2024-04-28 20:11
The Pentangle Captured Live DVD offers a Belgian TV special recorded by the same team that has recorded the Nursery Crime tracks for Genesis, the Plague Of The Lighthouse Keeper for VDGG, At… Read More
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2024-04-28 19:52
The hip-hop, electronic, and experimental music duo of Russian origin, IC3PEAK surprises us with their latest release "Worm” in collaboration with Australian singer, Kim Dracula. The v… Read More
2024-04-28 19:47
An oddball in the Banshees catalog, “Peek-A-Boo” is a very danceable track built around a reverse sample from John Cale’s song, “Gun” and a manipulated vocal fr… Read More
2024-04-28 19:32
As is probably easy to tell, I have a weakness for emotionally charged guitar solos — doesn’t everyone, really? — to the point that I can even overlook lazy songwriting or… Read More
2024-04-28 19:19
"Fire On Babylon" is about Sinéad O'Connor's mother, a common topic in her songs. O'Connor has accused her mother, who died in 1985, of abusing her and her siblings. In this song, she… Read More
2024-04-28 19:09
I have a really complicated relationship with The Doors - I love them, but I also roll my eyes at some of the ‘poetry’ for which Jim Morrison was so famous and lauded. My favorit… Read More
2024-04-28 18:52
It’s difficult — and probably somewhat foolish — to try to choose one composition as the definitive work from the long and prolific hitmaking career of pop maestro Burt Bac… Read More
2024-04-28 18:38
After MoeTar came full circle four years ago after the release of their final EP Final Four, and having two studio albums in the can from Magna Carta Reords, Tarik Ragab and Moorea Dickason… Read More
2024-04-28 18:31
RidingEasy Records is pleased to announce the debut release of Hypnosis Sessions by Spiral Shades on 5th August. A uniquely assembled album four thousand miles in the making… Read More
2024-04-28 18:26
Swedish psychedelic rock band Nephila is set to release their self-titled debut album on The Sign Records. Drawing inspiration from 60s and 70s folk and prog rock, the album includes seven e… Read More
2024-04-28 18:17
Eddie Kendricks only topped the charts once after leaving The Temptations, but when he did, it was with a doozy of a track. Tom Breihan makes the case that “Keep On Truckin’&rdqu&hell…Read More
2024-04-28 18:14
George Orwell’s quote “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind”, is sadly, as… Read More
2024-04-28 18:10
Almost universally regarded as Chicago's breakthrough masterpiece, Chicago II ventures into many different musical directions. Rock, jazz, and classical tracks mesh with lyrics ranging… Read More
2024-04-16 00:51
Pink Floyd - Speak to Me/Breathe/On the Run - Simone Massi Pink Floyd - Time - Salvador Dali/Walt Disney Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky - Bruno Mazzi… Read More
2024-04-15 21:45
Interview with Robert Jaworski from the band ŻywiołakDP: On your website we read that: Żywiołak's music is the result of such musical styles as: folk, punk, rock metal, a… Read More
2024-04-15 21:39
“She kissed me again with her murderous lips.” Thus runs a typical sentence from the torrid 1870 novella Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (after whom the word &ldq&hell…Read More
2024-04-15 21:29
Following her debut mini-LP 222 and 2018’s Old Rockhounds Never Die (which saw her touring her unique performance style — part Jack White rock ’n’ roll folk blues, pa… Read More
2024-04-15 21:18
The morning is dead, and the day is tooThere's nothing left here to lead me but the velvet moonAll my loneliness I have felt todayIt's a little more than enough to make a man throw himself a… Read More
2024-04-15 21:06
In the middle of her ongoing tour, we caught up with Molly Tuttle and the members of Golden Highway to celebrate her selection as July’s Artist of the Month and to go behind the scenes… Read More
2024-04-15 20:50
Marilyn Manson music videosGet Your GunnThe music video, directed by Rod Chong, features Manson performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of band members and two feisty… Read More
2024-04-15 20:38
