Larry Goldings and John Sneider present Chinwag

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT

Thirty years of friendship has resulted in the first duo album from Grammyยฎ-nominated pianist Larry Goldings and trumpeter John Sneider.

๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜จ explores the classic American repertoire (Eubie Blake, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thelonious Monk) via free improvisation and spontaneous composition.

More info and music at this link. Click for your life!

Azalia Snail will release POWERLOVER in April

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT

It is quite an honor to work with a legend!

I first encountered AZALiA SNAiL half a lifetime ago when Sub Pop released her "Staying Inside/Supposing Song" 7-inch in 1994.

On April 5, AZALiA will release her 15th album, the all-instrumental concept record ๐˜—๐˜–๐˜ž๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜“๐˜–๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜™, via Cloud Recordings (Circulatory System, Tall Dwarfs).

Hear the first single "Zap You of That Hate" (feat. Alan Sparhawk of Low) now.

New Noise shares the "firebrand punk rock fury" of Gina Volpe's new single

TRACK PREMIERE

The title track from the debut solo album by Gina Volpe (founding member of NYC's Lunachicks) is here now. Hear "Delete The World" over at New Noise! The mag says the track โ€œfuses a nostalgic-sounding late 90s/early 2000s hard rock sound brushing along the pop spectrum in part to Volpeโ€™s trademark crunching riffs over her melodic vocals.โ€

Click for your life, and pre-save the album here before its release this Friday, February 23.

Gina Volpe to release debut solo album

NEWS

Gina Volpe โ€” founding member of NYC punk rock legends Lunachicks โ€” will release her debut solo album ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ on February 23!

DOC NYC premiered the documentary โ€œPretty Ugly: The Story of the Lunachicksโ€ featuring members of Blondie, The Offspring, and L7 late last year.

Get the details โ€” click for your life!

The Spill previews the new EP from Alberta & The Dead Eyes, out Friday 12/22, with the premiere of "Bundled Up Blues"

News

This percussive piano playing by Dave Boone (he's on drums, too) is what first got me hooked on his band Alberta & The Dead Eyes. Not tagged, because not on socials. Don't you wish you chose that path?!

Thanks to The Spill Magazine for this premiere of "Bundled Up Blues" from the ๐˜Ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜บ EP, out this Friday. You will dig this jam. Click for your lifeโ€ฆ and pre-save here!

Lonesome Highway reviews Dan Bern's remastered New American Language, part of a long career that "has stood the test of time"

ALBUM REVIEW

"Like meeting an old friend again after many years," says Lonesome Highway about the upcoming remastered reissue of Dan Bern's 2001 masterpiece ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

The remastered version of Dan's controversial classic "God Said No" will be available on all streamers this Friday, December 22. Pre-save that here.

Pre-order album bundles are available now, via Grand Phony, here.