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Album Review: Blitzen Trapper - "All Across This Land" (7/10)
Envision something akin to Bob Dylan singing songs written and arranged by Bruce Springsteen. That’s the gist of All Across This Land, the return to form from Portland’s acclaimed experimental ... -
Signing Story: Alberta Cross
English rock band Alberta Cross has signed with numerous labels, including Geffen, PIAS and Ark. But for singer/guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee, it was time for another change when ATO Records ... -
Signing Story: Hibou
Peter Michel wasn’t seeking a label for Hibou, his pop-surf-rock project, but then his manager, Erin David Tate––who’d been sending demos––blurted, “Let’s go get breakfast with Barsuk.” A fan of ... -
Exec Profile: Sujit Kundu, Founder of SKAM Artist
BACKGROUND Sujit Kundu began throwing parties in high school, and from those early raves grew a production and DJ management company that landed a Top 10 hit with Shade Sheist. ... -
Live Review: Lost Lander at Brighton Music Hall
Material: Stealing inspiration from acts like The Police, Lost Lander plucks new wave’s disembodied passion from the dustbin of ‘80s nostalgia and re-contextualizes it within a present-day aesthetic. Their pulsing ... -
Exec Profile: Bob Babisch, Summerfest, VP of Entertainment
BACKGROUND Boasting between 800,000 and 1 million visitors a year, Summerfest is the biggest annual festival in the world, with 11 straight days of music. Started in 1968, Bob ... -
Album Review: Samantha Crain – Under Branch & Thorn & Tree (6/10)
There’s magic in a voice so tender it might crumble to dust in a modest gust of wind. Wisely, the folksy vocals on Crain’s fourth album sprinkle this wizardry on ... -
Exec Profile: Bob Babisch, Summerfest, VP of Entertainment
BACKGROUND Boasting between 800,000 and 1 million visitors a year, Summerfest is the biggest annual festival in the world, with 11 straight days of music. Started in 1968, Bob ... -
Executive Profile: Jim Olsen, Signature Sounds President
BACKGROUND The ultimate destination for independent-minded folk, Americana, roots and rock artists around the Northampton, MA area, Signature Sounds Recordings grew out of the studio under the same name. Jim ... -
Album Review: Between the Buried and Me – Coma Ecliptic (9/10)
A concept album more than a rock opera, the seventh studio opus from North Carolina’s progressive metal firebrands recounts the tale of a man in a coma journeying through past lives. They ...
