Archive: 2013

Against all odds: Our favorite bald frontman might be getting back in the saddle.

Photo credit: Beth Herzhaft Photography Colin Hay, best known for his tenure with the 80’s hit-makers Men At Work, has been enjoying a new phase of his career, returning to his roots as a solo artist. Hay has been touring, relentlessly to promote his favorite album to date – Gathering Mercury. His lengthy Finding My […]

Stephen Mills breaks down the fourth and finest season of the HBO drama.

Let Dream Theater fans rejoice – the band has not only released a self titled album of new material this past September but on its heels comes a Technicolor bombast of the band in all its live glory via the recent chart topping double DVD Live At Luna Park [which also features a pretty cool […]

Pat Metheny/Tap (Nonesuch): On his selections from John Zorn’s Book of Angels, Pat Metheny oscillates wildly from the near silence of carefully picked acoustic instruments to the cacophony of electric ones whose impact is only heightened through the muscular percussion of Antonio Sanchez. Sounding at once like everything and nothing you’d expect from a Pat […]

If there is one thing that musicians love to do, it’s get together with other musicians, pull out the guitars and jam for fun. When you’re able to do this to help an organization or a friend in need, it makes it all the more sweet. So when former Guns N Roses drummer Matt Sorum […]

Dreading that dull family holiday? Nervous about your Friendsgiving festivities? Drew Fortune has you covered with this Turkey Day playlist.

Da da da dum, da da da dum, it’s the Royal Potato Family!  Just after Halloween, the leaders of the Royal Potato Family music label, the Marco Benevento trio, presented themselves as the eccentric band you’d like to live next to.  They are a modern day Addams Family with Marco (keys) as the charismatic and […]

Moon Taxi has announced their first extensive West Coast Winter tour, kicking-off on January 13th, 2014!. The tour will see the Nashville five-piece on select dates with White Denim and Tea Leaf Green, along with a run of their own headline shows – including their first headlining show ever in Los Angeles on January 16th […]

Despite erratic lighting and obtrusive seating, the hometown heroes were undismayed, striving on and seemingly invigorated by the challenges to ensure their audience wasn’t disappointed.