Archive: 2016

In perhaps their most ambitious of all their revered Halloween shows, Phish paid tribute to the recently departed David Bowie with a cover of 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Phish previously paid tribute to Bowie this past summer with an acapella cover of “Space Oddity,” so covering […]

 ARW, consisting of former Yes members Jon Anderson,Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman packed the Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City on Friday October 28th. The Philadelphia/South Jersey was one of the first area’s in the U.S to embrace the band in the early 70’s. Having played Philly’s now defunct Spectrum 28 times, it is common […]

The closer we get to truth, the more questions we have about as Westworld reaches its midseason point.

Plus: Could we be in store for a new Captain America?

Phish returned to the MGM Grand Garden Arena last night for the third consecutive show of their 2016 Halloween run. The band offered another evening of salient music although the energy wasn’t quite as there when compared to the previous two nights. Nonetheless, Sunday’s show had plenty of highlights to add to the run with […]

The Walking Dead has really jumped the shark. Er… tiger.

Temples – James Bagshaw (vocals, guitar), Tom Warmsley (bass, backing vocals), Sam Toms(drums) and Adam Smith (keys) — are set to release their new album, Volcano, on March 3rd via Fat Possum. The band’s announcement comes on the heels of a sold out North American tour and a performance last week on Last Call with Carson Daly, where the English four-piece presented debut single, “Certainty,” to viewers […]

Following a decade long break, Grandaddy will release its first new album since 2006’s Just Like the Fambly Cat on March 3rd ion Danger Mouse’s 30th Century Records. It’s titled Last Place, and retains the classic Grandaddy sound as if the ten year lasp has never happened. In announcing the album today the band released a new video […]

[rating=8.00] If you’re looking for that quintessential Texas sound these days, look no further than Wayne “The Train” Hancock. With a voice that’s as smooth as an ice cold Shiner Bock on a Texas summer day, Hancock can boogie and swing with the best of them. Boogieing and swinging, of course, are the focal points […]

As festival season draws to an end across the Northern Hemisphere, one smaller festival in Austin has created a kind of bookend each year for festival-goers. Formerly called Fun Fun Fun Festival, this year marks the debut of the newly christened Sound on Sound (SOS) Festival created by the same promoters under a new moniker […]

When you’re young and you feel like you don’t belong, life can look very different from the football player on one side of you or the gamer on the other side. So you dream more than most and that bright shining talent that might have been hidden away for years is unleashed to it’s glorious […]

[rating=8.00] Paul Cauthen is singing the gospel of the blue collar man. His deep toned voice goes down like a rich, dark stout, calling to mind a young Waylon Jennings. And on his new record, perfectly titled My Gospel, he doesn’t hold back. Right out the gate, the album’s first song “Still Drivin’” is a […]

After the crests and troughs of an interesting fall tour there’s not a Phish fan in Sin City regretting their decision to attend the climactic Halloween run of 2016. Stepping back to the MGM Grand Garden Arena stage after a most memorable four show run in 2014, the band has been on fire playing two […]

The 6th annual Hangtown Music Festival filled the El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville, California with sweet, sweet music from October 20th to October 23rd. The weekend was one big highlight after another, from the weather, lineup and performances, to the fans and costumes. Below are just a few of the things that stood out […]

Widespread Panic kicked off the first of three nights at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, CO on 10/28/16 with their sixth consecutive show covering a Black Sabbath classic. This time amongst other highlights including a cover of The Doors’ “The Changeling” they brought out the gloom of the ominous title track from Sabbath’s debut […]

Plenty of people go to see bands when they come through their town, but most people don’t think about everything that it takes to get those bands to their favorite club. Being on tour for a musician is both enlightening and daunting, as physically and mentally draining as it is stimulating. And no matter what, […]

[rating=8.00] In the two years since Phantogram’s spectacular sophomore LP Voices, the duo spent a lot of time collaborating with everyone from Miley Cyrus to Big Boi, the latter for an entire album under the moniker Big Grams. Though that may not have been a factor, there’s no denying that their new album Three is […]

The Robert Langdon series gets worse with every release, but hasn’t quite dipped into terrible just yet.