The image of a DJ in Miami is usually accompanied by thumping house beats, Prada-clad models, neon strobes and dark Chanel sunglasses peering over $15 cocktails. But that
Recent advances in technology have certainly made life a bit more comfortable, but California
At a time when the greater rock world has become inundated with throwback sounds, quickly subtitling everything retro-this and post-that, an improvisational four-piece from Vermont is stepping out from an ominous shadow by reinventing a sound it would have otherwise never outlived.
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Distance can create a sense of comfort and security, but it can also overwhelm, causing feelings of isolation and despair. So when Ben Gibbard was developing a title for the band
With The Black Crowes on hiatus, the band
The recent surge in singer-songwriters has given pop music a certain level of respect it once had, before losing it to over-sensationalized choreography and flashy outfits for teens. The acoustic rhythms and lyrical sincerity of the genre are free from the over-produced work more elaborate pop-rock stars inevitably succumb to. While still simple in structure, this reflection back to the roots of songwriting has resurrected an industry plagued with turmoil and profit-loss with it’s little touch of integrity. And now, as The Incredible Moses Leroy is beginning to prove, the category no longer must be synonymous with a solo mic and acoustic guitar, but free to embrace all of our creative contemporary outlets.
Just as the lines of diverse music genres have continued to outgrow preconceived labeling, the world of “extreme games” is experiencing it
If we learn from times of hardship more so than in times of joy, the founding members of Blues Traveler should be members of Mensa. Enduring a motorcycle crash that almost took the life of frontman John Popper, followed by angioplasty, major industry struggles, and the tragic death of bassist Bobby Sheehan, they were inevitably brought to a fork in the road, where one path went to what could have been, and the other straight ahead to reinvention. Truth be told, they chose the latter.