The scene was New York University, adjacent to Greenwich Village’s camp and colorful Washington Square. The time was May 1976. Bluegrass promoter Doug Tuchman bustled about the auditor… Read More
2024-04-15 20:22
They were known as the “First Family of Soul,” and, while they never achieved the acclaim as the next First Family of Soul, The Jacksons, The Five Stairsteps made an indelible ma… Read More
2024-04-15 20:16
The song September Gurls features lead vocals by Michael Steele (the track info is incorrect). It was recorded for the album Different Light. Despite the number of successes on this album, n… Read More
2024-04-15 20:08
Indonesian stoner metal isn’t a term that gets thrown around lightly in these parts. To be fair, its not a term I think I’ve ever thrown around up to this point, but given the th… Read More
2024-04-15 19:57
It was sometime in the fall of 2019 that my friend BJ Kuhn and I decided to embark on a music journey. We wanted to make some music that was conceptually interesting and pay homage to all of… Read More
2024-04-15 19:51
Singer/guitarist/songwriter Joan Armatrading—born in the West Indies and raised in Birmingham, England—makes records of warm, emotionally resonant music that has earned her… Read More
2024-04-07 19:19
Live at Daytrotter Studios 2018 Audiotree Live 2020 Amy Findlay isn’t just Stonefield’s drummer she’s their vocalist too. Which is wh… Read More
2024-04-07 18:48
In 2009, when Timber Timbre released their self titled album, there was a night where I found myself in a Montreal strip club on a quiet Tuesday and I witnessed a beautiful dark haired… Read More
2024-04-07 18:40
One drunken evening in 2019, Abigail Morris and Georgia Davies rushed into a discount store in Brixton, south London, and bought a cheap notepad to write down their band’s manifesto. A… Read More
2024-04-07 18:30
“The End” served as the finale for many of The Doors' most notable concerts. The lyrics are a combination of different variations sung during jam-style performances over several… Read More
2024-04-07 18:25
Puscifer have now rolled out a fourth music video for the Carina Round reimagining of their track “A Singularity“. The alternative rock outfit, who are fronted by Tool/A Pe… Read More
2024-04-07 18:17
Ramona Falls is beautiful. Seriously, check it out on Google Earth some time. A multi-tiered waterfall in a dark glen on the slopes of Mount Hood in Oregon, it's one of those endlessly photo… Read More
2024-04-07 18:08
Ghost Funk Orchestra is a retro-toned combo whose layered sound traverses a number of different styles including psychedelia, jazz, soul, R&B, and exotica. The band emerged f… Read More
2024-04-07 18:00
Like many bands before them, School of Seven Bells were born as the result of a late-night revelation. Benjamin Curtis connected with sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza in 2004 while their… Read More
2024-04-07 17:51
The departure of Rick Wakeman didn't stop the Strawbs from fully embracing a sort of "symphonic folk" song, but it did shake the band's confidence - especially band leader Dave Cousins… Read More
2024-04-07 17:48
“Imagine every great record you’ve ever heard stuck in a blender overlaid with the most experimental heavy metal guitar you’ve never heard combined with the most outs… Read More
2024-04-07 17:44
This mid-eighties release by Squeeze is unique. Most reviewers back in the day gave it low marks primarily due to the cluttered, heavy-handed, and high-tech production by Laurie Latham… Read More
2024-04-07 17:37
Old Blood: Interview With Vocalist Lynx Having been without live music since March of 2020, I was beyond ready for a show. Lucky for me Old Blood stopped at Barleycorn’s in Wichi… Read More
2024-04-07 17:33
With their constantly evolving sonic identity, in-your-face vocal mannerisms, and open-ended ideas about what their music might "mean," Animal Collective seem designed to inspire obses… Read More
2024-03-21 01:00
Steeleye Span - ATV's Music Room 1970 Steeleye Span - Live Ainsdale Beach 30 June 1971 Steeleye Span - Electric Folk BBC 1974 The initial idea by soon-to-be… Read More
2024-03-21 00:18
