2012

19th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival: Telluride Town Park, Telluride CO 9/14-9/15/12

Jamie Thousand September 17, 2012 No Comments

With the final act of day two hitting the stage, one would wonder –How can Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule take it up yet another notch? How about opening with a reggae version of Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker”. As the crowd quickly erupts into an impromptu “woo-wooo”, it was easy to see how the often touted hardest working man in the biz was not going to have a problem.

Soundgarden Dropping New Album King Animal Nov 13

September 17, 2012 No Comments

Seattle’s Soundgarden will release King Animal, the band’s first new studio album in over 15 years via Tom Whalley’s new record label, a partnership between his Seven Four Entertainment and

Rob Zombie Remains No Bullshit Visionary (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough September 17, 2012 No Comments

Rob Zombie is a no-bullshit visionary. While leading White Zombie on a gory-fun trail through the rock & roll hemisphere, he carved up electrifying stage productions and music videos filled with fluorescently vivid images of the macabre while playing grungily catchy tunes; something that he continues to do with his solo band.

Aimee Mann: Charmer

Jake Giles September 17, 2012 No Comments

Charmer doesn’t grab you by the throat and drill its message into your head; rather, Aimee Mann asks you to have a seat in her office, while you witness her playing psychiatrist to individuals (people she knows? herself?) who need an objective opinion with a healthy dose of reality. Listen closely, and you might even hear Aimee Mann diagnosing you.

California Wives Teach Us Art History

Peter Zimmerman September 17, 2012 No Comments

Glide Magazine recently spoke with Jayson Kramer of California Wives about the band’s history, the writing and recording of Art History, their love of British bands and what they’re planning for the future of the band.

Mike Doughty Covering John Denver, Cheap Trick, Stone Roses on New Album

September 17, 2012 No Comments

Mike Doughty will take on songs by John Denver, Cheap Trick, the Stone Roses, Stephen Sondheim and more on his new covers album, "The Flip Is Another Honey," out Nov.

AC/DC Releasing New Live Album

September 14, 2012 No Comments

AC/DC have announced that they will be releasing their first live album in 20 years in November. The album, which is titled ‘AC/DC Live At River Plate’, was recorded in

Chamberlin: Look What I’ve Become

Shawn Donohue September 14, 2012 No Comments

The folk-indie group Chamberlin received praise for their debut album Bitter Blood and after a cover disk to benefit Vermont flood victims, the group has returned with their next offering, the Look What I’ve Become EP.

Purity Ring: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ 8/31/12

Kharli Mandeville September 14, 2012 No Comments

Though many, possibly all, may have overestimated Purity Ring’s “undergroundedness,” that belief was nearly instantly shattered when the duo not only sold out the venue, but led fans to scrounge for entrance days prior and pack themselves inside the day of. Ultimately this type of adulation labeled the Crescent show deservingly as, “Oh, you weren’t there? You should have been,” kind of performance in downtown Phoenix.

Alvin Lee: Still on the Road to Freedom

Ron Hart September 14, 2012 No Comments

When it comes to Woodstock-era English blues guitar, there isn't a more underrated axe than Alvin Lee. Yet his blistering fret work as the frontman for Ten Years After continues to resonate through the steel strings of such modern-day mavericks as Jack White, Dan Auerbach and Guy Davis Jr. as adroitly as fellow Brits Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, whom the guitarist should be placed alongside more regularly in terms of his influence on the art of those who came after him.