Joseph Neff

2 days ago | thevinyldistrict.com | Joseph Neff

Skullcap is a DMV-based trio consisting of Janel Leppin on cello and Minimoog, her husband Anthony Pirog on electric guitar, and Mike Kuhl on drums and percussion, longtime collaborators whose debut album Snakes of Albuquerque is out now on vinyl, compact disc, and digital through Cuneiform Records. Described as a power cello trio, Skullcap combines elements of jazz (improvisation and a thoroughly contemporary swing), classical (compositional fortitude), and rock (raw collective firepower).

3 days ago | thevinyldistrict.com | Joseph Neff

Hailing from New Jersey, the indie pop outfit Lightheaded has a new LP, Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming hitting stores on June 27. The same day finds Massachusetts-based indie pop act Jeanines unveiling a fresh LP of their own, How Long Can It Last, and don’tcha just know it, the Lightheaded and Jeanines albums are being released by Slumberland in North America and by Skep Wax in the UK and EU. Both records are a delight.

5 days ago | thevinyldistrict.com | Joseph Neff

Remembering Alan Vega, born on this day in 1938. —Ed.Alan Vega has departed this realm, but the music he made in partnership with Martin Rev in a union known as Suicide will long endure as a beacon at the crossroads of defiant individualism and fascinating leftfield imagination. Suicide is a sui generis cornerstone of punk’s grand 1977 convulsion, as alien as it is eventually incendiary, while Alan Vega Martin Rev explores refinement without marketplace capitulation at the dawn of the 1980s.

1 week ago | thevinyldistrict.com | Joseph Neff

PHOTO: REUBEN RADDING | It seems that New York City resident Dylan Hundley is perpetually busy. Many know her as one half of Lulu Lewis alongside her partner Pablo Martin. She’s also the curator of the monthly multi-disciplinary music and art series Salon Lulu, and on top of that, the host of Radar on this very website. But Hundley has even more things happening, including her solo project Darling Black, which has released an EP and a handful of singles since 2020.

1 week ago | thevinyldistrict.com | Joseph Neff

Brìghde Chaimbeul is a piper from the Isle of Skye in Scotland whose proficiency extends to the Great Highland bagpipes and to her main instrument, the Scottish smallpipes. She’s released three full-length albums, including her prior release with saxophonist Colin Stetson and a trio set with fellow piper Ross Ainslie and guitarist Stephen Byrnes. These collaborators reinforce a solid love of the traditional folk root and a desire to stretch the boundaries.