Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. This month, SPIN has […]
Jay Buchanan is a lover, not a fighter. If you spend some time listening to the soul-stirring songs he’s made with blues rock band Rival Sons, you’ll find a window into his heart. The blistering “Electric Man” comes off like a love letter to the very craft of rock ‘n roll while “Shooting Stars” (recently […]
Paul Hennessy didn’t set out to overwhelm listeners. What he built with The Cost Of The Escape was something closer to an architectural feat than a stunt: twelve albums, 144 songs, released simultaneously, each piece designed to support the weight of the whole. At the core of the project is a songwriter’s instinct rather than […]
If you’ve bought concert tickets anytime in the last few years, you know the drill. You log on early, often taking time off from work mid-weekday to get in a digital line. You refresh obsessively. And more times than not, you watch decent seats vanish in real time. Minutes later you see tickets for your […]