With The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album, Stevens presents 21 tracks, including three versions of
On the evening of a dust storm following a 110 degree scorcher, there was enough empty lawn space at the Cricket Pavillion to set up a par 3 golf hole. The show was clearly undersold as opener Michael McDonald delivered his gray haired/blue eyed soul. Through his work with the Doobie Brothers and his solo catalogue, McDonald has one of the most recognizable baritones in rock history, as you can’t walk into a supermarket without hearing him play through the PR.
When Thom Yorke sings, people listen. For that reason alone, Yorke making a solo album, makes perfect sense. On his solo debut, The Eraser, Yorke’s gnarled voice work its magic alongside an assortment of synthesizers, drum machines, loops.
After a 25 year career producing 20 albums of splendid white noise, Sonic Youth has nothing left to prove. Though somehow their 21st album, Rather Ripped, keeps us wondering if the band
Playing the casino circuit is about the equivalent of the county fair tour, but with cars lined up on the side of the "Beeline" highway, and about eight thousand fans in attendance for the twin billing of Skid Row/Tesla at the Fort McDowell Casino, you’d think it was 1991.
With his latest project Peeping Tom, an album in the works since the mid 90
Gram Parsons Fallen Angel, through a serious of archived film clips and interviews, traces Parsons life from his privileged upbringing in Florida to his musical adventures stretching across the American frontier. Featuring interviews with his family members and former band-mates, Fallen Angel revisits Parsons past with revealing interviews from Chris Hillman, Keith Richards and Emmylou Harris.
Upon reaching their 20th anniversary and releasing their ninth studio album, it would be reasonable to assume Widespread Panic would finally cave into a
Though clocking in at a little over a half hour along ten songs, you just expect more from a Jack White band. Broken Boy Soldiers fails to deliver any type of kick-start to the ears, or heart for that matter.
