Archive: 2013

Dawes, the mesmerizing indie folk rock band from Los Angeles, brought their brilliant sound to the recently reopened Lobero theater, Wednesday night, December11th. Venice, California based singer guitarist Blake Mills was advertised as the opening act, but in a strategic move, Dawes decided instead to integrate the talented musician into their dual sets of experimental […]

Listen to Josh Homme and company “blow (their) load over the status quo.”

Fruit Fight. Porn. Paul Rudd’s boy-ish face. An all-around entertaining five minutes.

On Tuesday, McCartney (a certified gazillionaire and most likely the owner of many, many fine articles of clothing) attended a Brooklyn Nets game, where he attempted a slam-dunk of savings

Our relationship with art changes over time. In our instantaneous iPhone age, we don’t live with albums or movies or TV shows or books like we used to. With Re-Reviews, we re-explore our relationship with a piece of pop culture — and how that relationship evolves over time. We dismiss some art unfairly — or […]

Perhaps no yearly event has the explosive potential for collaboration and unforgettable music of Warren Haynes’ annual Christmas Jam in Asheville, and for the 25th iteration of the event, Haynes and company maxed out the lineup and expanded to two grueling nights of music. The result was nearly 20 hours of watching music and wondering […]

To win, simply tell us what three God Street Wine songs are truly most musically challenging and captivating — ones that can go head-to-head with the best from other improv-influenced rock bands.

He also tells a hilarious story about refusing dinner with Harrison Ford.

‘How I Met Your Mother’ delivers one of the better Fall Finale’s I’ve seen so far.

These progressive bluegrass virtuosos brought their head-spinning chops to Chattanooga’s Track 29.

Also, no love for Yes.

Looking at Patrick Sweany and listening to his music, conjures up the old adage that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Yes, there’s the vintage guitars, amplifiers and Midwestern influenced wardrobe. But, underneath it all lays a well-rounded, well-versed and articulate musician who has a style all his own. Patrick Sweany, originally from […]

Nirvana, Kiss and Peter Gabriel will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. The Rock Hall announced Tuesday that Hall and Oates, Linda Ronstadt and Cat Stevens also will be inducted April 10 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their first release. […]

Apparently Freddie Mercury collaborated with Michael Jackson — and we may get to hear it (if we’re not wiped out by an asteroid first).

“I would really rather like to” live out of a suitcase again, says the former Mac legend.

Kings of Leon dropped by ‘SNL’ over the weekend, performing two excellent cuts from their excellent new LP.

There’s something in the sound of Queens of the Stone Age that doesn’t feel quite right and it’s awesome. While their riff-heavy brand of desert-bred stoner rock has found its place in the mainstream, there’s something “off” about their tunes. During their performance at Boston’s University Agganis Arena, Frontman Josh Homme and co. vamped through […]

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know – Pema Chodron When you sit down and have a conversation with Ian Astbury, he is always calm, he is always intelligent, he is always funny. He has a light in his eyes that dances one moment but can darken just […]

Quite apart from its Black Friday release date, Dawes’ Stripped Down at Grimey’s comes at just the right time for both the band and its fans. It should remind both parties what brought them together in the first place, a bond that might well have become tenuous due to the anonymous nature of the group’s […]

Broken Bells, the musical partnership consisting of James Mercer and Danger Mouse, has released the new official video for After the Disco’s lead single, “Holding On For Life.” (below) “Holding On For Life” is comprised of scenes from Part One and Part Two of the band’s collaborative featurette with The Creators Project, also titled After the Disco. The single-length […]