Red Hot Chili Peppers & Trombone Shorty Give New Orleans Voodoo’d Up Funk Rock (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
If there is one stop on the Red Hot Chili Peppers new tour you needed to go to it was this past Tuesday night in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center. Why? Because when they did their encore of “Give It Away,” nothing came close to when they brought out local musicians George Porter […]
The XX Build Pop Triumph With ‘I See You’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] From the opening measures of I See You, it is clear that London trio The XX have broken their mold. “Dangerous” is a big, layered pop song with a dancehall beat and a “Thriller”-esque bouncing bassline. It still has some of the band’s trademarks, such as the sultry intertwining vocals of Romy Madley Croft […]
I’m Not Mad, ‘Live By Night’, I’m Disappointed (FILM REVIEW)
Ben Affleck can’t find his footing in the uneventful adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel.
Happy 47th Birthday Zach De La Rocha (Watch Live at the Grand Olympic)
Film Bits: ‘Star Wars’ Lands Woody Harrelson as Han Solo’s Mentor; Peter Dinklage in Talks to Join ‘The Avengers’
Plus, we the trailers for the CHIPs remake and the new film from Netflix.
Tool, Chance the Rapper, Bon Iver, Sigur Rós, Run the Jewels Lead Boston Calling 2017
As Boston Calling moves from City Hall Plaza for the first time, The 2o17 festival will take place n at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston and the lineup is its strongest yet This year’s event taking place May 26 to 28, will be headlined by Tool, Mumford & Sons and Chance The Rapper, and include […]
SONG PREMIERE: Matthew Fountain and the Whereabouts Tap Into Eclectic Pop On “Written On Your Wall”
Born on the gulf coast of Mississippi into a family of Dixieland jazz musicians, it came as no surprise to many that Matthew Fountain made his way back to music after an extended absence. After picking up a guitar at age 9 and playing in metal bands through his early teens, Fountain spent his twenties […]
SONG PREMIERE: Far Shores Destroys Winter Drab With Danceable “Electric Heart”
Immaculately produced, precisely arranged, and boldly unashamed of wearing their heart (and influences) on their sleeve, on the Electric Heart EP Far Shores mines the best of 80’s synth-pop, EDM, indie rock, and R&B. While the “chillwave” movement might have had a relatively short lifespan some years back, vintage synthesizers and a retro sunny pop […]
The Wood Brothers Waste No Notes On ‘Live at The Barn’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] It’s hardly a coincidence that this is the third live album The Wood Brothers have released since vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix united with siblings Chris and Oliver. In the interim since issuing Sky High and Nail & Tooth, the threesome has honed the natural chemistry in only the early stages of development there to reveal […]
Spiral Stairs (Pavement’s Scott Kannberg) Announces New Album ‘Doris and the Daggers’
Spiral Stairs (Pavement’s Scott Kannberg) will release his second album under that name, Doris and the Daggers, on March 24 on the Nine Mile label in the US (pre-order here), on Domino in Europe (pre-order digital / physical) and on Coolin’ By Sound in Australia / New Zealand (pre-order here). Today he has shared the first single and video from the album, “Dance […]