Archive: 2016

[rating=7.00] Despite a relatively short career, London-based Yuck, have already weathered changes that would have destroyed most other bands. Two years after their self-titled debut was released in 2011 to critical acclaim, founding member and front man Daniel Blumberg left the band to pursue his own projects. However, Max Bloom (guitar/vocals), Mariko Doi (bass/vocals) and Jonathan […]

[rating=8.00] The Cloud Cult journey has been a deep musical exploration of some of the most intense, complex, and unknowable aspects of what it is to be human. Their latest album, The Seeker, continues in that tradition, building beautifully and intelligently upon the existing catalog. Released with a series of videos, The Seeker is at […]

Iron Maiden kicked off the both the world and U.S. portion of their The Book of Souls (READ OUR RECENT INTERVIEW WITH JANICK GERS)  tour Wednesday night in Sunrise, FL at the BB&T Center.  ‘Ed Force One’, piloted by lead singer Bruce Dickinson landed in Florida on February 19th and the band set up shop to […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Goud aka Northcote, Hope Is Made Of Steel, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution:  [youtube id=”iEgUhAW2L4g” width=”630″ height=”350″]

The lineup for the 2016 Beale Street Music Festival has been announced and its one of the stronger lineups with Neil Young + Promise of the Real , Weezer, Beck, Paul Simon, Modest Mouse & more. The festival takes place at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, TN on April 29-May 1, 2016 The festival opens […]

The Ship, the new album by Brian Eno, will be released on Friday April 29, 2016 via Warp Records.  The Ship is Eno’s first solo record since 2012’s Grammy-nominated LUX. Originally conceived from experiments with three dimensional recording techniques and formed in two, interconnected parts, The Ship is almost as much musical novel as traditional album. Eno […]

M. Ward will never be mistaken for the most outgoing guy. By his own admission, he tends to be a bit of an introvert. However, that description isn’t necessarily needed. A listen to any of the eight solo albums he’s released since kicking off his career in 1999 reveals a persona that leans on introspection, almost […]

[rating=9.00] Any suckers for eclectic musical unions will have no trouble sinking their teeth into Slow Moses’  (formally known as Wooden Indian) newest release, Charity Binge, the band’s first on Jealous Butcher Records. The Phoenix-based quintet – who two of its lead members last year joined Califone for a national tour with The War on […]

When a legendary record producer offers you free recording time in the studio where some of the greatest songs in the world were created, there’s only one appropriate response: You drop everything and go. That’s what Austin’s Soul Track Mind did when Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, son of Hi Records producer Willie Mitchell, offered to record […]

In the handful of years they have been making music, Canadian trio Jon and Roy have evolved from making stipped down, folky roots music with a catchy, sing-a-long vibe into a sound that is more sprawling and exploratory. Don’t be mistaken, they have have never left behind their folk roots, but take one listen to […]