New Music and Video

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

The Selecter’s Pauline Black on the Power of Activism Through Music

Lead vocalist and ska legend Pauline Black took a pause while touring in Germany to discuss the new Selecter album and the current global political climate, drawing parallels to the multicultural movement and working-class dissent that gave birth to the original...

Record Review: WH Walker

W.H. Walker Suds! Portland, OR “Doo-wop pop meets garage punk fun” What happens when a band fuses 1950s doo-wop pop with garage-punk and a contagious beat? Nostalgia for those laid-back summer days...

Record Review: Stereoflower

Stereoflower It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander Perth, Australia “Pop laden lo-fi on the barbie” Stereoflower’s debut It's Alright, It's OK, Satellite Commander, is an admirable step forward...

Record Review: Sean Rowe

Sean Rowe Magic Troy, NY “American folk ready for the long haul” How refreshing to hear a voice with such conviction, with storytelling and song craft so compelling, so stirring to the human soul....

Record Review: Schuyler Fisk

Schuyler Fisk Blue Ribbon Winner Los Angeles, CA “Don’t be a ‘Zombie’: get this album” You’re walking through a store when suddenly you hear a song - maybe you can hear the words, maybe you can’t....

Record Review: Revolver

Revolver Parallel Lives Paris, France “A classical ideology” By merging compositions typically found in classical music with modern folk structures, Paris trio Revolver puts out an EP that is...

Record Review: Quiet Hooves

Quiet Hooves Saddle Up Athens, GA “Weird, endearingly awkward pop” Quiet Hooves don’t come from left field, they reside there. For the band’s most recent full-length, Saddle Up, the story is a weird...

Record Review: Pegasus Dream

Pegasus Dream Painting Pantheons Portland, OR “A PDX pop opus” Listening to Painting Pantheons, you’ll find similarities between vocalist JT Lindsey’s multi-tracked pipes and those of Kevin Barnes...