Justin Cross: To The Light
“It was just really cathartic to get some of these thoughts and feelings off my chest.”
Through The Sparks: Lazarus Beach 15th Anniversary Reissue
Unapologetic in its use use of lavish horns, synths, woodwinds, and other shimmering instrumentation, this formative album returns remastered and on vinyl.
Dearly Departed: Secret Stages
“For a Birmingham artist, when Secret Stages called you to do it, you felt embraced by your city. You felt like you made it.”
Coming Up: McKenzie Lockhart at Bham Loft Show
The Shoals songwriter talks her hometown scene, crowdfunding, and her first LP.
Coming Up: Sound & Shape at The Nick
Sound & Shape frontman and guitarist Ryan Caudle speaks about adjusting the recording process post-COVID and returning to the road after two years.
Duquette Johnston on His New Music, Hardship, and Hope
Duquette Johnston’s new album was written in hard times for a world that has plenty of hardship to go around, yet it holds onto the bright and beautiful.
Review: Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional at Avondale Brewing
Two bands drew from decades of material, with two distinct approaches to bringing recorded works to life on the Avondale stage.
People Years: XIV
With dreamy distorted guitars, haunting keyboards, and propulsive bass and drums, Birmingham’s psych rock outfit People Years has released their second full album.
Ramblin’ Ricky Tate: The Witch
This is the season for ghost stories, and troubadour Ramblin’ Ricky Tate delivers with “The Witch,” a tale of graveyard cavorting and bewitched consorting.
Secret Stages Highlight: Oxford Con
From post-rock guitarist to acoustic singer-songwriter to indie soulster, Connor McCullum has been a shapeshifter throughout his musical career.