Ronnie Fauss – Built to Break (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] For Ronnie Fauss, a musical career came after he’d already racked up some life experience. And it shows in the best way on his new record Built to Break, a follow up from last year’s I Am the Man You Know I’m Not. His songs aren’t overly produced or fanciful. They’re just classic sounding […]
Bob Dylan Announces Frank Sinatra Covers Album ‘Shadows in the Night’
Bob Dylan has revealed that his new album (produced under his Jack Frost alias) will be titled Shadows in the Night and will be made up of songs once sung by Frank Sinatra. It’s his first since 2012’s Tempest. It’s out February 3 and the tracklist is below. In a press release, Dylan said: It was a real […]
Will Butler Announces Tour Dates In Support of Debut Album ‘Policy’
Will Butler of the Arcade Fire will release his debut solo album Policy on March 10 in North America and March 16 in Europe. Butler has announced his first tour dates including the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. EST on Friday, December 12. Policy opener “Take My Side” and […]
Author/Musician Pete Pidgeon Talks ‘Hampton 98’ (INTERVIEW)
The period of the late 90s brings up many things for Phish fans: patchwork pants, heady nugs, wooly sweaters, The Clifford Ball, The Great Went, Oswego, lot shirts, Great Woods, Europe, Lemonwheel, cow funk, Worcester, CK5, Andy Gadiel’s Phish page, and the list goes on and on. But perhaps the venue that most purely defined […]
decker. Premieres Wu-Tang Inspired “O.D.B”
decker. has created an expansive palette of folk, gospel, rock and psychedelia and will release their new album Patsy on February 17, 2015. Front-man Brandon Decker sings with a soulful conviction that is almost unidentifiable but brilliantly curious. Patsy is bookended (save for a quick intro) by “O.D.B.” and “Ol Dirty Revival,” two themed tracks […]
TV on the Radio Announces Two Week Spring Tour
As their latest album Seeds is anchoring many year end best of 2015 lists, TV on the Radio will keep pushing in support of their brave new album that tackles their doo-wop meets art rock meets funk meets psychedelic adventures. TV On The Radio will visit Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Salt Lake City, […]
Luther and Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars Team Up With Anders Osborne For “N.M.O.
Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars will be joining up with Anders Osborne for a project/tour dubbed “N.M.O.,” aka North Mississippi Osborne. Each show of this 25 date tour will feature songs from both their catalogues, acoustic and electric sets and lots of collaboration. Luter, Cody and Anders will be joined by […]
Gene Clark – Two Sides To Every Story – Deluxe Edition (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=10.00] When original Byrds Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman oversaw the 2006 box set There Is A Season, they made a concerted effort to highlight the contributions of their band-mate Gene Clark and, in so doing, may well have begun the groundswell of well-deserved recognition the late musician and songwriter is now receiving. This deluxe […]
Steve Gunn- Way Out Weather (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] With the release of 2013’s Time Off, Brooklyn-based guitarist and musician’s musician Steve Gunn expounded upon his years of collaboration – raga/blues experimentation with drummer John Truscinski; biting improvisational rock with Cian Nugent; and psychedelic folk with the members of Hiss Golden Messenger – to produce a cohesive yet varied, at times sprawling album. […]
Old 97’s – Hitchhike to Rhome (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] Although singer Rhett Miller, himself, tends to look barely a day over 20, his band, Old 97’s, have used this past year to celebrate 20 years in the business. Not 20 years with a few hiatuses here and there or new members being shifted in and out, but instead a solid two decades together […]