Bettye LaVette Talks Re-Imagining Bob Dylan Tunes (INTERVIEW)
Dylan covers or interpretations as Bettye LaVette prefers to call them, make up an outsized part of the roots music genre. Joan Baez, The Grateful Dead and Flatt & Scruggs have each recorded more than a dozen Dylan songs over the years and countless other artists of similar stature have given at least one a […]
Five Potential Christmas Remakes – ‘Christmas Vacation,’ ‘The Polar Express, White Christmas,’ ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night,’ ‘It’s A Wonderful Life;
Reboots are all the rage in Hollywood in these days, with seemingly every property under the sun in some stage of development or pitch. Last month, Den of Geek reported that there are currently 121 reboots in the works. Many of these, of course, won’t see the light of day, but a lot will. That’s […]
Wannabe Reviews Reel Big Fish’s ‘Life Sucks…Let’s Dance’
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Life Sucks…Let’s Dance, the new album from ska legends Reel Big Fish, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Atmosphere Brings it Home To At St. Paul’s Palace Theatre (PHOTOS)
Atmosphere performed two hometown shows at St Paul’s Palace Theatre on December 14th and 15th and Glide’s Billy Briggs was there on the 15th to capture his magic.
100 Years Ago Today – The Late Professor Longhair Was Born (Watch “Big Chief” Live ’73)
SONG PREMIERE: Madisons Sing Rowdy Alt-Country Ode to the Red-Headed Stranger with “The Willie Song”
Madisons are an 8-piece garage-folk band based out of Austin. Founded by lead singer and main songwriter Dominic Solis in 2011, the band is known for their deeply personal lyrics, vivid and honest storytelling containing equal parts profound misery and inescapable joy, and their jubilantly raucous live shows. This, combined with touring all over the […]
Vintage Stash: The Posies and Badfinger Lay The Power Pop Template
At their early apex, The Beatles exuded a tremendous confidence manifest in the tuneful material they wrote, played, sang and recorded with irrepressible gusto. Little wonder the group made such a lasting impression on culture at large, but particularly in the realm of pop music, where their two guitars, bass and drums plus voices lineup […]
‘2001’ 4K Transfer is a Must Own for Cinephiles (4K BLU-RAY REVIEW)
A stunning new transfer allows you to see the Kubrick classic like never before.
‘A Simple Favor’ Brings Christmas Early (BLU-RAY REVIEW)
One of the year’s most surprising treats comes home for the holidays.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Lisa Papineau Braves the Storm With Orchestral Folk Song “Little Hell”
One would be hard-pressed to think of a more quintessential go-to artisan for dynamic and progressive new music than Lisa Papineau. She began her performance career in experimental theatre and has since amassed a body of work that spans albums, film soundtracks, art installations, dance and theater productions, narration and producing, but is best known […]