On Blitzen Trapper’s new album Holy Smokes Future Jokes, Eric Early explores the teachings of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, extinction, and grants true “rock n’ roll immortality” to Billie Jean, in an album that seems eerily related to our current global crises despite most of the songs having been written over a year and a half ago. (more…)
On his first solo record in over a decade, Thad Cockrell builds from the alt country of his early career and power pop of recent project Leagues to create the genre-bending If In Case You Feel The Same. For Cockrell, this new step in his career is a combination of his past work and inspiration from the music that has surrounded him his whole life. (more…)
In October, Dawes will release their seventh studio album, Good Luck With Whatever. Guitarist and vocalist Taylor Goldsmith explains how recording in the legendary RCA Studio A in Nashville with producer Dave Cobb helped him to step it up on this new record. (more…)
For his upcoming fifth album, Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow is taking a radically different approach to making music, and this should come as no surprise. “I don’t like sitting still,” he says. “Everyone that’s followed my career musically knows that I never sit still.” The album is his first project after signing to a new, bigger music label, which turned his usual creative process on its head. (more…)
You may not recognize the name Butch Vig, but everyone is familiar with his work. Vig produced iconic 90s albums such as Nirvana’s Nevermind and The Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream. He also started the band Garbage, which released a string of singles in the mid-90s such as “Stupid Girl” and “Only Happy When it Rains.” Their debut album sold over 4 million copies and went double platinum in the UK. (more…)
Sondre Lerche’s newest album is appropriately titled Patience, reflecting his diligence in producing it, as well as his plea to fans who have been eagerly awaiting the new album. Lerche worked on this record for the past seven years, but the wait has been worth it as Lerche creates a lush, expansive world on this intricate new collection. (more…)
Following the release of last year’s Absolute Zero, legendary songwriter Bruce Hornsby returns with another record, called Non-Secure Connection, coming August 14. In working with director Spike Lee on writing musical cues for his movies for 11 years, Hornsby found that he had leftover material that was just begging to be made into songs. (more…)
Washed Out, the project of Georgia singer/songwriter/producer Ernest Greene, performs live from home in Atlanta exclusively for WNRN. Check out the band of the band performing two songs from the forthcoming album Purple Noon due out August 7th on Sub Pop Records. After turns producing for other artists over the past few years, Greene brings bigger and bolder beats, slowed down tempos and luxurious dynamics inspired by the Mediterranean coastline and the area’s distinct island culture. Watch the band lay down hypnotic performances of “Too Late” and “Time To Walk Away” below:
After the end of a nine-year-long relationship, one that had spanned nearly her entire adult life, Courtney Marie Andrews channeled raw emotion into ten immaculate portraits of a woman grieving lost love and tentatively embracing hope on her latest album Old Flowers. (more…)
A soulful singer-songwriter who built his reputation with live performances in Nashville, Devon Gilfillian released his debut full-length album Black Hole Rainbow in January. The album comes after signing a deal with Capitol Records following the success of his self-released EP in 2016, and a theme of triumph over obstacles is present throughout. (more…)
