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(Lightning Rod)   www.lightningrodrecords.com   Up on my wall is a Jason Isbell poster from a brief acoustic tour he did in support of his solo debut Sirens of the Ditch, released more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Last year, Robert Plant covered two Low songs on his Band of Joy album. For some, such recognition from a rock colossus might be a career highpoint on whi more...

(Slumberland)   www.slumberlandrecords.com   Since 2009's release of their EP, Higher than the Stars, and their eponymous full length CD, the New York City quintet with the aching ly more...

(RCA)   www.rcamusicgroup.com   Poor Dave Grohl; he was screwed either way. With Nirvana over in '94, he could have either hooked up with another band and ridden the grunge train unt more...

(Superphonic)   www.superphonicrecords.net   The band dressed in black with dour dispositions and the moody, pop sound hails from.....Birmingham, Alabama?! Upon closer inspection it more...

(Columbia/Legacy)   www.columbiarecords.com     While libraries are filled with books about what's been gained from Dylan going electric, it's worth taking a couple minutes - ma more...

(MPress) www.mpressrecords.com   Seth Glier is nowhere near a household name, but given his ability to convey such affecting sentiments, he could just have easily titled his new album Th more...

(Blue Note)   www.bluenote.com   Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire is the next in a line of young jazz prodigies given the big push. If he was a rock or pop musician, we'd probably look a more...

(Spark & Shine) www.sparkandshine.com The scruffy riff that opens the Disciplines' second album situates the band instantly: Detroit, circa 1970. Grungy, retro and direct, Ken Stringfello more...

(Ninth Street Opus)   www.nightstreetopus.com   Careers can mimic long automobile trips, full of jogs, turns and detours until you hit just the right road, the one you know that y more...