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Cover: Lyra Howell Open Dream, the new album from singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Wes McClintock, took two years to make. McClintock explains, “This is the album I’ve always wanted to create. It evolved out of…

Las Vegas funk/lo-fi outfit Bad Sneakers recently released their new album, Tanooki Suit, a nine-track conceptual collection of innovative songs. According to Bad Sneakers, “This album is inspired by the tenets of the Satanic Temple,…

Los Angeles native and electric bass player Nick Campbell Destroys recently released his new single, “Fancy Jeans,” featuring Jacob Luttrell, a track from his forthcoming debut album, Art. Art, set to release in 2022, is…

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT has built a legacy of experimentalism and glorification of pop-culture trash, and their 1991 WAX TRAX! RECORDS released SEXPLOSION encapsulates all of that gawdy, industrial madness, with the hit single “Sex on Wheelz”…

Songwriter and producer Mr. Grossman, aka Mark Grossman, teams up with singer-songwriter Patrick Ames on the new single, “F.W.I.W.,” a song inspired by the January 6, 2021 riots and attempted coup. Mr. Grossman contributes prog…

New York-based power trio Alpha Venturi introduces their self-titled debut album. Formed in 2020, Alpha Venturi is the brainchild of Sean Quinn Hanley (guitar), and Tyler Stackhouse (drums). Along with touring bassist Edward Rojas, Alpha…

West Virginia-based guitarist Spencer Elliott will drop his new album, SE3, on April 8, via CandyRat Records. Along with Sean Sydnor on bass, and Christ Hudson on drums, Elliott displays his dazzling fingerstyle technique on…

Detroit-based soul-funk outfit Disaster Relief recently released their second album, Back Into It, a collection of songs rife with old school funk, wah-wah guitars, and dazzling brass. Made up of Brennan Andes (bass), Rob Avsharian…

Disaster Relief and Thornetta Davis – “Queen of the Blues” – recently released two brand-new songs, “How I Feel” and “Not So Scared of You,” via Ravine Records. Put together in 2018 by Darrin James,…

The Chris Ruben Band recently dropped their brand-new LP, Madness on Repeat, a collection of songs about feeling out of control amid the chaotic churning of life. Explaining, the band says, “‘Madness on Repeat’ is…