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1. The Strokes Tussle With ‘Reality’ On New LP

   The Strokes will return with their first album in six years this summer in the form of Reality Awaits, which the band announced on social media today (April 6).

2. Utah’s Krooked Kings Drop Their Protective Barrier

   Krooked Kings’ Oliver Martin sits in a nondescript room, wearing a shapeless, oversized sweatshirt and an unstructured cap. The space is devoid of character—the paint and décor indeterminate. I hope this isn’t where the Utah-based group created their latest album, In Another Life, as the setting is uninspired, to put it politely. But then I […]

3. Jeff Tweedy: ‘I Find Something Eternal About All Music’

   Jeff Tweedy is a restless and prolific songwriter. The Wilco leader is at it every day, sketching out ideas at home or on the road, even if he doesn’t always finish a song unless he has a looming project or deadline. After a show, he usually picks up a guitar to run through a work-in-progress, […]

4. These Companies Are Making It Possible for Fans to Own the Gear Behind the Music They Love

   In March of this year, David Gilmour’s “Black Strat” was auctioned at Christie’s for $14.55 million, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold. It was followed by Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” at $11.5 million and Kurt Cobain’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Fender Mustang at $6.9 million. In addition to instruments, that auction pulled in...

5. Wendy Eisenberg Unplugs and Taps In

   As the singer and guitarist of the power trio Editrix and a member of Squanderers and the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, Wendy Eisenberg ties and loosens knots of noise, balancing hard riffs, punchy rhythms, and abrasive improvisations. Eisenberg’s albums under their own name tend toward the more introspective, though no less experimental. 2024’s Viewfinder, a […]

6. THE INNOVATOR

   Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, born and raised outside Chicago by his Iraqi immigrant father and American mother, had a great epiphany about 20 years ago at jazz piano pioneer Cecil Taylor’s house. “It was 5.00 AM and the sun was coming up,” ElSaffar recounts. There was a grand piano in the living room, long-neglected, that Taylor […]

7. Kevin Koplar’s ‘To A Better Dark’ Turns One and Still Sounds Like a Dare

   One year after its release, To A Better Dark continues to stand as a debut album with a sense of confidence that invites the listener to meet it on its own terms.  Released March 28, 2025, Kevin Koplar’s full-length project arrived quietly, without the machinery of a major label or the viral theatrics of a […]

8. No Foolin’: U2 Surprise Releases Another New EP

   If last month’s surprise EP felt like U2 reacting to the outside world, their latest drop turns sharply inward.

9. Philanthropist Amy Green & Grammy Winner Black Coffee Celebrate “An Evening of Music & Impact” in Aspen

   A cross-section of music, fashion, and philanthropy converged on The St. Regis Aspen Resort on March 26 for what hosts Amy Green and Black Coffee billed as “An Evening of Music & Impact.” The purposeful, high-gloss gathering benefitted the hosts’ respective charities: The Green Vision Foundation and The Black Coffee Foundation.  High profile guests embraced […]

10. Jack White Jams Two New Songs Pre-‘SNL’

    Just in time for his sixth career appearance tomorrow (April 4) on NBC's Saturday Night Live, Jack White is back with his first new music of 2026.