Some artists can spend their entire careers trying to recreate the magic they created on their debut record. When that debut wins three major Juno awards (Canada
When Thom Yorke sings, people listen. For that reason alone, Yorke making a solo album, makes perfect sense. On his solo debut, The Eraser, Yorke’s gnarled voice work its magic alongside an assortment of synthesizers, drum machines, loops.
Tom Petty’s first solo album in twelve years, revisits the myth of the
open road, as if to wrestle one more time with an ancient metaphor.
Photos by Eric Townsend of Brandi Carlile at the Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on May 25, 2006.
One of Umphrey’s most impressive feats is their uncanny ability to take that cheesy 80’s “soaring eagle” guitar tone you loved back in high school, and actually make it cool again.
It is a rare musical act that can get Seattle’s normally staid crowd not only moving, but enthusiastically dancing – particularly in a relatively small club packed to the gills with an animated crowd. Yet the story of the Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone is nothing if not impressive, a story of triumph over challenges far more trying than mere listener boredom.
Photos by Norman Sands of Ratdog, String Cheese Incident and Keller Williams performing at Summerfest, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 6th, 2006.
Less than two weeks after Kobayashi downed 53 and 3/4 hotdogs on the boardwalk of Coney Island, crowds once again crammed the shore ready to check out the sights and sounds of the 2006 Village Voice Siren Fest.
To Find Me Gone is a remarkable step forward for the San Francisco based folk collective, which includes sometime-members Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom.
DJ Logic’s avant-turntablism instantly breathed some hip-hop swagger into the relatively straight-laced fusion scene in the late 90’s. Aside from his prolific remixes, Zen of Logic, Logic’s long awaited third album sees more daring collaborations with old friends, new faces and some noted Logic crossover moves.
