Archive: 2015

Adam McKay deftly explains the 2008 housing collapse and financial crisis better than has been done before.

The annual Summer Camp Music Festival revealed the first round of acts for the 2016 edition of the annual event. The event will take place Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-29) at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. So far the lineup has a handful of regular acts returning once again and features the usual mix […]

[rating=9.00] Tusk, Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 opus was a daring experiment, one that defied commercial possibilities while expanding the band’s musical parameters into areas that were otherwise unimaginable. It was especially daring considering the fact that the band had just come off two LPs that had broken them wide open in the States, Fleetwood Mac and […]

[rating=7.00] Billy Talbot’s back story is fairly well known. At the age of 17 he moved to L.A. and then cast his fate with drummer Ralph Molina and guitarist Danny Whitten. After a series of false starts and unfortunate names, they eventually morphed into a band called the Rockets. After releasing one album on the […]

Back at the cabin, Ash has a confrontation with himself.

Jacksonville based Singer-songwriter Jeremiah Daly might be most familiar to many as the former frontman of acoustic-pop band the Perfect Measure. Courageously he stepped away from the group to do his very own thing in a more folksy, Americana roots style that spoke to him on a more personal level. Daly’s solo debut album, The […]

What a year it has been for The Suffers. After just a few years of existence, this group has everybody talking. With an arousing appearance on Letterman, which left the host slobbering all over himself with excitement, and house-shaking performances at festivals and clubs, The Suffers are stirring a pot. But don’t call them Retro […]

[rating=8.00] The Flaming Lips are justifiably famous for any number of reasons — their eclectic aural imagery, leader Wayne Coyne’s floating bubble that carries him over the crowds during their concerts, their oblique lyrics and oddly inspired references, a host of critical kudos and five Grammy nods to boot. And yet, ask any outsider for […]