Posts by Reese LeBlanc

Undeterred by a gloomy forecast, legions of Sound Tribe Sector Nine fans descended on Morrison, Colorado last weekend eager for a glimpse of STS9 “2.0.” The pioneering jamtronica band returned to the Red Rocks Amphitheater with a new bassist and a new sound, hoping to set a course for the future. In the months preceding […]

[rating=8.00] Nickel Creek co-founder Sean Watkins boasts a solid solo catalog of three prior albums, and the mournful All I Do Is Lie may be his best independent effort to date. Primarily a collection of gentle and accessible love songs, the album quietly addresses disharmony within dying relationships, examining the corrosion of ill-fated romances. Shifting […]

Reese LeBlanc retraces the massive footprints of motion picture’s most reliable radioactive dinosaur — from Saturday horror greatness to cartoonish stupidity to, just maybe, a shot at redemption.

Athens, Ohio sits on the rolling, rocky edge of Appalachia. Ohio University is the heart of the modest city, a quaint main street community overflowing with bars, restaurants and boutiques. Motorists passing through the historic burg’s narrow core pause for the usual student foot traffic, the tides of academia pouring out of stately, worn brick […]

A fantastic group effort, “Awake” begins a new chapter for Tycho, one fans of Explosions in the Sky and instrumental rock could certainly warm up to. Longtime Tycho followers certainly have something to debate, but they have something to bob their heads to as well.

If Murphy’s side projects are any indication, the bassist may be destined to produce punchier, potent dance music. If that is the case, where is Sound Tribe bound? Former STS9 “kids” everywhere are holding their breath, waiting for any hint of Sector Nine’s second coming.