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Tune-Yards’ ‘I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life’ Proves Infectiously Fun (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] Tune-Yards and driving force Merril Garbus have always done two things very well, experiment with sound and style to undeniably innovative results and produce whip-like commentary through the music’s wordplay. I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life is no different with Garbus, now officially joined by bassist Nate Brenner as a duo, […]
J Roddy Walston and the Business Bring Raucous No Rules Rock To Boston’s Royal Nightclub (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
There was only a handful of minutes between Chicago’s Post Animal’s set change and when J Roddy Walston and the Business descended from the green room and down the awkward stairwell to the Royale’s knackered stage. JRWB’s fans erupted with whistles, clapping and ecstatic bouts of joy as the band took their mark and without […]
SONG PREMIERE: Amy Rigby Rocks Out In Literary Fashion With “From philiproth@gmail.com to rzimmerman@aol.com”
Amy Rigby has made a life out of writing and singing about life. In rock and roll bands like The Last Roundup and The Shams in the eighties, performing in storied clubs in NYC’s East Village, to her solo debut Diary Of A Mod Housewife out of nineties Williamsburg; through a songwriting career in 2000s […]
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Supply Five Years of Integrity On ‘Wrong Creatures’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] Five years it’s been since we last saw a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club record. It’s a lengthy spell between meals for any band, but it somehow feels right for the California rockers. It seems an age since they burst onto the scene with B.R.M.C. in 2001 and it’s been a long and often bumpy road. Theirs […]
Primus, Mastodon, All Them Witches Join Up For Summer Tour
Buckle up as Primus announces a summer tour with titans Mastodon as they continue on the road in support of their ninth studio album, The Desaturating Seven, out now on ATO Records. Pre-sale tickets start Tuesday, Jan 30 local time HERE (password: Goblins) and general onsale is Friday, Feb 2. Kicking off May 6 at Red Rocks the tour will cross the country and back with stops […]
alt-J Announce Immersive Sound Show at Forest Hills Stadium – Kamasi Washington To Open
alt-J has announced unique concert at Forest Hills Stadium on June 15. It will mark the largest venue the band has ever headlined in North America, and is the only immersive sound show in the continent. In another first for the band, the show will feature a surround speaker system enveloping the entire audience. The speakers […]
The Gaslight Anthem Announces Special ‘The ’59 Sound’ Shows
The Gaslight Anthem has announced a very special series of shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their milestone second studio album, THE ’59 SOUND. The New Jersey-based rock band will travel North America and Europe performing the album in its entirety, with dates beginning May 27th at Washington, DC’s legendary 9:30 Club and then traveling into mid-August. As previously announced, The […]
HOLY Evokes Groovy Feelings With Dark Pop Sound on ‘All These Worlds Are Yours’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] After relocating to Stockholm from his native town of Umeå in Sweden, Hannes Ferm, aka HOLY, began the process of making his second LP. All These Worlds Are Yours is both similar and different from his debut, Stabs. While both are solidly planted in 60’s era garage-psych rock, this new project has a much […]
Don McLean – Still Touring and Recording Strong After ‘American Pie’ (INTERVIEW)
Don McLean wrote (and sang) perhaps the most iconic song in American rock & roll, “American Pie.” Yet, he has done so much more than that one song which propelled him to fame, fortune and sold out concerts the world over following it’s release in 1971. McLean, a prolific songwriter, had hits throughout his fifty […]