The midwest, particularly the part of the midwest Eric D. Johnson hails from, is a largely flat expanse. Zipping through it on the highway, you’ll see cities and towns rise up in the distance, but blink and you’ll miss other man-made rejoinders to horizontal living dotting the landscape, hill after hill, built from the refuse […]
TURNOVER The title track of the band’s new album, Myself in the Way, speaks to this mindset. “I can’t put myself in the way of love again,” sings Getz, “I promise I’m going to go all the way with you,” is specifically about Getz getting engaged to his longtime partner, but applies to the general […]
THE POLISH AMBASSADOR Musician. Producer. Beatsmith. Recording artist. Composer. Dance-floor general. Label-head. A mystery man of many hats, The Polish Ambassador rocks more than just a trademark jumpsuit, authoring sublime, intentional artistic works, animated safaris in technicolor sound. At first breath, The Polish Ambassador was an experiment, David Sugalski’s sound-art passion project that came to […]
KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS Released in God’s year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile’s fine city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s been good to me finds one of our nation’s greatest songwriters staking a claim on his hometown. “This is my ‘bringing it all back home to Philly’ record,” […]
HOUNDMOUTH For two years, Matt Myers struggled to finish new songs. “I was all raw emotion,” says the Houndmouth frontman, who’d spent the previous decade blending rock & roll and American roots music into radio staples like the chart-topping, platinum-selling “Sedona.” He’d written four albums in less than 10 years, but inspiration just wasn’t showing […]
PAUL OAKENFOLD Paul Oakenfold, one of the first global superstar DJs, celebrates over 30 years of his influential label with Perfecto 30—a worldwide series of events, releases, and a documentary highlighting his impact on electronic music. From pioneering Ibiza’s club scene to headlining major festivals and producing for artists like Madonna and U2, Oakenfold helped […]
OLD 97’s The thirteenth studio album from Old 97’s, American Primitive arose from what vocalist/guitarist Rhett Miller refers to as a “de-evolution” of the legendary Dallas-bred band. “As much as I want us to calm down and grow up, the songs that felt right for this record were mostly big and loud and brutal and […]
BEACH BUNNY On 2025’s Tunnel Vision, Beach Bunny is getting back to basics: urgent, guitar-based indie rock with pop melodies. Woven through the album, “Just Around the Corner” echoes dynamic ’90s indie rock courtesy of fuzzed-out guitars and crashing drums, while slashing riffs and precise rhythms propel the melodic “Big Pink Bubble.” “Violence,” meanwhile, veers […]
