Benjy Eisen on May 29, 2026
Trey Anastasio Live and Acoustic may have only been recorded last year, but it was years in the making. While steadily outputting blue-ribbon tunes for Phish’s catalog (“What’s Going Through Your Mind”) and for his namesake band (“All Pretending”), Anastasio has simultaneously been accumulating a quieter, more song-oriented cache to fortify his episodic acoustic tours […]
Rudi Greenberg on May 22, 2026
Flea has been working toward his debut solo record his entire life. Before he learned to play bass and joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea’s first musical fixation was the trumpet. He learned to love jazz from his stepfather, a musician who hosted jams at their home. Now 63, Flea has embraced his roots […]
Ryan Reed on May 15, 2026
Over a quarter-century deep, it would be easy—and potentially lucrative—for The New Pornographers to enter “churn ‘em out” mode, constantly repackaging the elliptical power-pop that fueled their breakout LPs. But to his eternal credit, A.C. Newman is too crafty a songwriter, too much of a tinkerer, to adopt that mindset. Across the band’s catalog, he’s […]
