15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (361+ words) Likewise, Scarlet Rivera’s violin has never sounded more mournful than on “Oh, Sister,” particularly as it’s set against a background of some out-of-tune electric guitars from T-Bone Burnette, Steven Soles, and David Mansfield (the future Alpha Band of a triad…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (308+ words) Self-motivated as R.E.M. was from the very outset of their career, it is hardly coincidental that the iconoclastic Georgians released their most creatively ambitious work only after leaving the independent IRS Records in 1988 for the major label Warner Brothers. Or that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (233+ words) LISTEN: FKJ’s “I Want U” Features Blistering Vocal from Eryn Allen Kane Glide Magazine LISTEN: FKJ’s “I Want U” Features Blistering Vocal from Eryn Allen Kane Vincent Fenton is FKJ (French Kiwi Juice), a platinum-selling multi-instrumentalist from France. Sporting a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (179+ words) Glide Magazine Weirdo Wednesday: Billy Preston Proves “Nothing from Nothing” Leaves One Killer Groove Billy Preston, who would have turned 80 today (September 2), was clearly wired a little differently than most musicians. He rarely hid that enormous grin, and his fabulous…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (167+ words) “I finished eleven songs in October of twenty twenty five,” wrote Snider in an email to producer/engineer and longtime friend Joe Bisirri. “Save this.” “Todd had an amazing knack for knowing where he wanted to go next musically,” stated…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (378+ words) Glide Magazine SONG PREMIERE: Kyle Kimbrell Serves Up Literary Nods and Scorching Alt-country with “Paperbacks” Birmingham, Alabama singer-songwriter Kyle Kimbrell writes songs that feel inseparable from the landscape that produced them. Drawing from country, Americana, rock, and blues, Kimbrell approaches…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (190+ words) Queens of the Stone Age has announced that the band’s ninth album, Perfecth, is due Oct. 30 from Matador Records. The album announcement is accompanied by a Chapman Baehler-directed video (below) starring Big Chongus as the embodiment of “perfecth.” Joined by…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (318+ words) With the release of his first-ever live album, Daniel Donato is experiencing a genuine full-circle moment. The end result of that historic day is Ryman to Robert’s, a mammoth-sized live album covering the entirety of the latter two of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (439+ words) Dinosaur Jr. Turn Up the Fuzz & Feel the Pain On ‘There Near’ (ALBUM REVIEW) Glide Magazine Dinosaur Jr. Turn Up the Fuzz & Feel the Pain On ‘There Near’ (ALBUM REVIEW) The consistently great Dinosaur Jr. has released another solid slice…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (165+ words) Glide Magazine Happy 75th Birthday Rob Halford of Judas Priest (Watch "Diamonds and Rust" Live 1982) Happy 75th birthday today to Rob Halford of Judas Priest (born August 25, 1951). The iconic leather-clad vocalist is a true trailblazer, a supreme vocalist, and an artist who…...