New Music And Video

COVER STORY: Rubblebucket Opens Up About The Making of ‘Sun Machine’
By Benjamin Ricci on September 4, 2018
Rubblebucket: Turning Breakups & Personal Struggles into Creative Mojo In the days leading up to the release of their latest album, we sat down with the...
PHOTO GALLERY: Miguel Dazzles At Boston’s Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
By Candace McDuffie on August 25, 2018
R&B crooner Miguel kicked off ‘The Ascension’ North American Tour this past Thursday in Boston. Smooth and sultry openers Nonchalant Savant and DVSN warmed the...
Stream the FREE Elixir Strings New Music Sampler Vol. 1
By Benjamin Ricci on August 22, 2018
Stream our FREE playlist, featuring our most recent Elixir Strings “artists of the month” as they drop some exclusive music recorded with the new Optiweb...
VIDEO PREMIERE: Handsome Jack “KEEP ON”
By Benjamin Ricci on August 2, 2018
Performer is excited to premiere the brand-new video for “Keep On” from Lockport, NY boogie-soul band Handsome Jack. Here’s what Handsome Jack frontman Jamison Passuite has...
LIVE REVIEW: Arcade Fire Come Alive At Boston’s Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
By Candace McDuffie on July 21, 2018
The debut album from Canadian facet Arcade Fire, Funeral, was released 14 years ago and instantly became a classic. Prismatic harmonies and wildly outfitted vocal...
Grammy-nominee Kenyon Dixon Releases New Single “Drippin’”
By Benjamin Ricci on July 19, 2018
“Less of a sound, more of a feeling; this record is just that. The summer feels you’ve been waiting for, layered with infectious guitar, sensuous chords,...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: The Damnation of Adam Blessing [Re-Issues]
By Benjamin Ricci on July 10, 2018
VINYL OF THE MONTH: The Damnation of Adam Blessing S/T and The Second Damnation (Exit Stencil/Universal Music) When Exit Stencil Recordings told us they had restored...
INTERVIEW: EUREKA CALIFORNIA opens up about latest LP ‘Roadrunners’
By Anthony Cammalleri on July 9, 2018
With a long road ahead and a decade-long one behind, Georgia-based duo Eureka California released their fourth album, Roadrunners, this May. Now available both digitally...
PREVIEW: Forecastle Festival 2018
By Jason Ashcraft on July 9, 2018
Forecastle Festival 2018: Louisville’s Largest Multifaceted Affair Celebrates 16 Years of Diversity in Music and Kentucky Culture. Ahh…festival season is once again in full-force here...
COVER STORY: Linqua Franqa on Hip-Hop, Linguistics and Social Activism
By Dana Forsythe on July 3, 2018
Between running for office in Athens, performing as Linqua Franqa, helping to unite the city’s burgeoning hip-hop scene and pursuing a doctorate in linguistics, Mariah...