The Beths: Auckland, New Zealand, 2020 [Album Review]
The BethsAuckland, New Zealand, 2020Carpark Records [2021] Power pop/rock band The Beths are easily the best thing to come out of New Zealand since Crowded … Read more
JOHN – “Stadium Of No”
JOHN—the post-hardcore London duo of John Newton (drums, lead vocals) and Johnny Healey (guitar, backing vocals)—today released “Stadium of No,” the final track off their … Read more
José González: Local Valley [Album Review]
José GonzálezLocal ValleyCity Slang/Mute Records [2021] Swedish folk singer/songwriter and guitarist, José González brings his unique finger picking approach and take on world music to … Read more
Chime School – “It’s True” [Video]
Chime School are sharing their new upbeat & jangly “It’s True” single/video. Chime School is due on 11/5 via Slumberland Records. Chime School is the … Read more
Premiere Fire Track: Pretty Embers – “Inside”
The Fire Note is excited to debut some new music for you today out of Nashville, Tennessee. Pretty Embers originally hails from Birmingham, Alabama, but … Read more
Courtney Barnett – “Write A List Of Things To Look Forward To” [Video]
Courtney Barnett has released “Write A List Of Things To Look Foward To” off her upcoming album Things Take Time, Take Time which drops November … Read more
The Ophelias: Crocus [Album Review]
The Ophelias CrocusJoyful Noise Recordings [2021] The Ophelias, an indie folk/rock quartet which got their start in Cincinnati, return with a third studio album, Crocus. … Read more
IDLES – “The Beachland Ballroom” [Video]
IDLES have announced the Nov. 12 Partisan Records release of CRAWLER, the U.K. group’s fourth album in as many years and the follow-up to their … Read more
Heartless Bastards: A Beautiful Life [Album Review]
Heartless BastardsA Beautiful LifeSweet Unknown Records/Thirty Tigers [2021] Since Heartless Bastards’ debut, Stairs And Elevators, was released in 2005, lead singer founder Erika Wennerstrom’s voice … Read more
Velvet Starlings – “She Said (She Said)” [Video]
Velvet Starlings – the 60s infused garage rock ‘n’ roll band hailing from Los Angeles and the beach cities of Southern California – will release … Read more
Jeff Elbel + Ping: The Threefinger Opera [Album Review]
Jeff Elbel + Ping The Threefinger OperaMarathon Records [2021] When life gives you lemons, the crafty among us make limoncello, the saying goes. If you … Read more
Andy Shauf – “Jaywalker” [Video]
Andy Shauf surprised announced his new album Wilds, last week which was out Friday, September 24th (digitally)/November 19th (physically) via ANTI-. The record offers a peek into … Read more
Motorists: Surrounded [Album Review]
MotoristsSurroundedBobo Integral/We Are Time/Debt Offensive Records [2021] Toronto based Motorists have released one of the more interesting debuts I have heard this year. Surrounded covers … Read more
Radiohead – “If You Say The Word” [Video]
Radiohead have revealed the brand-new video for their recently released single “If You Say The Word.” The video is directed by Norwegian director Kasper Häggström … Read more
Son Volt: Electro Melodier Tour [Concert Review]
Son Volt: Ludlow Garage; Cincinnati, OH; Saturday, September 18, 2021 As someone who lived in St. Louis from late ’83 thru the middle of ’08 and … Read more
Cyan: For King And Country [Album Review]
CyanFor King And CountryTiger Moth Records [2021] Back before Prog made a comeback, before Welsh keyboardist Rob Reed formed Magenta, he dreamed of being in … Read more
Ben LaMar Gay – “Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks on You (feat. Ohmme)” [Video]
Composer, singer and instrumental polymath Ben LaMar Gay has announced the release of his new album Open Arms to Open Us, out November 19th on … Read more
Fire Track: Man Or Astro-Man? – “Space 1991”
Space 1991 by Man or Astro-Man? Iconic indie rock vets Man or Astro-Man? have made their return with a brand new three-track EP entitled Space 1991 / Tenth Planet via … Read more
Mild High Club: Going Going Gone [Album Review]
Mild High ClubGoing Going GoneStones Throw Records [2021] When we last saw the moniker Mild High Club it was paired with none other than King … Read more
Fire Track: Aeon Station – “Queens”
I think the saying is “onwards and upwards” which I think is a good quote to use for the new Aeon Station track “Queens.” Aeon … Read more
Springtime: Springtime (Red Wax | 500 Copies)
Springtime’s self-titled debut consists of Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm / The Drones), Jim White (Dirty Three / Xylouris White) and Chris Abrahams (The Necks). … Read more
Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill 25th Anniversary Tour” [Concert Review]
Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill 25th Anniversary Tour”, w/ Garbage, and Cat Power: Riverbend Music Center; Cincinnati, OH; Wednesday September 15, 2021 When Alanis Morissette … Read more
High Pony: All We Did Was Dream [Album Review]
High PonyAll We Did Was DreamSuper Wimpy Punch Records [2021] It won’t take you long into High Pony’s excellent third LP, All We Did Was … Read more
Yes: The Quest [Album Review]
YesThe QuestInside Out Music [2021] Love them. Hate them. There are few bands that generate the kind of emotions from audiences that Yes can. They … Read more
Sei Still – “Extrarradio” [Video]
Ahead of their first UK tour-dates kicking off this month, Mexican five-piece Sei Still have announced their second album El Refugio and have shared the … Read more