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Friday Album Reviews | Seven New Records You Need To Know

As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrows Verse brings you our top picks for the week. Here are our favorite records from March 16.By: Alex WoodThe Dean Ween Group rock2Deaner is back and as brown as ever. The Ween guitarist released his sophomore record with the Dean Ween Group, aptly titled rock2, and its...

FESTIVAL WATCH | West Fest

West Fest July 7-9 Headliners To WatchESG Formed in 1978, ESG has been a massively influential band on the music scene, combining elements of funk, hip-hop, electronic music, world music and more into an energetic and eclectic style of music. The band will certainly offer an enticing show to watch at West Fest.Speedy Ortiz...

Album Reviews | April 2017 Releases

By: Alex WoodThe biggest month for music yet this year, our capsule reviews for April combine 31 excellent releases that should be on any music fan's radar. Father John Misty- Pure Comedy [4/7]With Pure Comedy, Father John Misty continues to be one of the most clever, brilliant songwriters in modern times. Its immediately less accessible...

VIDEO | Kamasi Washington @ Pitchfork 7/15/16

We've already told you about the amazing aftershow that Kamasi and his crew played post-Pitchfork.Now a beautiful, pro-shot video has been offered of "The Rythmn Changes" from his festival set via the Pitchfork YouTube channel.Check it out and see exactly why we think Washington is one of the most exciting...

Album Reviews | April 2016 Releases

Andrew Bird- Are You Serious [4/1]After a series of folk releases and experimental instrumentals, Are You Serious finds Andrew Bird going back to his older sound, but with a flare of accessibility that never existed prior. With a heavy emphasis on a percussion section of drums and bass within the production, the album strikes as...

Beyondify: Superstars, New Psych, Americana & Locals

Beyondify is our periodic feature which features new music before it hits Spotfiy. There's a number of things to share in this edition, so I've decided to divide into fourdistinct segments: superstars, psychedelic, Americana and local bands.1. SuperstarsThe stars don't get bigger than Paul Simon. I was pretty surprised that when I first discovered this...

Six Tracks That Foretell Great Things For 2016

Here at TBP, the majority of our new music discoveryhappens via Spotify these days... but the service doesn't always tell the whole story. Many bands will take to YouTube, Soundcloud or other services/channels to "leak" new tracks into the world... and for those, well you just have to pay attention.Luckily we're keeping our...

Review / Photos: Woods & Quilt @ Subterranean 5/7/14

Words / Photos: Alex WoodWoods headlining show at the Subterranean was a sort of psychedelic extravaganza, a night full of flangers, phasers, reverb and guitar effects.Local opener Bike Cop sounded as many young psych bands do, using barre-chords to churn out simplistic garage-rock riffs, songs stretching out horizontally for minutes without changing.The four-piece played...

These Are Your Jams, Volume Five

This is the fifth edition of the The Barns These Are Your Jams series -- a compilation of the best music that I've been turned on to via the This Is My Jam social music sharing network. To see what this is all about,check out Volume One,Volume Two, Volume Threeor Volume Fourand for...

These Are My Jams, Volume Four

This is the fourth edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams, check out Volume Two and Volume Three.1. I admit to doing a double take when I first heard the chorus to Rubblebucket's "Came Out Of...