Well, this sounds amazing. On May 10, the Anti- label — ever stalwart, ever true — will release The Road From Memphis, the new record from Booker T Jones, whose past work you may be somewhat familiar with. Here’s why this record could potentially be incredible. 1. It’s produced by ?uestlove, who is pretty much [...]

I’ve always had a soft spot for this band, I’m not gonna lie, but even I was kind of alarmed — in a good way — at how metal this first single is. Other bonuses: the album was produced by Butch Vig, and a few songs have Krist Novoselic on bass. Which, you know, is [...]

Hey! Look who it is! Fleet Foxes! Back to claim the smooth, soothing folk pastures that are rightly theirs, the Foxes return on May 3rd with their sophomore full-length, a record that finds them making a hard about-face and incorporating elements of rave, neo-Goth and Madchester into their sound. Just kidding! If the below title [...]

Though he’s occasionally broken through to achieve a level of national consciousness (like, for example, that 2003 Grammy win), Raphael Saadiq has mostly avoided the limelight since his early years in Tony! Toni! Toné!, instead racking up a string of impressive collaborators while going about the business of making consistently impressive, smoky throwback R&B records [...]

Chevaux Fous from m m on Vimeo. First things first: one of our favorite destinations to get the early word on breaking bands is the excellent blog Raven Sings the Blues. His taste is impeccable, and the sheer volume of great music he unearths on a daily basis is humbling. He’s also great at finding [...]