DownTown Mystic's "Mystic Highway Road Trip" EP is officially here. DownTown Mystic, the alter ego of American rock musician, writer, and producer Robert Allen, has a habit of making music that insists on being felt in motion. Over the years, his roots rock catalog has found a home in over 250 television shows and films. With this new release, he actively aims for the...

Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang kick up some serious dust with their single "Ride the Rails," and listening feels less like tapping your foot and more like watching the ground crack open nearby. It’s got that Bakersfield twang alright, bright and wiry, but tangled up with a nervous psychobilly heartbeat and the kind of scuffed-boot roots rock energy that sounds like it’s...