With his latest album Long Live the Low now out, a tour lined up, and memories of sharing stages with some iconic names still lodged firmly in his memory, Dave Franklin sat down with Sean Keily to learn more about him, his music, and what the future might hold.

Fire in the Master’s House is a strange brew, unlabelable, unpigeonholeable, unsecond-guessable, and Sheykh Forever is one of the strangest, most brilliant and rewarding talents working under the radar today.

Catie Turner is a 26-year-old singer-songwriter, folk-pop powerhouse vocalist, chronic over-sharer, and stamp collector (not the mail kind, the ink kind.)

HISTORY has made a name for themselves by taking classic Swedish songs and reworking them in their own inimitable rock and roll style. I sat down with the band to find out how things started, their current single and what the future holds for them.

Todd Snider was a hippy provocateur, lackadaisical stoner, and clever AF songwriter that sort of epitomized the idea of “quick with a joke or to light up your smoke” but there was never anyplace that he really needed to be. That’s part of why he didn’t carry a cellphone. This is his last recording.

There’s a hum like 1000 decisions demanding to be made. The pressure to compete, consume, create, compare, capitalize & not capitulate will make your eyeballs sweat. It’s spiritual tinnitus. The cure is disconnecting body from brain with the vibrant heartfelt rumble of Minneapolis’ Black Widows.

The partnership was sparked in 2022 when Bad Bad Hats invited Party Nails’ Elena Carroll on stage to cover Josie & the Pussycats, “Pretend to Be Nice,” which was a regular Bad Bad Hats set-closer for years. The chemistry of that performance outlasted the evening.

Duluth native Breanne Marie has a warm, easy manner & her band, “the front-porch sinners” were conceived as cohorts & abettors that might plot and/or reminisce youthful indiscretions from the shared sanctuary of the front porch. That’s the vibe the Americana/roots rock act are intent on manifesting.

There’s an appropriate lack of polish at the heart of Diver Through’s new EP, “I Want To Be Disrupted.” Recorded live at Vinegar Hill Sound in Brooklyn over two days in May 2026, the five-song collection was built around a simple idea: disrupt the process

Born and raised in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, music has been a part of August’s life since the beginning.

Olympia shoegazers Waves Crashing announce a new single ahead of their first-ever UK tour this November.

Two North Carolina bands – one killer collaboration. Charlotte’s It’s Snakes and Raleigh’s Goddamn Wolves have teamed up to release “Viva El Monstro” b/w “Others.

Eau the Music, the Toronto-born, Montréal raised and now Ottawa-based indie rock and dream pop artist, arrives with her debut album ‘Light in the Dark.’

Berlin-based band Beranger continue to carve out a distinctive space within contemporary rock with ‘Signal’, a dynamic new single that brings together classical piano, alt-rock, indie rock and pop-punk intensity.

Made over a time of intense introspection and transformation and inspired by Celtic folk music, Hoff uses the bass as an expression of emotion, rather than an instrument with which to show off her skills.

Jonivan Jones is a performing songwriter from Arkansas with some roots in South Texas whose music blends folk, Delta blues, early Western sounds, and a touch of psychedelia

St. Divine is a critically acclaimed NYC based punk/Americana five piece band fronted by Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock.

TALK IN CODE is a euphoric original indie pop powerhouse delivering retro-inspired, synth-driven festival anthems, high-octane live shows, and next-level fan engagement.