SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘More Human Than Human’ Takes Us Deep Into the Uncanny Valley
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
Steve Winwood Brings His Greatest Hits To Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center (SHOW REVIEW)
With Newark, New Jersey still recovering from the latest Bomb Cyclone to hit this winter season Steve Winwood and company took the stage at the gorgeous NJPAC on Thursday night March 8th. The crowd was clearly on the gray-haired side of things and in a venue more apt to host Mozart’s Requiem than a rock […]
Father John Misty, Nick Murphy, Dr. Dog, Revivalists Top McDowell Mountain Music Festival (FESTIVAL REVIEW)
The McDowell Mountain Music Festival has come a long way in its 15 years. What was primarily a roots and jam festival early on has now blossomed into a more youth oriented festival showcasing a variety of genres with modern rock, electronica and EDM and taking top billing. This year M3F brought top headliners to Margaret […]
SXSW FILM REVIEW: Netflix Documentary ‘Take Your Pills’ is the Medicine We Need
Amphetamines and our cultural relationship with them are explored in this new documentary.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Score Big Again With ‘Tearing at the Seams’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Back in 2015, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats rocketed to “house-hold name” status on the strength of the immensely catchy “S.O.B.” and a memorable performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that quickly went viral. It was a long time coming for Rateliff, who had achieved some acclaim for his earlier solo […]
Jimi Hendrix’s Modern Day Trilogy Completed With ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] Ostensibly completing the trilogy started with two previous compilations, Valleys of Neptune and People, Hell and Angels, Jimi Hendrix’s Both Sides of the Sky contains thirteen tracks recorded between 1968 and 1970, ten of which have never before been released. A handful of cuts with the ill-fated Band of Gypsys provides the foundation for a […]
‘Let’s Do This’ by DADDY( Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack) Rocks Brilliantly (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] This is a different gig than the solo Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack projects. Together as Daddy on Let’s Do This, their third album as a duo, they stay in the Daddy groove, meaning cranking it up and letting loose. Their witty songwriting is still very evident but is commentary on serious social issues, while […]
‘Let’s Do This’ by DADDY (Will Kimbrough & Tommy Womack) Rocks Brilliantly (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=9.00] This is a different gig than the solo Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack projects. Together as Daddy on Let’s Do This, their third album as a duo, they stay in the Daddy groove, meaning cranking it up and letting loose. Their witty songwriting is still very evident but is commentary on serious social issues, while […]
David Byrne Keeps Creative Battery Going On ‘American Utopia’s Eclectic Mix (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=6.00] The first proper solo album from David Byrne in fourteen years finds the former Talking Heads frontman sounding amazing vocally while experimenting with sounds and lyrics; not always hitting the complete musical mark. There is a constant push and pull between the organic and the programmed throughout American Utopia and it is on display with […]