Some albums arrive on the scene with fireworks and a tagline. REDEMPTION enters the chat by saying the thing that was never said out loud. Karey Lee Woolsey, a singer-songwriter releasing music under the name Karey Lee, released the record on January 2. The entry point is plain: these songs come from lived time. Marketing […]
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. This month, SPIN has […]
Bruce Hornsby welcomes the late Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Blake Mills on his new album, Indigo Park, which will arrive April 3 from Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers. The 10-track set was produced by Hornsby with Tony Berg and Will Maclellan is led by its groovy, nostalgic title track, which can be […]
Jay Buchanan is a lover, not a fighter. If you spend some time listening to the soul-stirring songs he’s made with blues rock band Rival Sons, you’ll find a window into his heart. The blistering “Electric Man” comes off like a love letter to the very craft of rock ‘n roll while “Shooting Stars” (recently […]
Musician/actor/Travis Scott collaborator Dua Saleh gets a lift from Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on several songs pegged for their new album, Of Earth & Wires, which will be released May 15 on Ghostly International. “Flood” and “Glow” are out now and can be sampled below, while Vernon appears on the yet-to-be-revealed track “Keep Away.” Of […]
Mitski will celebrate her upcoming Dead Oceans album Nothingʼs About To Happen To Me with spring and summer tour dates, many of which are part of multi-night runs in cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Sydney. The artist has also released a second single from the Feb. 27 LP, “I’ll Change for You,” […]
Paul Hennessy didn’t set out to overwhelm listeners. What he built with The Cost Of The Escape was something closer to an architectural feat than a stunt: twelve albums, 144 songs, released simultaneously, each piece designed to support the weight of the whole. At the core of the project is a songwriter’s instinct rather than […]
If you’ve bought concert tickets anytime in the last few years, you know the drill. You log on early, often taking time off from work mid-weekday to get in a digital line. You refresh obsessively. And more times than not, you watch decent seats vanish in real time. Minutes later you see tickets for your […]
Lorde, Kesha and Wet Leg will assemble for the Toronto edition of the All Things Go festival, which will be held June 6-7 at RBC Amphitheatre. The event, which will also take place in Washington, D.C. and New York in September, has been humorously dubbed “All Things Gay” and “Gay-chella” due to the makeup of […]
American Football has announced an extensive 2026 world tour that is expected to come in support of the influential Midwestern band’s fourth album, which has been teased on social media but not yet officially confirmed. Dates begin May 15 in Denver and wrap up Aug. 16 in Minneapolis. Support acts for the run include Mei […]