WELLES’ QUARANTINE EP SERIES BRINGS ANOTHER TWIST WITH ‘Q2’
Just eighteen days after he cured our isolation blues with a surprise jazz funk EP called Non-Essential Business, Jesse Wells casually unveiled his “second…
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WELLES UNVEILS GROOVY SURPRISE EP ‘NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS’
Knowing Jesse Wells, he probably didn’t realize how much he was making our week. Maybe our whole month, whatever month it is. Right when…
NEW PEARL JAM LP ‘GIGATON’ STUNS LIKE IT’S ‘96
Getting an early copy of an unreleased Pearl Jam album is surreal in its own right. The sheer knowledge you have it prompts a…
ROCKING OUT TO NEW LP ‘COLORADO’ BY NEIL YOUNG + CRAZY HORSE
Any music released by Neil Young (such as Tuscaloosa, the archival treat he put out just four months ago) should be enjoyed at a…
KIM GORDON’S DEBUT SOLO LP ‘NO HOME RECORD’ IS COOLLY POETIC & MOD
If you already love Kim Gordon, you’ll love the wit and attitude pervading her debut solo album, No Home Record (out today – grab…
TWIN PEAKS DISCUSS NEW LP & MORE: ‘IF IT FEELS GOOD, IT FEELS GOOD’
In a room upstairs at Rough Trade that I had never noticed before – where I got to talk to Twin Peaks’ Clay Frankel…
NEW TWIN PEAKS LP ‘LOOKOUT LOW’ IS DRIPPING WITH GOOD CLASSIC VIBES
Just a few bars in, it’s hard to deny that Twin Peaks’ new record sounds as exuberant and free as their live presence. In…
KING GIZZARD’S 15TH LP ‘INFEST THE RATS’ NEST’ IS AN EXQUISITE DYSTOPIAN THRASHER
If you thought you’d finally picked your favorite King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard album (or at least narrowed it down to your top…
OPTIMISTIC GRUNGE EMERGES IN GOON’S DEBUT LP ‘HEAVEN IS HUMMING’
“I find encouragement in the fact that I’m able to be productive in the times that I’m not sick. People like to romanticize the…
NEW WALKING PAPERS 7” SHOWS OFF TWO ‘OBSERVATIONAL SLOW BURNERS’
Walking Papers are the kind of present-day rock legends that you want to watch closely for new material. Something about the Seattle group’s sound…