B-Sides

James Stevenson: you know him. You really do. You just may not recognize his name upon first glance. He’s played guitar in some really cool bands, starting with Chelsea, then with Billy Idol in Generation X, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Alarm, Kim Wilde, the International Swingers. He’s currently the go-to extra live guitar player, as […]

Doug Collette looks back on a high-profile live show with Jeff Beck and John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra in the spring of 1975.

Howling Bells just released their fourth album Heartstrings on Birthday Records. The UK-based band brought in Catherine J. Marks (PJ Harvey, Foals) and the renowned Alan Moulder (The Killers, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys) to record and produce the album. Together, they’ve created an album that balances shoegaze, 90’s alternative rock and late 80’s synth-pop, all the […]

A long time ago in a Hollywood full of poofy hair and big dreams, the sidewalks were a carnival of sins with guitar picks. The bands that flocked to the aging yet regenerating section of Los Angeles were getting signed by labels and putting out songs that wallpapered MTV screens morning-noon-&-night. It was a hallowed […]

Daniel Couch re-examines Centro-Matic’s ‘Redo the Stacks,’ an album that radiates with the manic fervor of youth.

In light of the (most) recent Led Zeppelin plagiarism lawsuit, Scott Elingburg examines both sides of this delicate and complicated issue.

Almost ten years ago, Kelly Hansen stepped into some mighty big shoes as the new lead singer of Foreigner. Lou Gramm had departed the band for good and founding guitar player Mick Jones wanted the band to stay alive. Hansen had made a name for himself in the late eighties/early nineties with his band Hurricane […]

Pavement’s indie-rock classic ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’ turns 20 this year. Daniel Couch revisits the album’s defining single ‘Cut Your Hair’ and examines his evolving relationship with the song’s purposefully ambiguous lyrics.

For the first time ever, Bonnaroo will feature three scheduled SuperJams. After midnight on Friday June 13 at That Tent, Derek Trucks will lead a jam that includes Chaka Khan, Taj Mahal, Eric Krasno, James Gadson, David Hidalgo and Adam Deitch with special guests Andrew Bird, Susan Tedeschi, Ben Folds and more. At the same […]

Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, The Bottom Dollars are that rock and roll band you keep imagining when you say “damn, there’s no good rock bands left today.” Their gravelly vocals, musical chops, hard tale lyrics, booming drums along with a mysterious bottom line give these Bottom Dollars some mighty clout. The Bottom Dollars recently released their […]

ODESZA, a two-year-old electronic duo from Seattle, has quickly gone from side project to a notable underground electronic act now on their first national tour. Consisting of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, their debut release, Summer’s Gone, was a mixture of dreamy  melodies, mixed with glitchy vocals and grandiose bass lines.. Two tracks from Summer’s […]

Record Store Day falls right on Easter weekend this year. But in lieu of that rigged egg hunt your family forces you to participate in every year, vinyl hounds across America will be spending their Holy Saturday combing the cramped aisles of their favorite brick-and-mortar record store in search of the cornucopia of exclusives being […]

Illinois-born musician, Andrew Belle, has focused his career on songwriting with a lush atmospheric pop sound that would be reminiscent if Chris Martin of Coldplay went solo. His recent release Black Bear, has received rave reviews and was placed on the iTunes Best Of list for the singer-songwriter category in 2013. Belle spoke with Glide […]

These two innovative guitar legends only joined forces for one live tour. Their appearance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in 1973 no doubt met and exceeded the enormous expectations.

Happy Fangs is San Francisco’s black & white warpainted duo of Mike Cobra of King Loses Crown & Rebecca Gone Bad of My First Earthquake. Combined with her high-energy vocals and his grit-pop guitar.  A year after their formation and first live shows, the duo  released their debut self-titled 7-song EP in October 2013, which […]

Michael Yellin goes long on Yes’ most controversial LP: “If prognerds were a rougher bunch, there would be a lot of busted noses over ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans.'”

Following their eighth album Rave Tapes that came out in the U.S. January 21st via Sub Pop, Scottish post rockers Mogwai celebrated its release by announcing their own whiskey, RockAct81w, a limited edition Scotch. For a band that has never had lyrics  and still always maintained a creative precedent like few other musical entities, it’s […]

Being tasked with exploring Tori Amos’ discography is like a friend pressuring you to binge watch a show with over five seasons. So if you’ve borrowed your way through all 14 of her albums, here’s a list of 14 songs you may have skipped over, missed completely, or that deserve a closer listen.

There are artists like Damien Rice that immediately conjure a level of cinematic lust atop narrative acoustic guitar, that invites you in and keeps you listening throughout the entire song cycle.  Peter Brady Adams is one of those artists.  The film composer turned singer/songwriter  released his fifth solo record The Mighty Storm, February 4th on […]

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.