[rating=6.00] Consider Blackberry Smoke a group of retro-sounding rockers who also cling to contemporary credence. While their sound is clearly modeled on certain Southern Rock standard bearers — Skynyrd, the
[rating=7.00] The Austin trio Greyhounds have always had an affinity for the soul music from Memphis. On Cheyenne Valley Drive they wanted to directly capture the Bluff City’s vibe by
[rating=8.00] Phil Madeira is by turns multi- instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, illustrator, painter, producer, sideman, front man. Madeira, by his own admission, is far from a household name but he’s become a
[rating=6.00] There have been surprisingly few raging protest albums during the Trump presidency, most have been resigned to stunned, can’t-believe-this-happened status, but with the release of Ministry’s 14th studio full-length
[rating=9.00] Eels’ new album, The Deconstruction, nearly didn’t happen. After taking a four-year hiatus from which he wasn’t certain that he’d return, Mark Oliver Everett, the band’s eternal mastermind and
The second night of their two show Brooklyn Bowl stand (3/30) found the Drive-By Truckers in solid form as they blasted out two full hours of engaging guitar rock to
Smiles were plentiful last Thursday night (3/29) at Brooklyn Bowl when Erika Wennerstrom performed her stellar opening set for the Drive-By Truckers. In the first night of two shows in
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Gran Pavo Real, the new album from country rockers Great Peacock, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution
Eastern Pennsylvania’s devoted blues community, as well as several fans from New Jersey and New York, showed up in enough force to make the seventh annual Blast Furnace Blues Festival at
[rating=7.00] When I first saw the Naked Giants’ frenetic shredding onstage a few months back, it felt like capturing lightning in a bottle. Their performance was youthful and wild like