Electric Looking Glass are a Los Angeles based baroque pop band with an aesthetic and sound that is so authentically 60s, you feel like you’re reliving it. Recently, they r… Read More
2024-03-21 00:13
Vermont-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Fern Maddie fell for British and Irish traditional music in her teens, then inhaled folk songs and began songwriting, encouraged by… Read More
2024-03-20 23:58
American rock band Devo recorded "Are You Experienced?" for their sixth studio album, Shout. It was released as the album's lead single (stylized as "Are U X-perienced?" on the p… Read More
2024-03-20 23:54
It was hard to resist keeping Tanya Donelly on the phone for 12 hours straight. A founding member of Throwing Muses and the Breeders, as well as frontwoman for her own band, Bell… Read More
2024-03-20 23:44
Music video for Blvck Ceiling created by Redrum Image: facebook.com/redrumimage. Written, directed, cinematography, edit, postproduction, vfx, graphic, set design, styling: Katar… Read More
2024-03-20 23:31
Once upon a time, in a dirty, dingy, nefariously owned Los Angeles club that no one hardly ever goes to anymore, singer Jessicka (ex-Jack Off Jill) met guitar player and future writing partn… Read More
2024-03-20 23:26
Mandrill was formed in Brooklyn in 1968 by three multi-instrumentalist brothers, Louis, Richard and Carlos Wilson, all of whom originally hailed from Panama. After running an ad… Read More
2024-03-20 23:23
In late 1979, Rickie Lee Jones’ life was going in all sorts of directions. After her European tour and a triumphant homecoming show at Los Angeles’ Perkins Palace, Jo… Read More
2024-03-20 23:15
Dirty Honey is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2017. It consists of singer Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverst… Read More
2024-03-20 23:11
Jill Sobule doesn’t plan, onstage or off. As a musician on the road, she loves to riff between songs, most of which she calls “story songs.” “They’r… Read More
2024-03-20 23:08
This song was written by Blood, Sweat & Tears founder Al Kooper and is the second track from the group's debut - and only album recorded with that lineup - Child Is Father to the M… Read More
2024-03-10 01:47
Part 1 Part 2 #Nina Simone #folk #gospel #blues #jazz #R&B #soul #1950s #1960s #live music video“My skin is black,” the first woman’s story begins, “my… Read More
2024-03-10 01:11
#Igorr #Gautier Serre #extreme metal #breakcore #experimental #industrial #baroque metal #trip-hop #death metal #electronic #Meat Dept #animated music videoWe have a challenge for you:… Read More
2024-03-10 00:58
#Mrs. Piss #Chelsea Wolfe #Jess Gowrie #noise rock #experimental rock #industrial #goth metal #sludge metal #alternative rock #music videoChelsea Wolfe and Jess Gowrie have formed a ne… Read More
2024-03-10 00:49
#Euringer #Jimmy Urine #ex-Mindless Self Indulgence #Chantal Claret #alternative/indie rock #electro-industrial #avant-garde #electropunk #music videoEuringer is a counter-culture, sur… Read More
2024-03-10 00:33
#The Sugarcubes #Bjork #alternative/indie rock #post-punk #new wave #avant-pop #dream pop #1980s #1990s #music videoI wonder how many people that like Bjork’s solo albums follow… Read More
2024-03-10 00:20
#öOoOoOoOoOo #ex-Pin-Up Went Down #experimental #avant-garde #art rock #progressive metal #avant-garde metal #experimental metal #black metal #electronic öOoOoOoOoOo … Read More
2024-03-10 00:09
#Uncle Tupelo #pre-Wilco #pre-Son Volt #alt-country #roots rock #country rock #alternative rock #folk rock #blues #cowpunk #1990sBefore Wilco and Son Volt, Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar i… Read More
2024-03-09 23:58
#Birtha #hard rock #blues rock #classic rock #boogie rock #heavy blues rock #1970s Hiding in a box under the frills and petticoats of a Victorian costume shop I spied “Spir… Read More
2024-03-09 23:49
#Mr. Bungle #Mike Patton #experimental rock #avant-garde metal #funk metal #thrash metal #avant-garde jazz #alternative rock #death metalI like to imagine that Mike Patton and the rest… Read More
2024-03-09 23:38
#Amy Winehouse #R&B #jazz #soul #blues #pop rock #1960s-retro #neo-soul #singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, the British singer who almost single-handedly revived a… Read More
