Like a cool breeze after the long, hot summer, Cory Hanson is blowing through town again with a new set of live dates for the UK and Europe this Autumn.

Like a mighty wind, new album I Love People comes from parts unknown, but you can check out what's in the air of his stellar songcraft 'n' rocking-out combo here, in the (slow)burning set he did for Seattle's KEXP.

Cory and his merry men have constructed a timeless still life... (read more)

One guitar, six strings, no overdubs, 7/8ths improvised, 1/8 composed: that's the terms for guitar o'erlord Sir Richard Bishop's new LP, Hillbilly Erotica! His next volume of inspired modal post-grass recitals, inherited recollections and new national anthems is out July 31; today, Sir Rick releases a new single/music video, "Back Forty Lashes."

"Back Forty Lashes" is a ferocious, trance-inducing piece; ‘splenetic’ is a good word for this kind of playing, but ‘music’ is a better one. Lovely lines of melody emerge like... (read more)

Ty Segall shifts into sharp metallic form on his new album, Chrome, to be released August 28. Pre-cleared for flight in full rock congress with his whole band in tow, Chrome is a death-defying dive into Ty’s surrealist worlds and dark apocalyptic passages, thumping in the monstrous vein of records like Slaughterhouse and Twins. Today, Ty releases the first single, “Black Paint,” with a new music video.

Ty opens “Black Paint” by crying out “There's no why my true love /... (read more)

Arriving right on time for its 20th anniversary (and a U.S. tour kicking off next week!), Faun Fables’ musical theater work The Transit Rider returns on August 28, 2026 in a lovely 2xLP vinyl release that dimensionally burnishes the bristling performances and elevated cabaret folk sounds of the original 2006 CD-only release. A new music video for “House Carpenter” is out today, featuring footage from the original stage show.

At once a work of theatre, allegory and autobiography, The Transit Rider is a... (read more)