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)

Earl Hackney, the eldest of the Hackney brothers known as DEATH - has passed away.

A message from Bobby Hackney:

We ask for prayers for the entire Hackney family as our beloved brother and elder Earl quietly joined our Lord in Paradise as he was sleeping early Saturday morning. May our loss and Heaven’s gain be a blessing to our family and all who have met, seen, and have known our beloved brother Earl’s joy and laughter.