Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Volume 16: Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA 3/28/73 (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] During the course of their thirty year performing career, the Grateful Dead turned more than one cliche inside out, but the deeper into the vault archivist David Lemieux dives, the more he reaffirms the veracity of the old saying “Hindsight is 20/20.” The various phases in and out of which this iconic band morphed […]
44 Years Ago Today- David Bowie Performs First Show as Ziggy Stardust (Watch “Starman” Live ’72)
Lincoln Durham Talks New Album, Taps Into Mental Torment On “Creeper” (SONG PREMIERE/INTERVIEW)
In the beginning of Lincoln Durham’s new song “Creeper” we’re greeted by possessed clapping and sinister slide guitar that seems to be emanating from that of a mad man. This is exactly what the one-man-band wants us to hear on this song and throughout the course of his new album, Revelations of a Mind Unraveling (Droog Records), […]
Lamb of God, Anthrax, Deafheaven and Power Trip Lay Waste To Austin (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
The 2016 metal calendar has officially begun with a skull-punch from the indomitable lineup of Lamb of God, Anthrax, Deafheaven, and Power Trip, who all came through Austin’s ACL Live on Monday night. After headlines detailing a truck full of LoG’s and Anthrax’s equipment overturned on their way to Austin from Corpus Christi, there was […]
The Who Come Alive on 50th Anniversary Tour With ‘The Who: Live In Hyde Park’ (DVD REVIEW)
What a difference a span of time can have on something. Last year, a DVD of The Who’s 1982 Shea Stadium concerts was released, revealing a bit of the frayed edges that a supposed farewell tour can have on a band that had been together since 1964. Townshend seemed bored at times and fairly new […]
Massive Attack Offers Deep 4 Track Fling With ‘Ritual Spirit’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Pushing through the weighty 4-track Ritual Spirit reminds us why Massive Attack were for the majority of their career innovators in trip-hop. The profoundly pushed the ways they concoct their sound through the years by whatever influences of the time; whether they be the Wild Bunch, the emergence of the underground electronic scene in […]
Drummer Todd Nance Leaves Widespread Panic – Duane Trucks Replaces in Athens
Founding member/drummer of Widespread Panic and Todd Nance has parted ways with Widespread Panic, according to a spokesman for the band. Nance’s spot will be filled by Duane Trucks who filled in for Nance during his personal leave of absence in September 2014 onward. Truck’s official stint began Tuesday night (2/9/16) during the band’s hometown […]
The National Playing Greek Theatres In LA/Berkeley & Red Rocks This Summer
Following Matt Berninger’s recent foray with El VY, The National have announced that they will play a number of shows stateside and across the pond this summer. The band has lined up festival gigs in New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. Following a benefit show at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts in June, they’ll hit the […]
35 Years Ago Today – Bill Haley, The First Rock Star, Dies at 55 (Watch “Shake, Rattle and Roll” Live)
Rogue Wave Announce New LP – ‘Delusions of Grand Fur’ – Tour Dates Revealed
Rogue Wave have announced their first new album in over 3 years entitled Delusions of Grand Fur, which will be released via Easy Sound on April 29th, 2016. The Bay Area band’s sixth studio album, Delusions of Grand Fur – a title chosen as a riff on the tendency of fresh-faced musicians to misperceive the reality of band life – marks the […]