Nate Mercereau Is Challenging the Notion of “Genre” Itself
From writing with Shawn Mendes to helping André 3000 break genre barriers, guitarist Nate Mercereau’s latest breaks ground by ignoring labels and limits.
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Old Crow Medicine Show Go Full Tilt on ‘Live at Third Man’
Old Crow Medicine Show’s latest live album, Live at Third Man, is culled from a 2022 performance at Third Man Records in Nashville, and it’s a lively gig.
Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros. Reinterpret the Grateful Dead on ‘Live in Colorado Vol. 2’
Bob Weir and the Wolf Bros. are a new framework for interpreting the Grateful Dead that’s more interested in the true essence of the music.
The Paranoyds Take Us on a Spaceship Ride with ‘Talk Talk Talk’
The Paranoyds channel campy 1950s sci-fi with punk-inspired garage rock on their second full-length LP and first for Third Man Records, Talk Talk Talk.
Jack White Dazzles With an Expansive Musical Palette on ‘Entering Heaven Alive’
With Entering Heaven Alive Jack White offers the yang to the yin of Fear of the Dawn while broadening his musical palette.
Jack White Rips the Knobs Off on ‘Fear of the Dawn’
Fear of the Dawn is an intense aural barrage of rock from start to finish and may very well be Jack White’s finest solo output to date.
Steady, As It Goes: The Raconteurs’ ‘Broken Boy Soldiers’ Turns 15
The Raconteurs’ Broken Boy Soldiers sets itself apart from anything like it, even 15 years later. The band’s debut somehow starts two great stories.
Natalie Bergman Finds ‘Mercy’ in Gospel Music and a Higher Power
Natalie Bergman’s religious beliefs stimulate her music, but her debut album, Mercy, inspires whether one is a Christian or not.
Discover Michigan’s 1990s Space-rock Scene on ‘Southeast of Saturn’
Third Man Records offers a generous overview of Michigan's burgeoning space-rock scene from the 1990s. It covers a wide swath of genres while offering a bunch of largely-unheard rarities.
Drum Machines? Samples? Brendan Benson Gets Contemporary with ‘Dear Life’
Powerpop overlord and part-time Raconteur, Brendan Benson, grafts hip-hop beats to guitar pop on his seventh solo album, Dear Life.
Luke Schneider’s ‘Altar of Harmony’ Hews Close to Ambient Tradition
Luke Schneider's Altar of Harmony often sounds eerily close to the Robert Fripp guitar of No Pussyfooting, only he trades in the old six-string for pedal steel.
A Pact to Be Tender When the World Is Coarse: Stewart Lupton and Jonathan Fire*Eater
With the release of the expanded edition of Tremble Under Boom Lights, the 45-page chapbook of the poetry of Stewart Lupton, and the re-release of Wolf Songs for Lambs, Jonathan Fire*Eater are ripe for reappraisal.