Archive: 2016

Westworld may keep glitching in-show, but from our vantage point it’s going perfectly.

‘Rogue One’ Directed Added To SXSW Keynotes SXSW added some force to their 2017 keynote speaker series. The festival announced today that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards has been confirmed as a speaker for the upcoming film festival. Edwards joins the previously announced Lee Daniels as one of the speakers for […]

Upon forming at a Halloween house party debut in 2011, the Chicago 7 (sometimes 8 or 9) piece Gramps The Vamp has been carving out its own niche of orchestrated funk workouts. In 2014, a year after being named Best New Band by Chicago Reader, Gramps The Vamp released its first official album produced by Sergio […]

It’s easy to generalize Nashville these days as the home to market-driven pop “country” for the masses, but anyone who’s been paying attention can tell you that’s only a small part of what’s actually coming out of Music City. With their debut album More Than A Little, which comes out on November 4th, husband and wife duo Adrian + […]

Just over a month ago, Phoenix Americana outfit Jared & The Mill releaseded their new EP Orme Dugas. The album is named after an exit near the band’s hometown and encompasses the beauty and peaceful setting a band yearns for with life away from home. With this release there has been lots of time away from home as […]

You know his name, you know his music, you know of his reputation. So when it was announced that Rick Wakeman, the legendary keyboard player for Yes, was reuniting with his former bandmates, singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Trevor Rabin, to form ARW and tour, it was like the mothership had breached the mountains in […]

On what became a more intimate, small crowd at Ferndale, Michigan’s Loving Touch for a mid-week performance by Cymbals Eat Guitars, allowed a more eloquent and agreeable nature for the band. Clearly, lead singer Joseph D’Agostino was in good spirits, as he was rarely absent with a smile or smirk on his face while looking […]

Korn rolled into Biloxi last Sunday bringing with them Breaking Benjamin, Motionless In White and Silver Snakes for the 19th annual CPR Fest and fans were more than ready to rock out with them. California band Silver Snakes had the hardest duty of the night: opening the festival and attempting to rile up the crowd for […]

Despite some heavy riffage and killer jams, Red Fang doesn’t quite overcome the high bar they’ve set for themselves.

[rating=8.00] That old school folk drifter sound is what you’ll get from Luke Roberts’ earthy new album Sunlit Cross. It’s a breath of fresh air, beautiful and bright, with pared down production and simple acoustic arrangements. And though Roberts began writing the songs on Sunlit Cross while traveling, his Nashville roots are undeniable. There’s a […]

[rating=8.00] On May 3rd, 2014 a host of New Orleans, Country and Rock & Roll royalty walked onto the Saenger Theater stage to pay tribute to the Big Easy’s most famous funky-voodoo, gris-gris shaker, Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack. The concert was a celebration of the man’s music and a testament to the wide range of […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews How To Survive, the new LP from country rocker Matt Woods, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop): [youtube id=”q4XH2y3Npfw” width=”630″ height=”350″]

The organizers of the annual SXSW Festival & Conference have announced the first major round of acts confirmed the Music portion of the festival, which takes place March 13-19, 2017. The artists in this first round hail from 26 countries and represent a variety of sounds you’ve come to expect from SXSW. Highlights include Pro Era rapper […]

Furnace, the sophomore album from Dead Man Winter, is set for release on January 27 on GNDWIRE/Thirty Tigers. Furnace is a highly revealing and deeply personal offering from accomplished singer and songwriter Dave Simonett, who performs under the pseudonym Dead Man Winter. Widely known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for the acclaimed band Trampled […]

It might be best if you don’t overthink it, but there’s plenty of fun to be had with The Accountant.

The multiplicity of tributes to Jerry Garcia is as much testament to his own love of music as his influence on multiple generations of musicians. Dear Jerry is particularly notable as it may be turning into a regular occurrence: the ‘sequel,’ Let’s Play 2, takes place in October coincidental with the release of video and […]

[rating=8.00] From the start, it’s always been a bit of challenge to pin Jonny Fritz down. His brand of “silly country” feels so unique to him, it’s hard to compare him to anyone else. It’s even harder to determine his level of sincerity when he sings songs about the best breed of dogs and chowing […]

[rating=7.00] Blackberry Smoke’s fifth studio album, Like An Arrow, concludes with “Free on the Wing,” where Gregg Allman adds a ghostly gravitas in his role as guest vocalist. The presence of the sole surviving namesake of the Allman Brothers Band lends credibility, not just to the somewhat dramatic conclusion of this self-produced work, but to […]

Splendid and stark, American Honey rewrites the rules for the coming of age genre in magical ways.