New Music and Video

Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.

INTERVIEW: Doyle Bramhall II Opens Up About Latest LP ‘Shades’

Doyle Bramhall II Returns With a Blazing New LP & Discusses His 20+ Year Journey in the Music Business Doyle Bramhall II is a uniquely talented musician who has worked with everyone from Eric Clapton and Erykah Badu to Meshell Ndegeocello and Elton John. Over the...

Record Review: Toh Kay

Toh Kay Streetlight Lullabies New Brunswick, NJ “Upbeat acoustic versions of Streetlight favorites” Streetlight Manifesto frontman Toh Kay (aka Tomas Kalnoky) tones down his traditional ska sound...

Record Review: The Soft Hills

The Soft Hills The Bird is Coming Down to Earth Seattle, WA “Hauntingly dreamlike songs from the Cascades” It’s easy to lump all these new harmony-singing bands from the great Northwest (I miss you...

Record Review: The Sexbots

The Sexbots Don’t Stop Portland, OR “Joanna Newsom, Björk and Peaches have a threesome in your wildest of wet dreams” It’s official: Portland’s Ilima Considine is certifiably crazy. But, it’s the...