[rating=9.00] The Bottle Rockets are back. Not that they ever went anywhere – they’ve been maintaining a fairly rigorous tour schedule for the last handful of years – but it’s
[rating=7.00] Having written songs recorded by the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis while supporting greats in the legendary Muscle Shoals Studio and also serving as Kris Kristofferson’s keyboardist for over
[rating=8.00] It’s never easy being part of a spin-off band, especially when the band that you’ve spun off from (A) had enough gold records to fill a good portion of
[rating=7.00] Nicole Willis is certainly not as well known as fellow soul shakers like Sharon Jones and Betty LaVette, but she certainly deserves to be. This may have to do
The last time I saw Godspeed You! Black Emperor live, they were still called Godspeed You Black Emperor!. It was 2002 and they were touring ahead of the still-unreleased Yanqui
[rating=8.00] Granted, being the home town heroes isn’t necessarily a major distinction when the town you’re presiding over doesn’t offer all that much in terms of competition, and you’ve won
[rating=7.00] Promised Land Sound has been a band to get excited about since their self-titled 2013 debut. A revivalist band in many ways, their sound is hugely referential running the
[rating=7.00] The world of music is a rapidly evolving, mercurial cluster of confusion that can see new artists and genres of music come and then die just as quickly. In
[rating=8.00] Just when you thought that all the alt-folk bands had settled into a similar and comfortable sound, along comes Darlingside to shake things up. Birds Say is the band’s
[rating=8.00] As they have since the beginning, Mercury Rev seem to reside in their own celestial sphere. Their’s is a freewheeling take on psychedelia that’s as disrespectful of mode or
