Articles by: Shawn Donohue
Lee Ranaldo Offers Quirky Mix of Experimental Pop On ‘Electric Trim’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Lee Ranaldo has moved on (even dropping The Dust moniker) from his smoothly polished 2013 release Last Night on Earth to Electric Trim. This release is a quirky mix of Beatles inspired experimental pop that ...
Prophets of Rage Strike Foul On Self Titled Debut LP (ALBUM REVIEW)
Prophets of Rage is a supergroup for our current times that is not designed to heal our country but fight the powers that be. They have a clearly defined agenda lyrically, laid out to battle the ...
Mike Gordon Makes Clearest Musical Statement Yet With ‘OGOGO’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Mike Gordon’s fifth solo album OGOGO is his clearest individual musical statement as an artist yet. Recorded with his own band OGOGO is cohesive, unique and sonically divergent from his main day job, infused with ...
Pete Townshend’s ‘Classic Quadrophenia’ Rings & Echoes New York’s Metropolitan Opera House (SHOW REVIEW)
One of the all-time classic rock and roll albums got a special treatment on Saturday Night September 9th as Pete Townshend and a huge host of friends brought Classic Quadrophenia to the New York Metropolitan ...
Gogol Bordello Rage Gypsy Punk On ‘Seekers and Finders’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
It has been four years since Gogol Bordello’s last album Pura Vida Conspiracy and during that time main Bordello keeper Eugene Hütz bounced between Brazil the Ukraine and New York City. So the title of ...
DocFell & Co Strum It Up With Dignity on ‘Dust Bowl Heart’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
From the small town of Tahlequah, Oklahoma is DocFell & Co. with their dose of Americana/Country, slowly singing tunes direct from their Dust Bowl Heart. Raised on the sounds of Cash, Haggard, Nelson and Jennings ...
Jon Cleary Steps Out Solo With ‘Live at Chickie Wah Wah’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The English born, “New Orleans bred”, Grammy winner Jon Cleary is stepping out on his own, releasing his first solo record, captured during a night of unfiltered playing. showcases Cleary’s love for his adopted hometown ...
Rancid Keep Late Career Consistency With ‘Trouble Maker’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Following up 2014’s solid …Honor Is All We Know is Trouble Maker, the ninth studio album from the long reigning Berkeley punks Rancid. Once again produced by Brett Gurewitz, the group shows they are still ...
Benjamin Booker & High Water Rock Out Rough Trade Record Shop (SHOW REVIEW)
On June 5th a full house packed into the back of the Rough Trade Record Shop in Brooklyn, New York to see Benjamin Booker and friends celebrate the release of his second album Witness. Opening ...
Pokey LaFarge Stirs Up Nostalgia Effortlessly on ‘Manic Revelations’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The St. Louis-based retro rocker Pokey LaFarge has updated his obsessive roots sound for his newest release Manic Revelations., just not yet into the 2000’s. While most of his past songs were comfortable in the ...
