High Road Touring

[Pitchfork] The nicest indie rock band in Chicago has finally uncorked its true sound—it only took 16 years. We catch up with the humble, hard-working Ratboys and talk about swinging for the fences with their new album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair. By Nina Corcoran Before I can even touch the doorbell, I’m ushered into the warmth ...

NIVA’s Live List 2026 Tips the Artists You’ll Be Bragging About Seeing Early [SPIN] If you want to know who’s on the rise in live music, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) just dropped its annual cheat sheet of the most exciting up and coming artists of the past year. These aren’t just artists trending ...

[Glide] By Jim Hynes Inevitably, two camps will form over Lucinda Williams’ latest, World’s Gone Wrong. Some will praise her for taking on America’s socio-political crises head-on. The ‘shut up and play” crowd, on the other hand, will argue that we didn’t need Lucinda Williams to inform us of how chaotic things are. Yet, neither camp can deny ...

[Rolling Stone] The first single, the anxiety-inducing “Where’s My Phone?” is out now with a video drawing on a horror classic By Brenna Ehrlich Mitski is teasing the release of her eighth studio album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, with a mysterious phone number and website. When you ring the Pecos, Texas-based line, you won’t find any musical ...

[Clash] The band break new ground on an excellent, often revealing, new album… For the Jarmans, home is where the heart is. Growing up in Wakefield, the ex-mining city with a sculpture park and a charming reputation for world-class forced rhubarb, the three brothers manufactured a distinct anti-establishment strain of indie that they set free ...