Silk Robe, Garden Flowers by Joe Bourdet Sitting here in my silk (well, polyester but silky-feeling) robe, I couldn’t be more thrilled to share new music from Joe Bourdet. His 2021 solo debut Meadow Rock remains an all-time favorite. Where many have tried, few have succeeded as vociferously as Bourdet to capture the essence of early 70s canyon country rock- both in sound, vibes and technologically. “Silk Robe, Garden Flowers” continues that trajectory, a Topanga haze continuing Bourdet’s endless Californiana sonic journey. The song is co-written with Alana Amram, who also co-wrote “Lost Along the Way” from Meadow Rock. The…

Freeway Junkie Queen by Kareeta California country rock is back in a big way with the release of Kareeta’s second LP, Freeway Junkie Queen, out tomorrow, July 7th via North Shore. Produced by Greg Loiacono and recorded at Dave Schools’s Spacecamp studio, Schools joins the band on bass, with founding members Chuck Harris on vocals, Jon Siembieda, Aaron Barnes, and Loiacono on guitar, and Brian Lara on drums, along with Jerry Joseph, Brent Brandon, Jason Reed, and Hannah Radley. Freaks’ ears will perk up when hearing the opening lyrics of “Remember the Girl,” followed by the driving guitar work of the…

Thrilled to hear news of a new Luke Schneider album and just as thrilled to learn that the best psych label, Centripetal Force, is partnering with Third Man for its release. Luke’s otherworldly pedal steel meditations are revolutionary and I cannot wait to walk around and listen to It Is Solved By Walking and receive his revelations. It Is Solved By Walking by Luke Schneider Most folks likely associate the latin word ‘Gloria’ as a religious term of praise and adulation, bestowed upon deities and righteous or accomplished mortals. For me, it has always been an apt word to describe…

I knew this year for music was going to be exceptionally excellent before I even opened my inbox to my delight and screams at the news of a new Gunn-Truscinski now-Trio, featuring Bill Nace. It’s no dang secret how much I love the duo and I am beyond thrilled to find a new activity to repeatedly listen to this on (2020’s Soundkeeper saw me riding up and down the now-defunct East River Park and across the Williamsburg bridge on the daily.) Anyway, I am beyond thrilled in a way that it’s rare for me to be even with such a…

Good morning, please enjoy this track from brother-sister duo kintsugi, aka Kessiah and Stephan Gordon, who created a beautiful album Life in Death honoring their mother, out July 14th. The lead single was written shortly after her death in 2019 and the pair began listening to music, and then writing together, as a means of processing their grief. The end result is an intimate, moving dialog that serves as a reminder that minimal production can also evoke and express the heaviest of emotions. Softly sweeping synth and strings, classical grand piano and conversational acoustic guitar nod to their ancestry, honoring…

On June 2nd, Centripetal Force Records will release the debut self-titled album from The Far Sound, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Rick Pedrosa (Abronia, Federale) A high lonesome meets Appalachia droning in every sense, zyls replete, a measured, raw drum-skin-filled reminiscent of Nathan Bowles meets The Howard Hughes Suite, totally out there and otherwordly and landing perfectly in Petal Motel world. The entire album is cinematic, enigmatic, and hypnotic. Although pedal steel takes center stage, as it often does, intoxicating synthesizers, luminescent banjo, and percussion weave a fine tapestry of sound, culminating in something completely unique and exotic- yet heimlich…

I’d heard whispers of something tremendous brewing at the foot of the Rockies and the news was indeed as earth shaking as I’d hoped – the announcement of Prairiewolf’s debut studio record, out May 5th on the best psychedelic label in the nation, Centripetal Force. A Rocky Mountain supergroup of sorts featuring Stefan Beck (aka Golden Brown) on guitar and lap steel, Tyler Wilcox (Aquarium Drunkard) on bass, and Jeremy Erwin (the Heat Warps blog) on keys, this album features signature elements of each member’s sensibilities and the result is pulsar-like in its otherworldly awesome splendor. Unsurprising to learn that…

Proud to share the latest single named after my favorite desert from my second favorite desert, Sonoran dweller decker.’s 8th studio album, Ouroborous, out June 9th via our beloved Royal Potato Family. In his most ambitious and most epic work to date, Brandon Decker brought 16 musicians together to record at EastWest Studios (formerly Cello Studios) in Los Angeles to record their parts live- NO overdubs- over a mind-spinning two days. Strings, choir, horns, and all the usual suspects create a spectral orchestra of wonder, the collaborative spirit that always equates to more than the sum of its parts. From…

So excited to share the first single from Danny Paul Grody’s upcoming album Arc of Day, out June 16th on Three Lobed Records. If you’re unfamiliar, Danny is an incredibly imaginative and intricate guitarist making sounds that are lighter than air. Grody’s newest mixes types of guitars and field recordings with Rich Douthit’s gentle percussion, Trevor Montgomery on bass, Jonathan Sielaff providing clarinet and bass clarinet, and Chuck Johnson on pedal steel. Pre-order Arc of Day on Bandcamp.