“Star Trek: The Next Generation.” I love Star Trek. “The Next Generation” was a major part of my childhood and all the new series are just fantastic, no matter how much the worst nerds badmouth them. So obviously, yesterday I celebrated First Contact Day. The holiday is in honor…

Bnny, courtesy. By Joseph Corcoran This week in Tuesday Tracks, we bring you SoCal flavors from Los Saints, sunshine pop by GospelbeacH and viisi, grungy alt-rock by Bnny, tight prog rock by The Omnific and angsty heavy emo by TX2. The Omnific, “Base Camp” – Led by two bassists…

“COWBOY CARTER.” I don’t really like modern country music, at least the mainstream country that gets radio airplay and genre awards. Even beyond my issues with its exclusionary practices and politics, nearly all of it feels derivative. It’s been so insular for so long it’s gone full Habsburg. So…

Florrie, courtesy. This week in Tuesday Tracks, we bring you soul from Genia, pop and rock by Sam Evian, Imogen Clark, French Cassettes and Florrie, and the return of Scottish band Travis! Genia, “Let Me Wander” – Genia was working at Walmart and studying to be a nurse when…

Does Avial celebrate Holi? Look, I’ll address the elephant in the room: Last week I used a holiday as an excuse to highlight bands from another country, and this week I’m also using a holiday to highlight bands from another country. I’ll own up to that. But it’s not…

Josh Johnson, courtesy Robbie Jeffers. We’ve got a little bit of everything in my first week behind the Tuesday Tracks wheel. Josh Johnson turns a sax into the main character. Bruk Rogers (aka Cian McCanne) has us head-bopping with our hands in the air and Hana Vu confronts what…

My Bloody Valentine, courtesy. Welcome to what’s apparently the third annual St. Patrick’s Day list of Irish bands in which I specifically and intentionally don’t include U2! For those just joining us, our illustrious editor Roman Gokhman is a U2 fan in the same sense that Stan was an…

High Desert Queen, courtesy Stacey Lovett. This week we have soul from Casii Stephan, old-school Southern rock from Little Feat, hard rock by High Desert Queen, Kate Clover and The Idoru, and an outside-the-box history lesson by Kev Bev. Casii Stephan, “Can’t Handle Me” — It’s incredibly hard to find…

Frank Zappa performs in Rotterdam, Netherlands on May 24, 1980. Photo by Rob Verhorst/Redferns. In my capacity as a data journalist, I go to a lot of conferences, and it’s become a tradition in this column that I mark my travels with a column about artists from each city.…

Sly5thAve, courtesy. Paula Cole and Sly5thAve pay tribute to their mentors and friends, August Charles presents a soulful examination of isolation, benches play dirty alt-rock, SG Lewis and Chloé Caillet go clubbing, Blue Lab Beats whip up feel-good jazz fusion, and Bibi Club and Nightbus showcase their takes on…