Show Reviews

In one way, shape or form, Gov’t Mule virtually always surprise in concert, so it only stands to reason that the element of novelty would be elevated for their annual New Year’s run at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. And that holds true even if, as with the most recent two nights, the concept of […]

No one can bring the house down quite like Devon Allman. With his soaring guitar licks, unique vocals that straddle the border between blues, rock and country, songs that touch upon the pulse of zen positivity and real deal life and love situations, Allman can rock hard, rouse up a crowd and become your best […]

On December 11th, legendary guitar hero Leslie West played an intimate club show at Daryl’s House in Pawling, New York to support his new album, Soundcheck. Before playing a single note, West warned his audience that he was suffering from a brutal cold, but assured them that he was going to ‘’give it his all.” […]

There aren’t many bands that have their lead singer as an opening act, but Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox’s side project Atlas Sound has been doing this all tour. Cox, sporting a yellow raincoat and beige cap fitting for spring on an unusually warm night at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre on December 12th,  has a reputation of being […]

The 27th Warren Haynes Christmas Jam December 12, 2015 Asheville, NC – US Cellular Center Feat: Warren Haynes, Jeff Sipe, The Doobie Brothers, Blackberry Smoke, Dawes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bruce Hornsby, Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Love Canon, Mike Barnes If New Year’s Eve concerts are the metaphorical cherry on top of a music […]

Billed as “An Evening With Lucero”, the Southern rockers hit Austin on Friday for a show at ACL Live. In true fashion, “An Evening With” meant no opening act. Instead, the audience was treated to two sets from the band, one “acoustic” and one “electric.” Lucero have always been essentially a hard rocking bar band, […]

It makes sense that New Orleans band the Deslondes would join St. Louis’ favorite son Pokey LaFarge on tour. Both acts wholeheartedly embrace the canon of American roots music and use an amalgamation of genres to craft something all their own. They also both released new albums somewhat recently that are among this year’s most […]

Although they retain their down home, good old boys persona, the Avett Brothers have advanced head first into the major leagues over the last couple of years. Their albums are eagerly anticipated, they can claim a big name producer in Rick Rubin, a major label record deal with Republic Records, an expanded front line from […]

City and Colour, which is the name Canadian singer/songwriter guitarist Dallas Green uses when recording and touring, made a stop at Boston’s House of Blues along with his current touring band. City and Colour began as an outlet for Green’s more personal and sensitive material while he was a member of hardcore rock band Alexisonfire. […]

On Saturday November 28th, Railroad Earth hosted the second night of their annual “Horn-O-Plenty” celebration at The Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA. Stroudsburg holds a special significance to Railroad Earth, as they formed right across the border in Stillwater, NJ. Railroad Earth kicked off the night with “Like A Buddha”, off their 2002 release Bird […]

The average music fan goes to see live music for entertainment, and the explanation on why we pay money to see it doesn’t get any simpler than that. Yet, the ethos of why bands choose to play can be a wide spectrum of reasons and impulses. We conveniently assume musicians play because of the umbrella […]

Upon entering The Record Bar on Monday night, one may believe it was the late ‘90s. Event posters of punk and indie bands during that time period plastered the walls. The band members wore dirty white Converse, jeans, simple t-shirts or button-ups, and even a Royals’ hat was in the mix. Matt Pryor’s voice echoed […]

What happens when you unleash Sammy Hagar in a Biloxi casino with a virtually sold out crowd? You get one hell of a show. With the energy of a six year old kid, Hagar bounced around the stage, cracked jokes, signed anything that was handed to him, played guitar and whipped the audience into an […]

In a month-long tour that started back East where the Grateful Dead 50th anniversary celebrations did not reach this past summer, Dead & Company dropped their last proper shows of a coast spanning fall tour last night in fabulous Las Vegas. The band has four more official shows left to play in the Golden State […]

Long before electronic dance music was accepted by the masses, it lived in the realm of jam bands. While most EDM these days is more pop-based and generally played by one person on a laptop, bands like The Slip, New Deal, and Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) blend live rock instrumentation with electronics to create […]

Remember when Mumford & Sons blew up seemingly out of nowhere and suddenly the masses were acting like folk and bluegrass was this incredible new discovery? Nathaniel Rateliff is just like that, but with soul music. That’s not to say this bearded bandleader isn’t talented and that he didn’t release one of the better albums […]

“Texans, don’t get nervous, there’re a lot of Oklahomans in the house tonight,” JD McPherson quipped to the crowd at the Parish in Austin on Tuesday night. He wasn’t lying either, as this two-night run was spearheaded by Oklahoma natives JD McPherson and the young singer-songwriter Parker Millsap, who hails from Guthrie, OK. The Texans […]

It has been a little more than a full lap around the sun since Minus the Bear was in Philadelphia touring in support of last year’s Lost Loves album, a collection of unreleased material. This year the band is touring to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the group’s second album, Menos el Oso and revisited […]

After 15 years and six albums, mewithoutyou has matured well, the band has moved solidly authentic into a sound that that challenges a defining genre. Mostly considered a post hardcore act, they exhibit leanings into folk, modern rock, and hardcore and sometimes all within a song. Singer Aaron Weiss’ stylings are poety and prose in […]

It felt a bit surreal walking into a concert venue on Friday night given the context of what was happening in Paris at that very moment. Concerts, after all, are a place to escape the sometimes painful realities of life and revel in this magical thing we call music. The crowd at Stubb’s in Austin […]