Archive: 2016

In Suds & Sounds we turn the spotlight on breweries, focusing on the role of music in that brewery’s history, packaging, tastes, and in its city or town as a whole. The idea is to get beer and music lovers to connect with a side of the brewery that may often go overlooked, but one that we think […]

This past year saw Vancouver-based artist Adrian Glynn quietly showing his dark side; portraying first a soldier in Leonardo DiCaprio’s nightmares for The Revenant and then a gruesome, villain in the series, Arrow. On his sophomore solo record release morelightthannolight, (released 10/14/16) Glynn finds a light in the dark and ultimately a voice all his own. For this first solo […]

The cast and crew of ‘Domain’ discuss how they created a sci-fi dystopia on an shoestring budget

After a successful introduction in Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland holds it down in the first full trailer for Spidey’s first MCU solo film.

A trope filled paint-by-numbers romp? Sure. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced their 40th Anniversary Tour this summer. Petty had stated earlier he would consider playing his 1995 solo LP Wildflowers in its entirety on the 2017 tour, it appears hes going to be rolling with a tour covering all eras. “The 40th anniversary kind of got in the way […]

The Lockn’ Festival 2017 revealed its initial lineup taking place taking place at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Va., Aug. 24-27. The lineup popped in batches on its social media pages, starting with The Avett Brothers, Keller Williams, Brandi Carlile, and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. Other names of interest include: Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, moe., Gov’t […]

[rating=8.00] On Peace Trail, Neil Young forsakes his recent penchant for pointed social commentary in favor of a disarmingly offhanded approach that’s much more effective. Over the course of ten no nonsense tracks, the Canadian musical icon shines a light on our cultural dislocation without making statements or declaring his opinion in any overt way. […]

Plus, Arrow showrunner Greg Berlanti lands a big new job.

2016 aint over yet and now we’ve lost two thirds of Emerson Lake and Palmer.  Greg Lake, who fronted both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died aged 69. One of the founding fathers of progressive rock, Lake died on Wednesday after “a long and stubborn battle with cancer”, said his manager.The news comes […]

Don DiLego has long been known as a musical troubadour. The singer-songwriter has garnered praises from the likes of Rolling Stone Country, Paste Magazine, Huffington Post and No Depression to name a few, and has been deemed ‘alt-country’s next poster boy.’ As A Magnificent Ram A showcases his most ambitious set of recordings to date, “Idiot […]

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, […]

Prince protege Jesse Johnson  (original guitarist in The Time) and Friends feat Sonny Thompson and Michael Bland vistied their hometown turf of First Avenue in Minneapolis on 12/2/16. Photos by Billy Briggss. Jesse Johnson Sonny Thompson Michael Bland

Chicano Batman came out of L.A., four young men in vintage formalwear, playing songs that blended Brazilian Tropicalía with early ’70s psychedelic soul and the romantic pop of bands like Los Ángeles Negros. It was an immediately addictive sonic brew, and their reputation grew fast. Now, they’re making their boldest statement yet with Freedom Is Free, their third album […]

Michael Dorf is proud to announce that the music of Aretha Franklin, the 18-time GRAMMY Winner and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductee who was named the number one singer of all-time by Rolling Stone magazine, will be celebrated with a special benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on March 6. The initial lineup includes […]

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (CRB) played to a full house at Portland, Oregon’s Revolution Hall on Saturday, December 3rd, offering up two well-received sets of their signature rock n’ soul sound. Although CRB released a new album, If You Lived Here, You Would Be Home By Now, just a month ago, they would play only […]

Also, Fifty Shades Darker releases its second trailer.

Ryan Adams has announced that his new album Prisoner will be out February 17th on Pax Am/Blue Note – his first new studio LP since his 2015 take on Taylor Swift’s 1989. The twelve tracks that make up Prisoner came to Adams over a prolific period stretching back as far as the week his 2014 self-titled […]