Bon Iver, Civil Wars, Jack White and more play 2012′s Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington.

ARTIST: Humming House SONG: ”Gypsy Django” BIRTHDATE: July 20, 1969 or Feb 2nd, 1984 — Justin Wade Tam BIRTHPLACE: The Left Coast — Justin Wade Tam AMBITIONS: To gain skill at yoga, snorkel without panicking, and develop a couture knitted fashion line for babies. — Kristen Rogers TURN-OFFS: The sound of intense chewing, short shorts on [...]

Howdy, craft of music lovers. Watch as hit country songwriter Josh Thompson breaks down the fan-submitted song “Whiskey Thunder” from Todd Mihan Band, in the second of our Josh Thompson Critiques Web series. You’ll find audio of song and the lyrics below. “Whiskey Thunder” By: Todd Mihan Band Woke up sick from the night before [...]

Check out the Dylan-esque musings of “Little Carmel,” from Ohio rockers The Ready Stance. The song hails from their upcoming album Damndest, due June 1, and was written about the Melungeon people of Appalachia. “Try to trace the roots along Melungeon family tree, each branch divides in triad: settler, slave, Cherokee,” sings Chase Johnston over [...]

We love crazy YouTube covers, and they’re only getting crazier. If it’s not five musicians gathering around one guitar in a fleet-fingered tribute to Gotye, it’s two young sisters reminding you to “call your girlfriend.” Not much is known about Maisey and Lennon, ages eight and twelve, but they’ve got the whole sibling harmony thing [...]

John Mayer Born and Raised Columbia Rating: 3 out of 5 stars John Mayer approaches Born and Raised like a method actor, diving headfirst into his new sound — a mix of Laurel Canyon folk and California country-rock — by growing his hair into a shaggy 1970s mane, donning a cowboy hat, and surrounding himself [...]

As previously reported, Beck has teamed up with Jack White’s Third Man Records and released a single on 7″ vinyl. Below is the stream for the A-Side “I Just Started Hating Some People Today,” which features White on backing vocals, and sees Beck experimenting with country, punk and funk. Fans of Beck will immediately recognize [...]

Tedeschi-Trucks Band Everybody’s Talkin’ (Masterworks) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Last year’s Grammy winning studio debut from Susan Tedeschi and husband Derek Trucks’ sprawling 11 piece outfit was followed by a tour where they mixed originals with some wildly eclectic, thoughtfully rearranged covers. This 2-hour double disc captures all the excitement and improvisational interplay [...]

Kelly Hogan I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (Anti-) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rootsy, occasionally retro, country/pop chanteuse Hogan follows her long time friend Neko Case (who she sings background vocals for) by moving label affiliation from Bloodshot to Anti- and delivers a stirring debut for the imprint. On her first solo [...]

[Photo Credit: Justin Coit] Celebrated British disc jockey Samantha Ronson has stepped out from behind the ones and twos with a pop-rock summer soundtrack for your great American roadtrip. Her newest album, Chasing The Reds showcases her songwriting, from the catchy focus single “Summer of Sam” to sentimental ballads, like “Love Song” featuring Slash on [...]

The Walkmen Heaven (Fat Possum) Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars NYC’s Walkmen recently celebrated their 10th anniversary by playing a series of two hour sets that found them revisiting older material while preparing new music for this, their seventh studio release. The word “mature” can be a curse for a once scrappy outfit that [...]

Lisa Marie Presley Storm & Grace (Universal Republic) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The daughter of you-know-who succeeds on her third try thanks to the involvement of roots producer to the stars T Bone Burnett. Eschewing the overly fussy and slick radio-ready sound of her first two releases, Burnett cloaks these songs in a [...]