Archive: 2014

As achild, lead singer Mozes and The Firstborn Melle Dielesen spent countless hours in front of the television watching and rewinding the animated movie, Prince of Egypt. The rather macabre plot, along with the rest of the movie made a deep impression on the young Melle. And several years later, he found himself living in London […]

[rating=9.00] It is a tribute to Eric’s Clapton’s fundamental integrity as a musician that, no matter how deeply he’s pursued mainstream acceptance, he’s never wholly forsaken his roots in the blues. Accordingly, what might seem just another careerist move, his appearance on “MTV’s Unplugged television program in 1992, turns into a reinvention of his persona […]

This penultimate episode ties up loose ends and sets up the sure-to-be-excellent finale.

In the mid-sixties, a New York kid named Leslie West was making his first dent on the music scene as the guitar player and singer of the Vagrants, a Long Island-based garage rock band that had a couple of minor hits on the East coast. By the end of the sixties he was making much […]

Before Marynard James Keenan celebrates his 50th birthday with the “Cinquanta” show, he’ll hit the road with Tool for a brief U.S. outing. The tour includes stops in Spokane, Portland, Eugene, Reno and San Francisco. The West Coast road trip marks Tool’s first U.S. outing since 2012. You can catch Keenan performing with his other bands – Puscifer and A Perfect […]

It’s the new Canterbury scene, and it sounds pretty damn good.

For those looking to have a good time and let loose on a Friday night, there are few better alternatives than a Robert Earl Keen concert. For over 30 years now, Keen, or REK, as he tends to be referred to by those in the know, has been offering forth a wildly combustible live show […]

To say that Railroad Earth blew through town would be an apt description for their show in Lincoln on January 15th, as there was a wind advisory over much of Nebraska, with winds gusting to well over 50 MPH. Although there weren’t a lot of people out on the downtown streets this evening, a good […]

2013 was a landmark year for The National, as  the five-piece premiered their documentary film Mistaken For Strangers at the opening film at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and was met with rave reviews. The band capped off the year with their first GRAMMY nomination for Best Alternative Album in early December. With 2014 underway […]

Manchester Orchestra will release Cope on April 1, 2014 through their recent partnership with Loma Vista Recordings and their very own Favorite Gentlemen Recordings. The new full-length album from the Atlanta-based band was self-produced alongside their long-time collaborating partner Dan Hannon, and mixed by John Agnello at Fluxivity Studios in Brooklyn. They recorded the entire […]

The first season’s incredible two-episode finale packs loads twists and cliffhangers.

Fresh off performing a string of December radio shows, British quintet Foals have announced that they will return to the U.S. for a spring tour with Cage The Elephant that kicks off on May 2nd. In October, Foals released their first-ever DVD, entitled Live at the Royal Albert Hall, which was recorded during a sold-out […]

By overwhelming demand,  The Allman Brothers Band have added four more shows at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, with 14 total shows now running from March 7 to March 29.  These added dates (March 25, 26, 28 & 29) are in addition to the 10 shows previously announced, all of which sold out immediately the […]

Will the Queens + NIN + Buckingham + Grohl jam be a mind-blowing experience or an awkward clusterfuck?

After the big stall of an episode last week, this one at least gives us answers to many lingering series-wide questions

G. Love & Special Sauce will spend 2014 celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their self-titled debut with a brand new album built on the trio’s signature hip-hop blues sound.  Sugar, which will be released on April 22nd via Brushfire Records, reunites original members G. Love, upright bassist James “Jimi Jazz” Prescott, and drummer Jeffrey “The […]

With a springy hit single called “Anybody,” which debuted last year, and snappy killer performances at Lollapalooza and the Voodoo Music Experience, Bad Things have already perked up the ears of music fans who like a little synth- rock mixed into their daily iPod shuffling. Along with the punk “Fool” and the new wave-ish “Caught […]

ATO Records is excited to announce the April 29 release of acoustic rock maestros Rodrigo y Gabriela’s new studio album. Titled 9 Dead Alive, it is the band’s first record of new material in five years. It was recorded and produced by Rod and Gab at their studio in Ixtapa, Mexico. Mixing was handled by […]

The groundwork vibe of episodes one and two pays off quite nicely in a tidy, classic display of exactly why this show really works.

Damon Albarn has announced the title and release date for his forthcoming solo album. The Blur frontman will release ‘Everyday Robots’ on April 28. The singer posted the news last night (January 19) on his Twitter page along with the LP’s artwork. According to Albarn’s Facebook page, the album will feature guest appearances from Brian Eno and Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes. “It’s his most […]