Magic Castles Interview: Jason Edmonds on ‘Realized’ and the Minneapolis Psych Underground
Magic Castles’ new album 'Realized' marks another step in Jason Edmonds’ long-running psychedelic project, now released through Fuzz Club after years of work with A Recordings. The record...
The Overbrook Express: An Untold Story from the ’60s Bay Area Underground
The Overbrook Express came together in April 1966, just as the Bay Area scene was still taking shape. The group was assembled by manager Bill Lawrence, who connected...
Steve Bardwil Band Interview: From ‘Something With You’ to ‘Scarecrow Dreams’
Since this interview was conducted, Steve Bardwil Band have released their latest single and video, 'Scarecrow Dreams'. The conversation below, however, took place around the release of 'Something...
Utopia PKWY Share Debut Single ‘I Knew You Would Be Trouble’
John Beckmann, known for his work with The Mortal Prophets, has announced a new project, Utopia PKWY, and shared the first single, ‘I Knew You Would Be Trouble’....
Denise Glover Shares New Single ‘Precarity’ From ‘Mercy In This Land’
Seattle-based Americana artist Denise Glover has shared ‘Precarity’, the new single from her forthcoming fourth album ‘Mercy In This Land’. Glover comes to songwriting with a rather particular...
Babes in Canyon Interview: From Blackout to ‘Echo’
Babes in Canyon’s 2025 debut album 'The New Loud' introduced the Seattle duo of Nathan and Sophia Hamer as artists deeply attuned to atmosphere, harmony and place. The...
Steven Bernstein Interview: The Trumpeter Rebuilds His Sound on ‘ResoNation Trio’ and ‘Ultra Resonance’
Steven Bernstein’s new double album, 'ResoNation Trio' and 'Ultra Resonance', brings together two very different sides of the same music. One is acoustic, spare and direct. The other...
Toy Factory Project: The Marshall Tucker Band Songbook Breathes Again
Toy Factory Project centres on Paul T. Riddle, the Marshall Tucker Band’s original drummer and co-founder, joined by Marcus King, Oteil Burbridge, Charlie Starr and Josh Shilling to...
The Action: Ottawa’s First Punk Band and the EP That Should Have Been an Album
The Action came out of Ottawa in 1976, which was not exactly London, New York, or Toronto. Ted Axe remembers the city as sleepy, dull and restrictive, a...
Paweł Nawara’s ‘A Record Guide: Rock Behind the Iron Curtain’ Redraws the Map of Czechoslovak Rock
Paweł Nawara’s 'A Record Guide: Rock Behind the Iron Curtain, Volume 1, Czechoslovakia 1964-1979' is, if you like, the sort of book that comes from a great deal...