ARTIST PROFILES

What is it about Oxford, UK that births so many interesting musical talents? Formed in 2018, Mandrake Handshake is a nine-piece...

Put on your dancing shoes! The latest release from English house-master Simon Martin (who works under The Shapeshifters moniker), Let...

La Femme is a French group that is known for psychedelic surf punk/pop (with some techno tossed around for good measure when that’s how...

Brant Bjork formed his first band with his high school buddies, a group that would later become desert/stoner rock legend, Kyuss. He left...

Ready for some Belgian metal? Brutus is back with its third studio album, Unison Life. Members of the group played in various bands in...

Nashville’s All Them Witches formed in 2012 when Drummer Robby Staebler relocated from Portland, OR with little more than a dream to...

Singer Ian Astbury formed Southern Death Cult, a post-punk/goth band, in the early 80s releasing one eponymous album in 1983 on the indie...

Singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin looks to her roots on her latest, Jersey Girl. Her first album since 2015 (not including a children’s...

On the heels of last year’s compilation of early works, Watch Over Me, Illinois native Lissie has released her fifth studio album,...

Tyler Bryant formed the Shakedown with Caleb Crosby and Calvin Webster not long after he relocated to Nashville from his home in Paris,...

King Buffalo is a heavy psych band headquartered in Rochester, NY comprised of Sean McVay on guitar and vocals, Dan Reynolds on bass,...

The legendary “mother of Calypso,” Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis, a.k.a. Calypso Rose, is back with Forever. The 82-year-old singer...

New music releases continue to reflect the trials, tribulations, and traumas of the pandemic, with many artists taking the time away from...

Greg Loiacono steps out from The Mother Hips, his band of 30-plus years, for the third time on his latest solo recording, Giving It All...

This four-piece alt-rock band from Oxford, UK has earned some comparisons to the city's most famous band, and while you can hear the...

Gabbie Hanna has already had an interesting and tumultuous career. She got her start as a Vine star and YouTube phenomenon. She’s...

The Heavy Heavy make “a reverb-drenched collision of psychedelia and blues, acid rock and sunshine pop” to cite the band’s own words. The...

Taking leave of Gym Class Heroes, the rock-rap group he co-founded in high school (1997) and taking stock in himself, Travie McCoy has...

Party Dozen is an explosive Australian duo that creates an almost inconceivable sound since it’s coming from only two people. Kirsty...

Greg Puciato has had a long career in metal, fronting the Dillinger Escape Plan, the Black Queen, and Killer Be Killed. His second solo...