Music For Ants — I’ll spare you the usual 2016 end-of-year list write-up about how it’s been a bad year but at least the music was good. For me personally, there’s been some highs and lows, but mostly this year has been busy and tiring, which is ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Kurt Wagner and co. are bringing FLOTUS on the road this spring. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lambchop have announced a 2017 North American tour with dates in early spring. Those include a stop at NYC's Bowery Ballroom... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 'Films of FLOTUS' event includes a Q&A moderated by Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Mini doc tells the true story of a young homeless couple. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions' Until the Hunter and Lambchop's FLOTUS are my favorite new albums this week. Archival releases include Marc Almond's 10-CD career-spanning box set Trials Of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016 and two Stevie Nicks album... more info

Impose Magazine — Nashville’s Lambchop have released their new album FLOTUS, which stands for “For Love Often Turns Us Still” and not simply the First Lady of the United States as the album art may suggest. FLOTUS casts Lambchop’s country folk sound in a digit... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — A weekly roundup of required listening from The Times’ music team. This week’s picks include a politically minded effort from Southern rock staples the Drive-By Truckers, the modern soul of Wet and more.  Drive-By Truckers, “Am... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A weekly roundup of required listening from The Times’ music team. This week’s picks include a politically minded effort from Southern rock staples the Drive-By Truckers, the modern soul of Wet and more.  Drive-By Truckers, “Am... more info

DrownedInSound — Too often FLOTUS relies too heavily on lounge jazz sounding samples and layers that fail to distinguish much more info