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Varèse Sarabande's CD Subscription Series
Varèse Sarabande has launched their first ever CD subscription series. Entitled LP to CD, the series will feature soundtrack albums culled from Varèse Sarabande’s vinyl vault ... -
Raneri Signs with Hopeless Records
Anthony Raneri, the vocalist and guitarist for punk band Bayside, has announced that he has signed a deal with Hopeless Records and will be releasing ... -
Album Review: Boz Scaggs - "A Fool to Care" (9/10)
Nearly 40 years after his Silk Degrees heyday, Scaggs remains a vital interpretive link to classic American music forms, from rock and R&B to jazz, ... -
Producer Crosstalk: The Title Trackers
The members of Los Angeles-based the Title Trackers––David Tokaji, Russell Wiener, Andy Hill (all possess a production background)—have years of experience with bands. In 2006, ... -
Album Review: Sufjan Stevens - "Carrie & Lowell" (9/10)
Sufjan Stevens began by releasing five albums in five years. It’s taken him 10 years to issue his sixth and seventh—a telltale sign of maturity. ... -
Album: Earl Sweatshirt - "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside"
Kendrick Lamar tweeted that Earl Sweatshirt is his favorite rapper. It makes sense––both are L.A. rappers nearing career peaks. While Lamar channels this momentum into ... -
Faith No More Return After 18 Years
The month of May brings exciting news to Faith No More fans. Since the band’s comeback in 2009 with a European tour they have been ... -
Album Review: Cash Box Kings - Holding Court (8/10)
The Oscar Wilson/Joe Nosek-led blues band continue to move forward with their vintage ‘50s-flavored Chicago sound. All the touchstones of love, money and good times are ... -
Tove Lo is Queen of the Clouds
Penning lyrics about observing strangers in sex clubs, taking drugs and throwing up in the bathtub, Swedish artist Tove Lo is not one to censor ... -
Album Review: Morgoth - Ungod (7/10)
Following At the Gates’ 2014 first studio LP in 19 years, fellow European death-metallers Morgoth follow suit with a new record that’s the same number ... -
BABYMETAL Signs with RAL/Sony Music
BABYMETAL--the Japan-based all-girl-fronted “Kawaii Metal” (mix of J-Pop Idol and Heavy Metal) group--has signed with RAL/Sony Music Entertainment for the U.S. release of their 2014 ... -
Album Review: AWOLNATION - RUN (9/10)
The quintessential hipster, alt-pop electronic rockers have unleashed another bundle of luscious, uncommon compositions marked by preternaturally memorable lyrics. A pair of extraneous answering machine ... -
Album Review: The Sweetwater Hillbillies - On the Road (8/10)
This funky, playful and rambunctious all-star group of songwriters and first-call sidemen (guitarist Travis Wammack, fiddler Donny Carpenter, pianist S.E. Willis and singer/ multi-instrumentalist Shane ... -
Album: Swami John Reis,the Blind Shake - Modern Surf Classics
Score: 9 out of 10 Guitarmeister John Reis (Rocket From The Crypt and Drive Like Jehu) reinvents himself with an amazing set of surf-rockers. Ably ... -
Hollis Brown Signs with Jullian Records
Hollis Brown has signed with independent label Jullian Records for the release of 3 Shots available May 5, featuring a Bo Diddley collaboration “Rain Dance” ... -
Album Review: Fritz Kalkbrenner - Ways Over Water (8/10)
Kalkbrenner’s new album is a tastefully created popish electronica soundscape. Even though the artist has hit critical mass in Europe, there are plenty of people ... -
Album Review: Vanilla Fudge - Spirit of '67 (7/10)
The year 1967 was pivotal for psychedelic rock. Playing tribute to that historical moment, Vanilla Fudge navigates genres, on time-tested hits bound together by the ... -
Music Connection "Top 25" Artist Signs Label Deal
Los Angeles-based folk/pop songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Alfa, is gearing up for a busy 2015, having just inked a record deal with Pacific Records. Alfa has ... -
Album Review: Smallpools - Lovetap! (9/10)
Indie pop band Smallpools debut with flying colors, delivering infectious, upbeat tunes that instill the desire to dance—perhaps with a bonfire on the beach or ... -
Album Review: The Dennis Dreith Band - Reunion (Score: 8/10)
Renowned as a motion picture composer, arranger and conductor, and an influential advocate for musicians’ rights, Dreith––true to the title of this high energy, bold and brassy jazz ensemble ...
