Khruangbin – ‘Mordechai’ (album review)
After bouncing around for years, psychedelic-funk extraordinaires Khruangbin are ready to settle down on their funky, groovy, and superb third […]
Gordi – ‘Our Two Skins’ (album review)
Folktronica singer-songwriter Sophie Payten – a.k.a. Gordi – reveals strength through vulnerability on her revelatory and triumphant sophomore album, ‘Our […]
The Matinee ’20 June 29
The Matinee ’20 June 29 edition features new songs aimed at lifting our spirits or at the very least make […]
The Matinee ’20 June 26
The Matinee ’20 June 26 is the perfect weekend soundtrack. Nine songs are featured, and eight will get you up […]
The Matinee ’20 June 24
The Matinee ’20 June 24 edition is a soothing collection of nine outstanding songs. As always, multiple genres are featured, […]
The Artists Speak, Volume Three: Marvin Gaye
What would Marvin Gaye say if he was still alive to see millions of people stand in support of Black […]
The Matinee ’20 June 22
The Matinee ’20 June 22 features one masterful epic, intimate dazzlers, and face-melting rockers to start the work week. We’ve […]
The Matinee ’20 June 19
The Matinee ’20 June 19 is like a ’90s radio station, featuring guitar-driven music that channels multiple eras of the […]
The Matinee ’20 June 17
The Matinee ’20 June 17 edition is filled with brilliant stories that will lift your spirits, take you to imaginative […]
Team Picture – ‘The Menace of Mechanical Music’ (album review)
Team Picture’s debut album, ‘The Menace of Mechanical Music’, is a glorious, provocative spectacle that brilliantly articulates humanity’s gradual demise. […]
The Matinee ’20 June 15
The Matinee ’20 June 15 edition is a hodge-podge of new material. There are songs that are euphoric and others […]
The Matinee ’20 June 12
Around the globe we go to share some of the best new tunes on The Matinee ’20 June 12 edition. […]
Smoove & Turrell – “Elgin Towers” (video premiere)
These days we all view the world and its events electronically. Everything is documented on our mobile devices, from the […]
The Matinee ’20 June 10
The Matinee ’20 June 10 has 8 impressive new tracks to get you through this hump day. From haunting, serious, […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – ‘Sideways to New Italy’ (album review)
On their sophomore effort, ‘Sideways to New Italy’, Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever deliver a heartfelt and superbly relatable record […]
The Matinee ’20 June 8
For the past two weeks, the world’s attention has been rightfully focused on two things: racial injustice and the COVID-19 […]
The Matinee ’20 June 5
The Matinee ’20 June 5th edition features some songs that look back as well as forward. Marsicans – “These […]
Thrillhouse – “Ready When You Are” (single premiere)
In a year that most people cannot wait to end given all that has happened, 2020 has also introduced us […]
The Matinee ’20 June 4
These last ten days – heck, the first five-plus months of 2020 – have redefined what is “normal”, and we […]
Black Lives Matter playlist
The issues facing the world cannot be solved by a music blog. We have neither the wisdom, the words, nor […]