Patricia Brennan Breaks Boundaries while 'Breaking Stretch'
Vibraphonist, marimbist, and composer Patricia Brennan is set to release her third album, Breaking Stretch, on September 6, 2024, via Pyroclastic Records.
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King Crimson: Sheltering Skies (Live in Fréjus, August 27th 1982)
One of the most, if not the most, revered versions of King Crimson is represented on this live album, out for the first time both in its complete form and on vinyl, this Friday, September 6, 2024.
Anat Cohen's Quartetinho Blossoms on 'Bloom'
First Single "Paco" is available now.
Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism: Grounded, Dancy and Personal
The maturity of 'Radical Optimism' speaks for itself, mainly in the production and songwriting, which see Lipa at her most vulnerable.
On Big Feelings and Her Latest Album The Big Feel
A Conversation with Lucky Lo
Nekkuja: New Album of Marina Herlop or Revitalized Pasture
On October 27th, after a break of almost a year and a half, Catalan artist Marina Herlop released her new album Nekkuja. As she speaks about the album – working on it was a process of finding and affirming the inner light.
Chappell Roan’s Debut Album Pulsates Queer Joy
Pop’s newest icon is called Chappell Roan and we are literally witnessing the birth of a new category of a queer superstar with her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.
‘I Have to Sing’: Laura Nyro’s First Songs, 50 Years On
We are pleased to bring you this reexamination of Laura Nyro on October 18, what would have been her 76th birthday. Enjoy.
Exploring Beyond the Hits: A Deeper Dive into Reneé Rapp's Multi-Dimensional Debut
Reneé Rapp, whose song “Too Well” became the quintessential Gen Z anthem in the span of a couple of months, has soared to stardom with astonishing speed.
Grapes Upon The Vine tests my faith.
Two weeks after its release, Grapes Upon The Vine might be my favorite TV Girl album. [RECORD SCRATCH] You might be wondering how I got here.
I fall for Gorillaz' The Fall.
Gorillaz' The Fall is a full-length album recorded in a month, on an iPad, during the band's Escape To Plastic Beach Tour. If that sounds like a good 45 minutes to you, you might also dig this post.