2024-02-27 02:13
Part 1Part 2#Black Sabbath #Ozzy Osbourne #heavy metal #hard rock #classic rock
#heavy blues rock #British blues rock #doom metal
#1970s #live music videoBlack Sabbath - Live in Pari… Read More
2024-02-27 01:40
#Queen Adrena #Katie Jane Garside #alternative rock #noise rock #indie rock #art rock #punk metal #gothic rock #music videoWhere once she shallowly proclaimed to love your money, Katie… Read More
2024-02-27 01:21
#Los Lobos #roots rock #tex-mex #country rock #Americana #cowpunk #blues rock #folk rock #Mexican #1990s #music videoOn their sixth album, 1992’s Kiko, Los Lobos alternately dist… Read More
2024-02-27 01:14
#Jane's Addiction #Perry Farrell #Dave Navarro #alternative rock #hard
rock #heavy metal #alternative metal #funk metal #neo-psychedelia
#psychedelic rock #1990s #music videoA Deep D… Read More
2024-02-27 01:05
#DakhaBrakha #folk #Ukrainian folk #world music #Eastern European folk #folk rock #music videoUntil you hear the music, the most striking thing about funky Ukrainian folk band DakhaBra… Read More
2024-02-27 00:59
#Black Moth Super Rainbow #Tom Fec #psychedelic rock #electronic #indie/alternative rock #experimental #folktronica #synthpop #music videoTom Fec is quietly building a tiny, twisted re… Read More
2024-02-27 00:48
#The Honey Pot #psychedelic rock #classic rock #neo-psychedelia #psychedelic folk rock #retro-1960sThe Honey Pot are a psychedelic/pop 5-piece band, steeped in a musical fantasy time-w… Read More
2024-02-27 00:40
#Nil Lara #indie/alternative rock #singer-songwriter #Latin rock #rock en Español #world music #1990sNil Lara accomplishes an innovative lyricism rooted in traditional, Latin rh… Read More
2024-02-27 00:32
#Kitchen Witch #stoner rock #heavy blues rock #hard rock #desert rock #AustralianAustralian red-dust desert rock outfit, Kitchen Witch liken themselves to the alcoholic baby if John Le… Read More
2024-02-27 00:26
#Jack O' The Clock #progressive rock #art rock #progressive folk #avant-garde #chamber folk #avant-prog #Americana #prog folk rockJack O' The Clock is fronted by Damon Waitkus who has… Read More
2024-02-27 00:12
#Buddy Miles #soul #R&B #funk #classic rock #funk rock #psychedelic soul #1960s #1970s #ex-Electric FlagBest known as the drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, Buddy Miles also… Read More
2024-02-17 01:42
#The Rolling Stones #blues rock #hard rock
#classic rock #British blues rock #rock & roll #folk blues #garage rock #R&B #1968 music videoThe promotional film for the Rolling S… Read More
2024-02-17 01:32
#Grant Lee Buffalo #Grant Lee Phillips #alternative rock #folk rock #Americana #psychedelic folk rock #1990s #music videoThey were one of the hardest 90s bands to pin down to a specifi… Read More
2024-02-17 01:26
Part 1Part 2Part 3#BraAgas #Balkan folk #medieval #Scandinavian folk #world music
#Sephardic folk #traditional #ethno #Czech Republic #live music videoBraAgas is an all female quartet creat… Read More
2024-02-17 01:03
#Maria McKee #The Jayhawks #alternative rock #alt-country #folk rock #roots rock #singer-songwriter #1990s #ex-Lone Justice #music videoMaria McKee – You Gotta Sin To Get Saved T… Read More
2024-02-17 00:53
#Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps #rock & roll #rockabilly #classic rock #1950s #music videoWhen a music critic wants to indicate that a song lacks lyrical sophistication, he or sh… Read More
2024-02-17 00:40
#The Flaming Lips #Erykah Badu #Amanda Palmer #psychedelic rock #alternative/indie rock #neo-psychedelia #experimental rock #noise rock #music videoThe Flaming Lips and Amanda Pa… Read More
2024-02-17 00:12
#Maria Muldaur #folk #blues #country #jazz #folk rock #Americana #pop rock #1960s #1970sBlue Lu Barker was a New Orleans singer married to the guitarist Danny Barker. They wrote this v… Read More
2024-02-17 00:12
#Humble Pie #Steve Marriott #Peter Frampton #hard rock #blues rock #classic rock #British blues rock #ex-Small Faces #1960s #1970sHumble Pie were an English rock band formed by St… Read More
2024-02-16 23:54
