Picture Show: moe. @ The Capitol Theatre
Nick Irving’s photos and take on moe.’s return to The Capitol Theatre.
Nick Irving’s photos and take on moe.’s return to The Capitol Theatre.
Three groovy-heavy new music recommendations from Neddy.
Check out the new holiday-themed video by The Polyphonic Spree.
Chadbyrne reviews Pennsylvania six-piece Cabinet’s first new studio album in over four years.
Alex Vans’ first full-length project is ambitious and impressive, skewering contemporary consumer culture while providing memorable melodies, creative arrangements, and sparkling production. 1960s and 70s-era rock and pop echo throughout the project, but this is no tribute album. Vans’ lyrics, often ironic, are a stand-out feature. Vans also proves himself to be as capable an arranger and co-producer as he is a songwriter.
It’s a safe bet that very few of the folks who attended the Jimmy Herring Band/Victor Wooten Band double bill at Durham’s beloved Carolina Theater thought they would leave the building with any other performer’s name on their lips. As much as everyone marveled at the blatant and inspiring display of musicianship put on by Herring, Wooten, and their bands, no one could seem to stop talking about vocalist Krystal Peterson.
While it feels like festival season has only recently come to a close with the end of CMJ in New York City, this week the SXSW Music Festival announced the first wave of invited acts who will perform during the weeklong extravaganza, running from Tuesday, March 12 to Sunday, March 17, 2013. Here are five acts that we at Glide Magazine are super thrilled to see at SXSW 2013.
While this concert revealed the inconsistent quality of his recent solo work, and also exposed just how central Death Cab For Cutie’s instrumentation is to the power of their songs, Ben Gibbard put on a thoroughly enjoyable and downright exquisite performance.