Archive: 2014

Will the buried treasure that Abed, Annie, and the Dean found really save Greendale? Will Jeff and Britta really get married? Will Chang ever stop being awful? Will ‘Community’ live for another season?

ODESZA, a two-year-old electronic duo from Seattle, has quickly gone from side project to a notable underground electronic act now on their first national tour. Consisting of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, their debut release, Summer’s Gone, was a mixture of dreamy  melodies, mixed with glitchy vocals and grandiose bass lines.. Two tracks from Summer’s […]

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings took the stage at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on 4/9/14. Photos by Billy Briggs.

For two weekends every year now, the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA has not only become a musical festival but a trendy mecca for the H & M/American Apparel/Urban Outfitter sect with as Win Butler from the Arcade Fire confessed – “I just want to say that there’s a lot of fake VIP room […]

[rating=9.00] The second installment of a live performance/recording series, Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline’s Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 consists of edits from a roughly two-hour performance in front of a small audience conducted in late August of last year. Just as collaborating with guitarist John Scofield elicits largely funky goings on from the […]

The 2014 fourth annual Rock and Roll Resort was another spectacular one filled with spontaneous adventures.  An all-inclusive festival, with reasonable prices, the weekend musical excursion took place all under one comfortable roof at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, New York, conveniently located just over 200 miles from Boston and a 2 […]

Coldplay have announced that they will mark the release of their new album, Ghost Stories, by playing six intimate shows in six cities around the world. The dates are as follows: 25 April – E-Werk, Cologne, Germany 5 May – Beacon Theatre, New York, USA 19 May – Royce Hall, Los Angeles, USA 28 May […]

‘Under the Skin’ tells an oblique and stylized story with a lot of nudity.

Mayer Hawthorne has joined forces with longtime friend and collaborator 14KT for Jaded Inc. The duo has premiered their track “People Change” off their upcoming album, The Big Knock (below). “People Change is one of the songs that set off the whole Jaded Inc. project,” says Mayer Hawthorne.  “I imagine it’s what having sex with […]

The aptly named Southern Soul Assembly is South of the Mason Dixon line artists, Luther Dickinson, Marc Broussard, JJ Grey and Anders Osborne. Well known for their respective musical pursuits the four are presently touring in a singer-songwriter, showcase format. From the band’s website which consists of a single page to performing on a bare […]

Crosby Stills & Nash hit the Palace Theater in Columbus, OH on 3/18/14. Photos by Vikas Nambiar.

[rating=9.00] Bobby Bare Jr. practically oozes swagger, and on his first new record in nearly 4 years, his sound is more defined than ever. Undefeated brings his effortlessly cool vocals to the forefront amidst his seamless hybrid of country and alt rock. At times quirky like the country-folk and oh-so-dark banjo pluck-er “My Baby Took […]

Pulsing drum loops, soaring synthesizers, and fuzzy bass lines provide the foundation for Herzig’s latest effort, Walk Through Walls. It’s a complex and cathartic set that fully delivers on the promise made by her previous offerings and it begs the question, “Where do you go from here?”

Veruca Salt recently broke the news of their epic reunion and Record Store Day release on April 19th, a 10-inch which will include their first new material in over fourteen years. On Tuesday the band announced a U.S. tour, during which the band will perform together with all four original members for the first time […]

Record Store Day falls right on Easter weekend this year. But in lieu of that rigged egg hunt your family forces you to participate in every year, vinyl hounds across America will be spending their Holy Saturday combing the cramped aisles of their favorite brick-and-mortar record store in search of the cornucopia of exclusives being […]

Say it aint so but AC/DC are  said to be possibly ending their 41 year career on a terribly sad note.  Plans were underway for a new studio album, their first since 2008’s monumental Black Ice, and a ’40th Anniversary’ world tour, 40 huge shows across the globe. About 3 weeks ago, founding member, rhythm guitarist, […]

Touring behind his new self-titled solo album, longtime New Yorker Dean Wareham returned to The Bowery Ballroom Saturday night to face an eagerly awaiting packed house. With a career now entering its’ fourth decade, Wareham is no stranger to these parts or the road for that matter, having toured hard and heavy with his previous […]

The Save Greendale Committee seems to have finally completed their mission. Everyone is happy and content. Only Abed believes that something horrible is on the horizon. And, with next week being the season finale, I’m sad to admit that he’s probably right.

FINALLY — a wedding worth celebrating. Season four of ‘Game of Thrones’ wastes no time in trimming down its large list of major characters.

‘Mad Men’ is one of the best written and acted series on television, so it comes as no surprise that the beginning of the seventh season was well-crafted. It provided important moments for Don, Joan, and Peggy and began to set the stage for what’s to come in this final chapter.