The 2026 edition of Big Ears Festival once again turned downtown Knoxville into a dense, choose-your-own-adventure listening experience spanning four days, dozens of venues, and a lineup of almost 250 performances that leaned heavily into contrast. Across the sets from Flying Lotus to David Byrne, Reggie Watts to Dirty Three, John Scofield Trio to MJ […]

On March 27, the Free Jazz Collective Irreversible Entanglements released Future Present Past, their moving and daring new LP. The spellbinding ten-song album successfully balanced the band’s dark experimentation and refreshing takes on spiritual jazz traditions with an urgent message meant to uplift and alarm, featuring a tracklist that ranges from risk-filled cacophonies, like the […]

On Thursday, March 26, LANY was met with a sea of iPhones in a half moon of red fluorescent light, nothing visible except the silhouette of lead vocalist Paul Klein’s body and the microphone cord dangling below him. The lights emerged to reveal his hair, sopping wet, and his dark tattoos, the guitar humming as […]

The Lumineers brought their Automatic World Tour to Legacy Arena at the BJCC on March 25, 2026. For a band built on simple acoustic textures, earnest lyrics, and communal energy, the challenge of filling a nearly 10,000-seat venue could have diluted their charm. Instead, the night proved why they remain one of the most reliable […]

Forget the sanitized, corporate-sponsored “rock shows” you’re used to; Gogol Bordello just blew the minds and tore the collective throats out of the sold-out Royale Night Club’s attendees in Boston this past Wednesday, March 25th. The undisputed kings of gypsy punk didn’t just show up; they staged a hostile takeover crowd with the momentum of […]

Before the private jets, the billion-dollar hospitality empire, and the globally recognized shorthand for coastal escapism, Jimmy Buffett was, in the words of guitarist Roger Bartlett, “a mere mortal.” Bartlett was the first-ever member of the Coral Reefer Band, and he is one of many past Buffett collaborators to speak in Occupational Hazard: The First […]

The satirical romp Josie and the Pussycats (2001) is a fun movie. But is it a great rock ‘n’ roll movie? Eh, not so fast on that second one. Welcome back to Glide’s quest for what makes a good rock ‘n’ roll movie. Last month, we looked at Almost Famous, a great launching pad because […]

A good rock ‘n’ roll movie remains a tough prospect. Why? It’s a question that has remained elusive for years, and for 2026, the rabbit hole beckons. That’s why, coming to you from the screening room at Glide Magazine HQ, we’ve decided to do a bit of research. Every first Friday of the month, we’ll […]

Rating C+ The thing about Paul Thomas Anderson is that his talent is so great that even his bad movies are, well, pretty good. His technique and craft are such that his worst movie still has plenty worth noting and considering. Inherent Vice was, by most accounts, not a great movie. And yet there was […]

RATING A It’s difficult to make a compelling narrative from terrible people. We tend to want to like our protagonists and watch them succeed. Constructing a story from awful people we want nothing to do with and whom we hope to fail takes a special kind of talent that’s rare to come by. Which is […]

The Blu-Ray release of A Quiet Place II is a lot like the film itself–inconsequential.

The legendary house of schlock celebrates some less revered works in this stunning box set.

A stunning new transfer allows you to see the Kubrick classic like never before.

One of the year’s most surprising treats comes home for the holidays.

The transfer is glorious but the lack of special features disappoints.

As a longstanding professional musician, Greg Anton knows full well the archetypes of that universe as well as their attendant cliches, which, like most truisms, actually contain kernels of truth. Accordingly, he has no qualms about turning the platitudes inside out and on their head during the course of unreeling his fictional story of disputed […]

The efficiency of Bradley Morgan’s U2 Until The End of the World belies its heft. In the 240 pages of the 11″ by 9″ hardcover, the author provides a fairly thorough chronicle of the mega-successful Irish band’s history, without any overt agenda or slanted editorializing. And while the writer doesn’t delve too deeply into the […]

The smiling visage of the late Richard Manuel that adorns the dust cover of Stephen T. Lewis’ biography belies the sorrowful tragedy of the musician’s life. And intentionally or not, the author’s narrative follows the ups and downs of the man’s troubled existence.  As a result, the clear-eyed insights Lewis offers are worth the effort […]

Mike Campbell might just be the most humble musician in rock music. As guitarist for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, he has co-written some of the most iconic American rock songs of his generation (“American Girl,” “Running Down A Dream,” “Refugee,” “Here Comes My Girl”). He served in one of Bob Dylan’s backing bands, he […]

“Ed’s talent was an asset, not just to me but to him. It was an asset to our band; this thing that was bigger than us would be the vehicle for all of our dreams. Of course, the band was more or less imaginary at this point, but if Ed could play guitar like that, […]