Archive: 2016

[rating=8.00] Nashville’s Blank Range recently released their EP, Vista Bent, on hometown powerhouse Thirty Tigers. The four song collection travels no distinct path or set of sonic moorings. Part cocaine country, part indie come garage rock, a few stoner, electronic brushstrokes and a heady, jazzier meld than most rock bands can muster. Vista Bent delivers […]

Two of the most influential iconic woman in rock (Chrissie Hynde) and Stevie Nicks) graced the stage of the Wells Fargo Center in Philly Sunday night. The Pretenders, touring in support of their superb new album “Alone,” opened up the show. Their setlist was a perfect mix of new and old and a satisfied audience […]

[rating=9.00] Purveyors of their own take on psychedelia, The Green Pajamas have been plying their singular style for the better part of the past 30 years. Having carved something of a legendary stature in their native Seattle, the band remains a cult favorite as far as the world at large is concerned, having been denied […]

Leftover Salmon have announce their Winter 2017 North American Tour. Kicking off in mid-January, the tour hits 17 cities across the country, including stops throughout the west coast and Rocky Mountains, including Winter WonderGrass Festival plays in Steamboat Springs, CO and Tahoe, CA, Chicago, Arizona, and more. The complete list of Winter Tour dates is […]

Plus, Wedding Crashers 2?

Inspired by struggle, triumph, the natural world, and spoken with a sincerity that touches deep, Russell James Pyle’s songwriting is deeply intertwined with the nuances of life in America. Pyle is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is influenced as much by Bruce Springsteen as red dirt country. His music blends heart and hand as […]

Glide’s Billy Briggs had a special opportunity to tour Prince’s Paisley Park Studios and was able to photograph the following displays:  Under the Cherry Moon/Graffiti Bridge Room, the Memorial Fence, Super Bowl, & NPG Music Club. Last four photographs courtesy of Paisley Park.    

On October 13, 2016, Sara Danils, Secretary of the Swedish Academy, informed a room full of expectant reporters that,“The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan for creating new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” That day, Dylan’s official Twitter feed gestured toward the award with a retweet. That […]

[rating=8.00] Amazing, one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all time secretly record an album (their first in 18 years) after reuniting because they were inspired by world events. Unfortunate, one of the founding members passes away before it can be completed. With mixed emotions that this will be the last A Tribe Called Quest […]

A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees is the new album from acclaimed electro-acoustic composer and performer Sxip Shirey, and is set for release January 13 on VIA Records. Composed and produced by Shirey with co-production and engineering by Don Godwin and mastering by Greg Calbi, much of A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of […]

With only a few episodes remaining in its debut season, Westworld continues to stun and surprise viewers.

At this point, it seems like The Walking Dead should change its name to The Plodding Around Aimlessly Dead to better match its content.

The Infamous Stringdusters have announced details about their upcoming new album and an extensive supporting tour. The new album Laws of Gravity is set for release January 13, 2017, and marks a return to form for the Grammy-nominated acoustic five-piece, whose widely acclaimed 2016 album Ladies & Gentlemen featured all female singers (like Joss Stone, Lee Ann Womack, Nicki Bluhm, etc).  Laws […]

Following this month’s release of three new Frank Zappa albums, the Zappa Family Trust and UMe are continuing their extensive reissue campaign by releasing five iconic works of the musical innovator on vinyl for the first time in decades: Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, Joe’s Garage, Lumpy Gravy, Weasels Ripped My Flesh and We’re […]

Plus, Netflix unveils ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.

 Jim James played to a packed house at the Fillmore in Philadelphia on Friday November 18th. He is touring in support of his new album Eternally Even, released earlier this month. Twin Limb, whose newest release “Haplo” came out a few weeks ago opened the show. They pulled double duty as they were also Jim’s […]

When you have a chance to experience music in it’s most purest form, when all is quiet and the resonance of the harmonies and the words and a few strings are crystal clear, it can be pure bliss. A lot of music has gotten away from that but thankfully Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen still […]

For close to a decade Suzie Zeldin and Jesse Gabriel have been creating music as The Narrative, but when they began work on their new album four years ago it seemed that the future was uncertain. The group had achieved recognition for their charming indie pop, yet the production of the album led to logistical challenges that […]