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Gov’t Mule brought their version of the never-ending tour to the Brooklyn Bowl in  Las Vegas on March 4, 2017. The cover heavy setlist featured a number standouts and rarities, along with sit in from blues guitarist Chris Tofield. Photos by Paul Citone ts

Anna Coogan has been preparing for this moment her whole life, ever since she was a girl growing up in Boston, influenced by her classical opera training and her father’s protest albums by Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan. After several efforts with her Pacific Northwest-based alt-country band north 19, a pair of well-received indie solo […]

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival took place Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March 5th in the festival’s namesake town in Florida. Artists performing at the 2017 festival included, Usher & The Roots, Bassnectar, Sturgill Simpson, The Lumineers, Flume, Wiz Khalifa, Pretty Lights, Solange, Logic, Rae Sremmurd, Young The Giant, Futurebirds and more. Photos by L Paul […]

The Flaming Lips hit the Fillmore in Philadelphia on 3.4.17 for a sold out show that included their usual colorful shenanigans and Wayne Coyne making the stage his personal art space. The band is currently on tour of their well received new studio LP Oczy Mlody, that came out in January. Photos by Cathy Poulton    

[rating=8.00] Bela Fleck is something of an anomaly when it comes to today’s musical mindset. He completely defies the notion of what a banjo-toting player has come to represent, a musician who’s unafraid to venture into realms far afield of bluegrass or the traditional turf that’s always provided the banjo with a comfortable fit. Both […]

Hailing from the swamp lands of Southern Georgia, raised on a heady blend of rock-and-roll and blues and classic country, Beau + Luci mine their rich musical heritage to dream up an extraordinarily timeless sound. On their debut EP Fire Dancer (due 3/3), the two sisters infuse their earthy yet lushly textured folk-rock with naturally […]

Hammydown has made your salad and scooped the foam onto your cappuccino. She’s scrubbed your splattered walls and vacuumed the dust from beneath your bed on her hands and knees. She’s delivered your pizza. A boss will say time and time again that it doesn’t cost anything extra to give service with a smile. With […]

Portland, OR based Sallie Ford released her second solo LP Soul Sick on February 10th, which is comprised of doo-wop harmonies, slippery British invasion keyboards, and crunchy, fuzzed-out guitars that back her distinctive howl and surround her at once intimate and confrontational musings on love, depression, and fear. According to Sallie, “This is a ‘confessional’ album.  […]

Nashville’s DEDSA wields psych-rock like a flaming sword to illuminate sci-fi tales of love and medieval debauchery. The band’s debut full length, Salmon Velocity, melds electronic music, psychedelia, metal and shoegaze into a powerful musical elixir. The project is an unholy pact between drummer Grant Bramlett, bassist/keyboardist Ben Carreon, guitarist/vocalist Stephen DeWitt, and keyboardist Robbie Ward. […]

Santa Barbara based psychedelic funk band, Killer Kaya, releases “Understood” (below) one of the tracks from their upcoming album said to be coming out later this year. While “Understood” holds true to the funk and soul elements found on their last EP “Cigarette Echolocation”, the addition of the saxophone indicates experimentation with a new sound that […]