The prolific Oakland-based singer-songwriter and visual artist Stephen Steinbrink has been in the game for many years, and he has collaborated with people like Boy Scouts, Emperor X, Dear Nora, and Jay Som. We last heard from Steinbrink when he released his 2023 album Disappearing Coin, and now he’s announcing plans to follow it with a new one called In …

Around these parts, the tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is best known for his work with the Messthetics, the jazz-rock trio featuring Fugazi’s rhythm section. But like many jazz artists, he’s way too prolific to be contained to one lane. Just two months ago, Lewis’ quartet released the spiritually charged Omni. Now he’s already back to announce another new LP. …

Jeremiah Chiu is a Chicago-born, LA-based composer, multi-media artist, and modular synth expert. You might know him as a member of the quintent SML or the series of improvisational albums that he made in collaboration with the violist Marta Sofia Honer, including last year’s Different Rooms. Now, Chiu announces plans to follow his 2023 solo album In Electric Time with …

“Post-rock” can describe several quite different subgenres, but whatever the term means to you, Yr Knives are doing it somewhere on their debut single. The post Chicago Experimental Rock Supergroup Yr Knives Announce Debut Album <em>Begin Yr Singing</em>: Hear “Fear&Trimbling” appeared first on Stereogum.

“Classic Traffic” is a funny thing to name your band, especially if Steve Winwood is not involved in any way. As far as we can tell, Winwood has zero involvement in the New Jersey DIY power pop trio Classic Traffic, who haven’t been around for long but who have already built up a solid discography. The formed in 2022, and …

Oh boy. OK. Let’s get into it. Western politicians seem to believe that they can affect the outcome of the war between Russian and Ukraine, and they seem convinced that the best way to do this is by showing up in Ukraine with their guitars and serenading Ukrainian troops — or, at least, that the act of serenading Ukrainian troops …

I haven’t always connected with the work of certain avant-garde jazz musicians right away. Ornette Coleman’s music clicked for me instantly; I heard his 1960 album Change Of The Century in about 1992 and loved it from the first notes of the opening track, “Ramblin’.” When I saw the David S. Ware Quartet live in 1998, it was like being …

Are you familiar with the podcast Guys: With Bryan Quinby? I’ve never listened, but I have a concert buddy who swears by it. Each episode zeroes in on a certain type of guy; recent subjects include Debate Guys, Star Wars Guys, Small Business Guys, Pool Guys (as in billiards), and Pool Guys (as in swimming). It seems like 2nd Grade …

Right now, Queens Of The Stone Age are out on a big stadium tour with Foo Fighters, Mannequin Pussy, and Gouge Away. Last month, they released “Easy Street,” a Nikki Lane collab with a beautifully ridiculous video, and frontman Josh Homme appeared on tracks from Shania Twain and Mastodon. As you have probably already surmised, QOTSA were in album rollout …

“Same Song” also introduced much of the world to a young Tupac Shakur, who began his career working with Digital Underground before becoming one of Hip Hop’s most important artists. Shock’s… The post The Source Remembers Humpty Hump aka Shock G On His Born Day appeared first on .