Phish and ‘Sci-Fi Soldier’ Rock Halloween in Las Vegas
The Phish fall 2021 tour has been one for the ages, with a run that’s had fans praising it as their best tour since their prime years in the late 1990s.
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Constant Smiles Continue Their Chameleonic Ways with the Pop-Infused ‘Paragons’
Listeners familiar with Constant Smiles’ mutative oeuvre will find Paragons intriguing for the chameleonic adoption of familiar pop templates.
Pepe Deluxé Are in Exquisitely Eccentric Form on ‘Phantom Cabinet Vol. 1’
When you open Pepe Deluxé’s Phantom Cabinet, you have to jump in with both feet. Even setting wacky instrument antics aside, it’s a musical baptism worth total immersion.
My Morning Jacket’s Infinite Jest
On My Morning Jacket, Jim James sifts through perceptions about technology and nature, offering a treatment for getting washed away by modernity.
Tony & the Kiki Bring Gender Ambiguity Back to Rock with “Listen” (premiere)
Thank whatever deity you may believe in for the return of both androgyny and people of color to rock music. Or just listen to Tony & the Kiki.
Absolutely Free’s ’80s Style Synthpop Is a Little Too Reverent on ‘Aftertouch’
Absolutely Free are back with their first album in years, Aftertouch, and have fully embraced ’80s synthpop as their music template.
Trees Speak Conjure Up a Mysterious, Hypnotic Sound on ‘PostHuman’
Arizona’s Trees Speak offer up elements of sci-fi, prog rock, krautrock, and Italian film scores on PostHuman, and that’s a good thing.
Steady, As It Goes: The Raconteurs’ ‘Broken Boy Soldiers’ Turns 15
The Raconteurs’ Broken Boy Soldiers sets itself apart from anything like it, even 15 years later. The band’s debut somehow starts two great stories.
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi’s Movie-less Soundtrack ‘Rome’ Still Resonates 10 Years Later
Rome—a movie soundtrack without a movie—is an homage to Spaghetti Westerns that still echoes a decade after its release.
The Vintage Caravan Channel 1970s Psych/Prog Rock Greats on ‘Monuments’ (album premiere)
Monuments sets a new benchmark not just for the Vintage Caravan, but for the entirety of today’s retro rock movement. Hear the full album here before release.
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds’ Swingin’ Party
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds’ Swing From the Sean DeLear is a much-needed breath of fresh air and a celebration of life here on earth and beyond.