Music has always been a compass in dark times. From Dylan and Seeger to the Dead and beyond, artists have held a mirror to power and refused to let lies go unchallenged. Today, as Donald Trump doubles down on authoritarian tactics, mocks science, and waves away inconvenient truths as “hoaxes,” we are once again at a crossroads. Every day of silence is another day he tightens his grip.

That’s why Jesse Welles matters right now.

Prog-Rock supergroup DarWin today release a third track “Rising Distortion” off their upcoming new studio album, Distorted Mirror, out September 26 via OoS/Phantom Recordings. 

GRAMMY-winning saxophonist, producer, and sonic visionary Zem Audu—known for contributing to the music of Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, Kendrick Lamar, Doja Cat, Sabrina Carpenter, Lana Del Rey, and more—has announced his highly anticipated solo debut, his forthcoming EP You Can’t Catch Me, due out October 24th. The project’s first single, “You Can’t Catch Me,” arrives today alongside the announcement, with a daring new video, offering an electrifying first glimpse into Audu’s bold new sonic chapter.

Peter Stampfel, the Grammy-winning psych-folk pioneer and longtime champion of freak-folk and anti-folk, will release his eighteenth solo album, Song Shards: Soul Jingles, Stoic Jingles, Vintage Jingles, Prayers and Rounds, on September 19 via Jalopy Records. The project finds Stampfel reemerging in vibrant form, both creatively and vocally, following a long battle with dysphonia that once left him unable to sing.

San Francisco’s beloved Crucial Reggae Sundays continues to bring free, family-friendly reggae music to Golden Gate Park every Sunday from 4:20 pm to 7:30 pm at the historic Bandshell in the Music Concourse (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive). Hosted by Irie Dole (Jah Warrior Shelter Hi-Fi), Guidance (Infinite Guidance Sound/Nice Up Radio), and DJ Sep (Dub Mission), the series features guest performers and DJs from across the reggae spectrum.

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Milwaukee music icon Paul Cebar has unveiled “We Sure Got Enough,” the joyful third and final single from his forthcoming self-titled album, out September 12 via StorySound Records. The track arrives alongside a whimsical stop-motion video crafted by the husband-and-wife duo Mark Lerner and Nancy Howell, known together as The Mark of Nancy.

WATCH “We Sure Got Enough” HERE

Asheville's psychedelic pioneers The Snozzberries return with the much anticipated 5th Annual Psychedelic Circus on Friday Oct 17th at Asheville Music Hall.  This year's show is bigger and better than ever, with an expanded lineup, live painters and dancers, a trippy costume contest, and the most immersive, phantasmagorical imagery yet!