The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

A thrash metal band is set to release its first new album in 10 years. Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante revealed on Facebook that the group has completed mixing the record, which will be their first ...

Jon Anderson fans hoping that he'll put out a new album with the Band Geeks soon are in luck. As he tells UCR in an exclusive interview, he's hard at work on his next record with plans to release it ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Molly Tuttle won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy two years running for her 2022 album “Crooked Tree” and ...

The trip down Highway 190 shows a desolate side of California. Joshua trees and desert shrubs dot the flat, dry landscape that stretches on either side of the two-lane highway. It’s not uncommon to go ...

Watchhouse evolved from Mandolin Orange into broader folk and ambient sound. Rituals channels life events, recovery and parenthood into layered, spacious songs. Marlin and Frantz reframed identity by ...

Earlier this year, Greensky Bluegrass, one of the marquee acts of the jam-grass scene, headlined the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. It was a full-circle moment for the quintet: In 2006, ...

Sisters Allison and Katie Crutchfield have formed a new band, Snocaps, that also features MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook, and have surprise-released their self-titled debut album on ANTI-. Katie is best ...

The Neighbourhood (nbhd) are honoring the “Sweater Weather” season by dropping new music. The indie rock band announced their new album,"(((((ultraSOUND)))))" on Friday, Oct. 24. The project, which is ...

Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra defies the notion that the love of bluegrass is confined solely to Appalachia — or, for that matter, any other part of the American heartland. With a critically acclaimed ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...

Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin’s first collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, comes out today on Brown’s Compass Records, but the pair never intended to make a full-fledged album — let ...