Archive: 2015

Jessica Jones isn’t just a great superhero show, it’s a great show period

We FINALLY found out what happened to Glenn as The Walking Dead inches towards the fall finale.

Foo Fighters countdown clock on its website concluded Sunday evening and was replaced with links to download or stream the band’s new EP, “Saint Cecilia.” A vinyl copy of the EP is also available for pre-order. The EP was recorded at Austin’s Saint Cecilia Hotel The surprise release – which features appearances from Gary Clark Jr., Ben Kweller and Preservation […]

To the unknowing observer, the Dear’s music sometimes seems to be somewhat ominous, thanks in no small part to a sweeping orchestral approach that reflects a certain degree of both pomp and posturing. Some have described it as a modern incarnation of the classic prog rock sensibility, given its frequent dark and dramatic designs. It’s […]

Wild Nothing, a.k.a Brooklyn-based musician Jake Tatum, released his debut album Gemini in 2010 to critical acclaim. Five years on, with an equally impressive sophomore release and a series of EPs under his belt, Tatum is pleased to announce his third-studio album and self-proclaimed most “mature and honest” work to date, Life of Pause, which […]

Long before electronic dance music was accepted by the masses, it lived in the realm of jam bands. While most EDM these days is more pop-based and generally played by one person on a laptop, bands like The Slip, New Deal, and Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) blend live rock instrumentation with electronics to create […]

Steve Hackett and his band visited Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, NJ to perform both classic Genesis material and other solo work from his vast catalog on 11/21/15. Photos by Cathy Poulton    

On October 2nd Atlanta’s Sevendust released their eleventh studio album, Kill The Flaw. The energy is there, the passion is there, the blazing guitars and machine gun drumming are there. Everything you could possibly want on a Sevendust record is served right up. “We took some time off from the heavy side of Sevendust and […]

Lloyd Price is a man who should need no introduction. Getting his start in the 1940’s when he was still just a teenager, the young performer from Kenner, Louisiana released some of the biggest and most widely covered songs of all time. Songs like “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”, “Personality”, and “Stagger Lee” sold millions of copies and […]

[rating=7.00] Steven A. Clark’s debut LP starts off with the sound of someone getting into a car and putting a cassette tape in. The songs on The Lonely Roller play out like an R&B mix tape of heartbreak and loneliness. The album contains musical elements of a wide range of artists from Michael Jackson to […]

Ash goes on a spirit quest, and an old “friend” points Ruby in the right direction.

Remember when Mumford & Sons blew up seemingly out of nowhere and suddenly the masses were acting like folk and bluegrass was this incredible new discovery? Nathaniel Rateliff is just like that, but with soul music. That’s not to say this bearded bandleader isn’t talented and that he didn’t release one of the better albums […]

“Texans, don’t get nervous, there’re a lot of Oklahomans in the house tonight,” JD McPherson quipped to the crowd at the Parish in Austin on Tuesday night. He wasn’t lying either, as this two-night run was spearheaded by Oklahoma natives JD McPherson and the young singer-songwriter Parker Millsap, who hails from Guthrie, OK. The Texans […]

Thanks for ruining Mockingjay, Hollywood!

By not playing to normal Christmas movie expectations, The Night Before becomes a special kind of Christmas movie.

Click bait might be king today, but old school journalism, as depicted in Spotlight, will never be out of fashion.