Archive: 2017

Reed Mathis & Electric Beethoven have announced a surprise limited-run East Coast tour, which will see them performing a series of “Resonance Field Tests.”   The idea behind the “tests” (presented in the form of dance concerts) stems from the growing theory that Ludwig Van Beethoven’s symphonies were encoded with eternal, healing, transcendent melodies meant […]

Celebrated as the best independent event for musical and artistic discovery, Pickathon is delighted to announce its diverse lineup for 2017. Taking place August 3–6, 2017 at Pendarvis Farm, the 19th edition of the Pacific Northwest’s curated music festival will feature performances by local, national and international artists spanning the genres of indie rock, folk, […]

A look at HBO’s bizarre, brazen new drama ‘The Young Pope’

Steely Dan’s Beaon Theater residencies have become nights of themes and albums played in their entirety and now the residency shifts to the west coas. In 2017, Steely Dan founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker will play a nine-night Steely Dan residency at the Opaline Theatre at The Venetian ® in Las Vegas, Nevada between April 12 – April 29. Tracks […]

For Tommy Stinson, there were two things that were very important to him when he went to record his next record: for it to be recorded live as much as possible, in the studio with the musicians together, and for it to be a band, not just him banging out the songs on different instruments. […]

[rating=9.00] Coming on the heels of a pair of musical detours — Undercover, a set of songs that found them re-imaging some of their favorite cover tunes, and last year’s Ladies & Gentlemen, an album that featured several high profile guest singers of the female variety, Laws of Gravity finds the Infamous Stringdusters doing what […]

Run the Jewels kicked off their “Run the World” Tour at Philly’s Electric Factory 1/17th in front of a sold out revved up crowd. They are touring in support of their critically acclaimed album RTJ3, which dropped on Christmas Eve digitally and released physically on 1/13. It was a very special night for those in […]

[rating=6.00] For the last few years the Oklahoma based freak rock outfit The Flaming Lips have been dabbling with pop music history. From their reinterpretation of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to their recent Miley Cyrus partnership, yet the group have stayed quiet with their own releases since 2013’s downer, drug fueled break up […]