Archive: 2011

Throughout his enviable career, Chris Cornell has always enjoyed taking his music in different directions. Whether blazing the trail for the grunge movement with Soundgarden, fronting rock supergroup Audioslave or releasing solo albums, Cornell was always experimenting with his artistic expression. Though at times his experiments failed, such as his ill-conceived collaboration with Timbaland, even at his worst Cornell’s music had one nugget of redemption: that voice.

Nick Brown, lead singer and guitarist of the Nashville-by-way-of-Ohio-based rock group Mona, hasn’t broken a string in six months, but this evening at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia he’s already broken two in back to back songs; it doesn’t seem to bother him the least.  There’s an edge to Mona’s sound and band complexion, greatly elevated by Brown’s attitude and energy, comparable to The Clash’s Joe Strummer with a faint similarity in the style made public more recently by the Kings of Leon.

Watch official video shot 14 years ago today.

Parker spent a month trying a Google alternative and liked what he found.

Will Booth Love be Umphrey’s Touch of Grey?

All Good moves to Ohio for next year’s festival.

Scott & Jeremy share thoughts and photos from Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Irving Plaza.

Randy Ray breaks his hiatus to discuss 1994’s Trapped In Paradise.

Sample Rock from BuzzUniverse’s latest album, Living Breathing Magic.

Each week we round up tour date announcements from the past seven days in this handy column.