With his prized King hollow-body electric guitar in tow, veteran roots rocker Jesse Dayton presents his new Shooter Jennings-produced album, “The Hard Way Blues” (Blue Élan Records, 2024), at 191 Toole on Wednesday, June 12….
Separated by continents and a head-spinning 17-hour time difference, I found Kid Congo Powers in Melbourne, Australia, at the time of this interview. “We just played the first show of our tour here last night,”…
Through a combination of rare photographs, gig flyers, oral history and prose, “Toxic Shock Records: Assassin of Mediocrity, A Story of Love, Loss and Loud Music” chronicles the life of Bill Sassenberger and Julianna Towns,…
Whether it’s the lilting strains of a classic folk song or the pounding of three-chord punk rock — or the omnipresent U2 — the music of the small island of Ireland has influenced artists throughout…
In Spanish, the band’s name refers to a busybody whose slander is typically untrue. For those not in the know, Lenguas Largas are a badass, genre-crossing amalgamation delivered with a punk rock sneer. In mid-March,…
Emerging from the garage during the early months of 2023, brandishing guitars like jackknives, embracing the “fiery sadness called desire” that Patti Smith spoke of coupled with the verve and free-spiritedness exemplified in the “Queen…