#Gaate #folk rock #folk metal #progressive rock #electronica #progressive metal #NorwegianHailing from Trondheim, Norway, Gåte ("riddle" in Norwegian) blended traditional folk me… Read More
2024-02-16 23:38
#BeauSoleil #Michael Doucet #Zydeco #Cajun music #traditional #world music #folkThe formation of BeauSoleil, one of the best known and most highly respected Cajun bands in the world, i… Read More
2024-02-16 23:30
#Betty Davis #funk #R&B #soul #funk rock #singer-songwriter #1970sThere is one testimonial about Betty Davis that is universal: She was an artist ahead of her time. From her b… Read More
2024-02-01 08:41
Part 1Part 2#Spooky Tooth #Gary Wright #Mike Harrison #Mick Jones #hard rock #blues rock #psychedelic rock #progressive rock #classic rock #British R&B #1960s #1970s #live music vi… Read More
2024-02-01 07:52
#Gentle Giant #progressive rock #British prog #eclectic prog #classic prog #hard rock #experimental rock #jazz rock #neoclassical #medieval #1970s #animated music videoFree Hand was Ge… Read More
2024-02-01 07:51
#Twin Temple #garage rock #occult rock #rock & roll #satanic doo-wop #retro-1960s #indie rock #music video"It's safe to say we've turned even further away from the light, and our souls a… Read More
2024-02-01 07:16
#Rilo Kiley #Jenny Lewis #indie rock #alt-pop #folk rock #alternative rock #music videoIt's the prerogative and privilege of any pop act to change direction. It's one of the things tha… Read More
2024-02-01 06:59
#Diane Coffee #Shaun Fleming #ex-Foxygen #retro-1960s #retro-1970s #art rock #pop rock #psychedelic rock #glam rock #animated music videoA ’60s-ish rock-and-roll experience that… Read More
2024-02-01 06:12
#PJ Harvey #Polly Jean Harvey #alternative rock #art rock #indie rock #hard rock #punk blues #folk rock #avant-rock #lo-fi #singer-songwriter #1990s #music videoPJ Harvey, the acclaimed Brit… Read More
2024-02-01 05:57
#Magick Brother & Mystic Sister #psychedelic rock #space rock #psychedelic folk rock #progressive rock #retro-1960s #retro-1970s #SpanishWhat’s the concept behind the format… Read More
2024-02-01 05:47
#Moby Grape #psychedelic rock #acid rock #folk rock #country rock #blues rock #West coast sound #1960sIn the wake of Skip Spence's mental and physical breakdown, 1969's "'69" was recor… Read More
2024-02-01 05:40
#Love Is Colder Than Death #darkwave #neoclassical #world music #ethereal #neo-medieval #1990sIt's hard to believe that Love Is Colder Than Death have been around as long as they have. Chron… Read More
2024-02-01 05:28
#Firewater #ex-Cop Shoot Cop #gypsy punk #world punk #dark cabaret #alternative rock #eclectic #indie rockNew York-based band Firewater incorporated a global range of musical influence… Read More
2024-02-01 05:18
#Disappear Fear #Sonia Rutstein #folk rock #folk pop #alternative folk #indie folk #power pop #worldbeat #singer-songwriter #1980s #1990sHi Sonia, we’re thrilled to have a chance to le… Read More
2023-09-10 10:34
Sessions at West 54th 1997Live at The 9:30 Club 1997 - Part 1Live at The 9:30 Club 1997 - Part 2 #Paula Cole #singer-songwriter #alternative rock #alternative pop rock #indie rock #art… Read More
2023-09-10 08:28
#New Candys #psychedelic rock #alternative rock #neo-psychedelia #post-punk #Italian #music videoI find this record simply enthralling. Stars Reach The Abyss. New Candys. Doped, sedate… Read More
2023-09-10 07:58
#Toni Childs #alternative rock #folk rock #world music #contemporary folk rock #art pop #singer-songwriter #1990s #music videoToni Childs’ musical compass has taken her north, so… Read More
2023-09-10 07:37
#Calexico #Americana #indie/alternative rock #alt-country #Tejano #post-rock #music videoCalexico is a American indie rock band formed in 1996, in Tucson, Arizona, by Joey Burns and Jo… Read More
2023-09-10 07:15
#Zywiolak #Slavic folk music #folk rock #world music #folk punk #folk metal avant-folk #neo-pagan folk #Polish #music videoŻywiołak, initially formed in Warsaw in 2005, is a… Read More
2023-09-10 06:58
#Diamanda Galas #avant-garde #experimental #avant-goth #classical
crossover #performance art #operatic #blues #jazz #spoken word #piano #a capella #extreme vocalsIt was 1984, and Diam… Read More
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