culled from that brief turn-of-the-1990s moment when unplugged performances were all the rage, these acoustic radio performances from Jellyfish offer fresh perspective on the band’s stirring, if all-too-brief, two-album run. You May Also Like: The Lickerish Quartet, “Lighthouse Spaceship” (2020): Something Else! sneak peek The Lickerish Quartet – ‘Threesome Vol.Read More

A well-placed group of collaborators — from the Beach Boys’ Blondie Chaplin to Living Colour’s Corey Glover to the always-funky Ivan Neville — give life to the Young President’s aptly named Coalition. You May Also Like: Living Colour’s Corey Glover: Something Else! Interview Jake Hertzog – Well Lit Shadow (2016)Read More

Named for the two groups featured here, bass trombone and tuba player Earl McIntyre’s debut as a leader enchants with the exotic rhythms, stunning brass stabs and euphoric joy of the African diaspora. You May Also Like: Canadian Brass – ‘Canadiana’ (2022) Dan Markell, “Carnival Game” (2021): One Track MindRead More

Whatever the circumstances of his early passing, Ronnie Montrose’s music spoke to larger things — to outer-limits explorations on the guitar, to rafter-rearranging loudness, to fun. You May Also Like: Joe Satriani’s ‘Is There Love In Space?’ Showcased His Best (and Worst) Impulses ‘Fanfare For the Uncommon Man: The OfficialRead More

James Hrabak turns the suddenly resurgent shoegaze subgenre on its heels, then shoves it out on the dance floor, with a new self-titled, beats-focused EP. You May Also Like: Overly Polite Tornadoes – When You Wake Up (2015) Brian Eno’s Small Craft on a Milk Sea has only gotten betterRead More

This denuded 1970 solo live date, situated subsequent to the newly released After the Gold Rush and before his equally well-received Harvest, finds Neil Young at the peak of his ruminative powers. You May Also Like: Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House finds an artist in ascension NeilRead More

They gathered for five days at this countryside studio in Finland, plugging in and recording whatever happened. You May Also Like: Mumford and Sons, “Believe” from Wilder Mind (2015): One Track Mind Projekt Gemineye, “Sacred Sons” from ‘In the Year 3073: Book II’ (2020): One Track Mind Los Lobos –Read More

For all of the unabridged amazement surrounding Billy Preston’s high school-aged mastery of both the bubbling jazz of Jimmy Smith and the lean Memphis R&B of Booker T. Jones, the truth is, he’d been at this a while. You May Also Like: Billy Sherwood Talks #Yes50, ‘Topographic Drama’ and aRead More