Archive: 2016

Alabama Shakes’ sophomore album, Sound & Color (ATO Records), won the GRAMMY Award for Best Alternative Music Album last night. The album’s first single, “Don’t Wanna Fight,” took honors in the Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song categories, bringing their awards tally to three. In addition, Sound & Color was named the Best Engineered […]

Better Call Saul returned last night to bring us more of the rise and fall of Jimmy McGill.

Sabina Sciubba wants you to know that she is no ordinary front woman – but an artiste. The lead singer of the samba-inspired dance electronica group Brazilian Girls is renowned for her avant-garde style and sensual lyrics, which are seductively sung in English, Spanish, French, and German. While the allure of the chilled, ambient, tropicalia […]

Anders Osborne has announced details about his forthcoming 12th record, Spacedust & Ocean Views. Set for release on Back On Dumaine Records, the record is a hauntingly plaintive album of redemption and recovery, an honest musical document from the roots-rock veteran. The album’s first single, “Lafayette,” was inspired by the longtime New Orleans resident’s love […]

It’s often true that “the sum is greater than the parts,” and the Asheville, North Carolina experimental folk band River Whyless is a perfect example. Their mesmerizing sound, built by seamless harmonies, soaring violin and unusual percussive elements, demonstrates the power of the collective, but so does the band’s songwriting. The song “Life Crisis,” from […]

AC/DC visited the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN on 2.14.16 for the arena portion of their Rock or Bust World Tour.  Photos by Billy Briggs. Edit this setlist | More AC/DC setlists

[rating=8.00] An astute observer of intimate endeavors, Aidan Knight maintains the introspective gaze that found him making a mark with his bewitching debut, Small Reveal, in 2012. Hushed and deliberative, his sophomore set Small Reveal places the emphasis on nuance, as manifest in the low cast gaze that shrouds the album overall. Subtlety is the […]

The 58th annual Grammy Awards Presentation took place Monday night (2/15/16) in Los Angeles, and is in most years, the televised portion is reserved for the big industry money making award presentations, while a smaller ceremony took place earlier in the night awarding less mainstream genres. Although the performances on the televised part were for […]

Dead Winter Carpenters are forging their own path with their progressive take on alt-country and Americana music. The quintet hails from the mountain town of Lake Tahoe, CA and their ability to conjure up a down-home, feel-good vibe that warms you like a shot of bourbon shines on their new release Washoe, coming out on February […]

Martin Scorsese outdoes himself with the jam packed premiere of Vinyl.