EvanJames Mulroy

If there’s ever a place to listen to good jazz, it’s at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island. Since its founding in 1954, the Newport Jazz Festival has showcased many of jazz’s most influential artists, from Louis Armstrong to Kamasi Washington. There have been several memorable years that could be talked about at length, one being the festival’s second year, 1955. 1955 would unknowingly mark a turning point for jazz, perhaps not stylistically, but in who the world looked to for direction.

The kings of reverb are back with their newest album release, Reside, which dropped on November 7th. This is their eighth full-length album if you count their remastering of their debut EP, Driving to Hawaii. Being a long-time Summer Salt fan, I had been waiting for this album’s release when it was first announced earlier this year. Reside is full of odes to their signature, distinct sound of heavily reverbed electric guitars, thumpy bass tones, 1-6-2-5 progressions, and falsetto vocals.

REVIEW WRITTEN BY KEVAN MITCHELL (Host of “All Things Alt”) Whistler is a new EP released by artist Luke Herrin on January 12th. This is the first EP released by Herrin, with his other releases being two singles and an album titled Colors Today. This EP was released after teasers of it appeared on Herrin’s personal Instagram, hyping up all of the people who know him and like his music.