High Road Touring

[FLOOD Magazine] The New York trio’s first self-produced album has a smooth, consistent, quietly confident sound quality that reflects the elegance that’s always been at their core. By Kurt Orzeck Sunflower BeanMortal PrimetimeLUCKY NUMBER Has the shoegaze craze got you down? Try Sunflower Bean on for size. With a soft and fuzzy post-stoner-rock sound that can’t be ...

[KCRW] Written by Marion Hodges Beth Gibbons’ sonic accomplishments alongside Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley, and Andy Smith with their band Portishead established her as a defining voice among her 1990s cohort of alt-rock landscape-shifters. Classics like “Sour Times,” “Glory Box,” and “Only You” are equal parts sultry and scary; bracingly fresh electro-noir singles ready to ...

[Rolling Stone] One of America’s greatest living songwriters previews his first album in four years with the release of the title track, inspired by his father, Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry By David Browne Talking about his forthcoming album, his first in four years, James McMurtry is as no-nonsense as his songs. “It happened like all my records happened,” he ...

[Exclaim!] The Horseshoe Tavern, April 9 BY Josh Korngut Nova Scotia’s Goldie Boutilier set the Horseshoe Tavern ablaze last night, with her first-ever sold-out show right here in Toronto marking the arrival of an indie icon. And she’s no stranger to reinvention: previously known by monikers like Goldilox, the singer-songwriter has spent years shapeshifting through various styles and ...

[The Guardian] Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life Patti Smith has written a memoir that her publishers are describing as her “most intimate and visionary work” yet, which is due out this autumn. Bread of Angels will ...