2012

Review: Black Taxi & The Modern Electric @ Beachland

Michael Stein and Zach Bloom July 18, 2012 No Comments

Three indie-rock acts provided a fantastic night of music in Cleveland.

Video: Jonah Smith – Live One

Ryan Dembinsky July 18, 2012 No Comments

Jonah Smith uses images of Occupy Wall Street in the video for Live One.

The Weekly RecommNeds: Zeus / The Darcys / Cookie Duster

Neddy July 18, 2012 3 Comments

Ned hips us to three must-hear releases from Broken Social Scene offshoots.

The Metermen: Nocentelli / McConnell / Porter Jr. / Modeliste

Scott Bernstein July 18, 2012 No Comments

Page McConnell will join three members of The Original Meters for a pair of shows at NYC’s B.B. Kings.

Forecastle Festival: Louisville, KY 07/13/2012 – 07/15/2012

Ashley Brumback July 18, 2012 No Comments

After taking a year off and joining forces with Bonnaroo producers AC Entertainment, the Forecastle Festival returned to Louisville’s Waterfront Park for its 10th anniversary. Initially a gathering of local

Todd Boston: Touched By The Sun

Chris Calarco July 18, 2012 No Comments

Todd Boston is an acoustic guitarist, flutist and multi-instrumentalist from the San Francisco Bay Area. His new album, Touched by the Sun was recorded across the country, in the vibrant, green hills of Vermont and his virtuoso guitar work is backed on record by a wide range of world class musicians including percussionist Jeff Haynes of Pat Metheny’s band, bassist Tony Levin of Peter Gabriel/King Crimson and Snatum Kaur on vocals

Imaginary Cities

Shane Handler July 18, 2012 No Comments

While Winnipeg might not exactly feel like a fertile music scene to those that live outside the Canadian prairie, Imaginary Cities formed from the small community of musicians and creative folks that encourage themselves to play in up to five bands at a time. Primary songwriters Marti Sarbit and Rusty Matyas met and formed in Winnipeg as Sarbit’s soul-powered voice immediately captured multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Rusty Matyas’s attention at the Cavern, a Winnipeg bar where Sarbit was fronting a Motown cover band and Matyas had come to mix the sound.

Avengers: Avengers

Ron Hart July 18, 2012 No Comments

New York City might have had Debbie Harry as its reigning queen of platinum blonde punk during the height of its ’77 heyday. But Los Angeles had Penelope Houston, the bold, brazen front-woman of San Francisco’s The Avengers, a band whose gritty streetwise snarl and ravenous energy packed as much of a punch as the Marvel Comics super group with whom they shared their name.