he Cave Singers are yet again releasing another record this year, the new record titled Naomi, will release March 5th.  It’s their 4th record, and they get a boost in newly added bassist Morgan Henderson (Fleet Foxes, Blood Brothers). Though ever present is lead singer Pete Quirk’s raspy, throaty voice that is the heart and [...]

Jonny Fritz – Ain’t It Your Birthday he artist formerly known as Corndawg, now Jonny Fritz, has been prepping a new album for quite some time.  After getting funded on Kickstarter, he recorded Dad Country ,with Taylor Goldsmith, to be the new answer to Outlaw Country. I was also really happy to see he reached [...]

his month, and in particular this week here in Boston has been a week of bitter bitter cold, one of biting sub zero cold weather that has kept us locked inside our homes, with some fine music to regale us while we wait out the frigidity. So I put this little mixtape together from the [...]

ly Spaltro, the creative and driving force behind Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, is releasing her debut album, Ripely Pine, next month, and is following up with another single “Bird Balloons,” a gritty, rock jam that spits out narrative lyrics with a totally unhinged style that seems to build and build and build to near explosion. [...]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Let The Day Begin os Angeles’ Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is right around the corner from releasing a new album, their 6th studio album, out in March, titled Specter at the Feast, and releasing “Let the Day Begin,” the first single off the record. “Let the Day Begin,” is a [...]

ortland’s Menomena is about to embark on another tour, but for s’s and g’s they dropped this double a-side single on us including the song “Toomer,” (above) which feels as though could have spent some time on their most recent release Moms. “Toomer,” explores more of their experimental sonic-scape that features their trademark polyrhythms from [...]

Photos by Boston Concert Photography aturday night brought our friends Larcenist back into the city for the official release of their new album Eager City, Patient Country. In an incredibly packed, sweaty night at Great Scott, hordes of fans, friends and music lovers came in droves for the likes of Cask Mouse, Aunt Martha and [...]

s we near the end of winter we’ll all be thinking about long hot summer days, and of course, Newport Folk Festival. It’s become the must go event of the summer for many of the music lovers in the northeast, selling out the last few years, and this year quickly selling out on early bird [...]

im Noyes of Aunt Martha is about to step into the spotlight, no longer under the guise of the aforementioned band, but as a songwriter and leader of a fresh new sound for him. Less of the bedroom recordings and acoustic twang of earlier recordings, but now in immersed in a totally different sound, one [...]

ritish born musician Bobby Long sure doesn’t sound like he comes from jolly ol England, though writing a thesis on American Folk music might just make him more knowledgeable than most of us when it comes to American music. Regardless, he’s releasing a new record, his sophomore album, Wishbone, next month and a new single [...]

Frontier Ruckus – Dealerships etting closer to January 29th is getting us closer to the release of Frontier Ruckus’ next album, Eternity Dimming, the next album in the mythology of Matthew Milia and his rolling narrative and heavy lyrical songs. The single “Dealerships,” which refers to all sorts of physical and internal stations within the [...]

Junip – Line of Fire almost can never get enough of Jose Gonzalez and his band Junip’s sound. It’s an effortless soundscape that seems to be rolling down a mountain in a slow babbling river, its slow ambling and comforting sound, and his melodious voice rolls in to an almost trance / lullaby state.  The swedish [...]

hil Dickey, singer of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin has been keeping himself busy with a small side project called Dragon Inn 3. He teamed up with his sister Roni and music video director Brook Linder after composing the soundtrack for Linder’s short film Ghoul School, and then just kept on working on music [...]

ig Harp is set to release their new record, Chain Letters, January 22nd, and they have come through for all of us releasing a full stream of the upcoming record. The much heavier sounding album may feel like a departure from the sound they captured on White Hat, but I think the band is evolving [...]

This is the second single from the forthcoming debut record from Guards, the NY trio lead by Richie Follin. It’s a polished, indie-pop gem that journeys on the the lonely side into a all out anthemic chorus that will have you singing along as soon as the guitars start whining and the gang chorals shimmer. [...]