[rating=6.00] There is a fine line between homage and all out copying of style. There are only so many notes you can play and of course pop music has filtered
[rating=6.00] With its sixth album in as many years, Pond, an Australian band with members who also play in Tame Impala, has kicked its love affair with blues-metal riffs. Still
Bill Frisell is making old songs new again. Or maybe, with 2014’s Guitar in the Space Age!, Frisell is making a new record, old. In any instance, when his tour
Can the world afford to wait every two years until Dengue Fever release another album? The more I delve into their music, the more insatiable my ears become, eagerly awaiting
Israel Nash’s 2014 record Rain Plans was one of the best releases of 2014. It’s a kind of electric mash up of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Neil Young, with
[rating=5.00] The Lone Bellow’s sophomore effort Then Came the Morning is a mixed product. The album strikes out as a synthesis of various traditional styles, but filtered through a modern lens. The
[rating=9.00] In their campaign to revivify the power trio concept originated by Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gov’t Mule always emphasized improvisation. Five years into that initiative, the band
[rating=8.00] Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors release of Medicine may mark their biggest success yet. Holcomb’s ninth album is from Magnolia Records, and it is a slight change-up from the
On their fourth LP, Punch Brothers continue to push themselves compositionally, balancing the cerebral and emotional aspects of their music.
Like their most recent sold-out appearance in the Ballroom at Higher Ground, Dr. Dog’s previous performances at this Vermont venue have become something of a rite of winter. Proceeding from
