When The Rolling Stones first toured Germany in the fall of 1965, chaos ensued. They were still a very young band, having played their first official concert, sans drummer Charlie
It was the ultimate rock and roll marathon for the second day of Solid Sound, from wild garage punk to noisy, experimental prog-rock. Despite a forecast that showed hostile periods
The beauty of Solid Sound is the drastic difference between each day at the festival. Night one is an odd balance of calm and buzzy excitement, much like the feeling
What is it with indie-rock and the wild animal names? Tame Impala, Fleet Foxes, Mountain Goats, Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear, Minus the Bear, Bear in Heaven, Message to Bears…a
The way bands come and go, you have to be impressed when a band has been at it for more than 20 years. Pepper is one such band. Along the
Danny Boyle’s ode to the Beatles is an audience pleasing delight.
2019 marks the twenty-fifth year in the existence of Gov’t Mule, but Bring On The Music doesn’t exactly represent a formal recognition of that milestone. Nor does it constitute, in
Dave Alvin’s King of California, first issued in 1994, marked a pivotal point in Alvin’s career. Known primarily as a rocker from his days with X, The Blasters, and even
Antidote from Chick Corea and his newly formed Spanish Heart Band revisit songs from his classic albums My Spanish Heart and Touchstone. The Spanish Heart Band is a multi-cultural octet
Given its principals’ forebears, The Allman Betts Band exhibits no small amount of courage in its decision to pool talent for recording and roadwork. Still, the first fruits of its
