SONG PREMIERE: Understanding Meaning and Missions with Hooks & The Huckleberries on New Alt-country Single, “Babylon Is For Lovers”
In our current climate of constant climactic events where it seems like we have yet to process crucial matters before ten more join the fray, it can feel impossible to resolve our feelings on issues and enact real change on them. We constantly find ourselves at seemingly impassable crossroads that just lead to more impassable […]
Deep Friday Blues: Gregg Allman “Oncoming Traffic” Live 3/19/09
As depicted on the double-live album of 1974, The Gregg Allman Tour, the Southern icon’s first road excursion as a solo artist was a most lavish affair. Besides featuring a backing band that included Brothers Jaimoe on drums and Chuck Leavell on keyboards (plus members of the opening act Cowboy), a full complement of horns, plus […]
SONG PREMIERE: Sleeveens Serve Up Blistering Punk Tempos On Clever AF “Metallica Font”
A genre like punk can conjure up many images for many different people. Regardless of the band, tempo, sound, or city you think of when you hear the name “punk”, there is one universal truth that strings all of these different subgenres together. As long as you can play in your style and make it […]
35 Years Later: The Replacements Display Self-Righteous Fury On “Don’t Tell a Soul’
Accorded increasingly greater recognition by design over thirty-five years, The Replacements’ Don’t Tell A Soul is no longer their most overlooked album. This concerted effort thus renders the cover photo a decoy of intent: a blurry black and white photo of guitarist and chief songwriter Paul Westerberg depicts him with a finger to his lips as if acting out […]
Dead & Company Reveal 18 Show Residency at Las Vegas SPHERE
Dead & Company has set a residency at SPHERE in Las Vegas consisting of eighteen shows over six consecutive weeks from May 16 through June 22. The Sphere residency will feature never-before-seen visual storytelling from Dead & Company, providing fans with the ultimate connection to the music through these innovative and immersive shows. Each weekend’s three performances will feature […]
30 Years Ago Today- The Fugees Release Debut Album ‘Blunted on Reality’
GOLDEN AGE THURSDAY: Ghostface Killah ‘Freestyle 16 Bars’ Live at AOL 2004
The Wu-Tang Clan universe is a large and intimidating one. The number of side projects and solo LPs within The Wu’s orbit is astronomical, and we’re thankful for it. The number of illustrious careers born from RZA’s drum machine is a miraculous feat of modern art that deserves any accolades thrown its way. Thankfully, Wu […]
LISTEN: Billy Joel Releases “Turn the Lights Back On,” First New Single Since 2007
Today, Columbia Records releases Billy Joel’s first new single in decades, “Turn the Lights Back On,”. Available on all DSPs and pressed on limited-edition 7” vinyl, fans can listen & purchase HERE. The single comes alongside a lyric video on Billy’s official YouTube channel – watch HERE. “Turn the Lights Back On” was produced by GRAMMY-nominated songwriter and producer Freddy Wexler and […]
30 Years Later: Green Day Catapults To Melodic Punk Glory With Catchy ‘Dookie’
The energy and moment in punk that Green Day captured on Dookie needs to be more than studied, it needs to be felt. While the trio has gone on to have a commercially and creatively successful career, you will always find yourself returning to Green Day’s roots. 30 years ago today (February 1), Green Day […]
Sinkane Conjures Big Band Sound with Disco-soaked Funk Anthem “How Sweet is Your Love” (VIDEO PREMIERE/INTERVIEW)
We Belong, is the eighth studio album from Sinkane, a band led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab. And like much of Sinkane’s previous releases, it resists genre. It’s pop. It’s funk. It’s electronic. It blends the gritty punk newness of a 70s and 80s New York with the steady, foundational soul of the rhythms of his […]