Archive: 2016

Bronze Radio Return have just kicked off their U.S. tour in support of their acclaimed new album Light Me Up. The Connecticut based band’s tour includes stops in , Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles (tour dates below).  The roots rockers offer a sound pretty much foreign to bands originating out of the New England […]

When guitar virtuoso Steve Kimock started putting together ideas for his new album, he wanted to do something that would be far removed from his previous work. Working with his son, drummer, composer and multi-instrumentalist John Morgan Kimock, the guitar player set out to create a piece of work that was less reflective of his […]

Grammy Award-winning folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords (aka Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie) will return to the U.S. this summer. The “Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour,” is their first since co-headlining 2014’s “Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Tour.” Jemaine and Bret have new material in the works, which they’ll showcase exclusively […]

About forty years ago, a German guitar player named Uli Jon Roth was in a band called the Scorpions. They had released an album titled Virgin Killer and were on the heels of releasing their follow-up, Taken By Force. But Roth was already venturing down a different path musically than his band0mates. His songs were […]

[rating=6.00] You wouldn’t expect to find a band like BUHU hailing from Austin Texas, a place where plaintive melodies and laid-back trappings are apparent as well as implied. So to find this trio offering up their rambunctious rhythms and quirky constructs on Relationshapes seems wholly out of sync with the place they currently call home. […]

Well, it’s that time again, the time of year some of us Austinites cherish and others loathe so deeply that they simply leave town. Yup, South By Southwest (SXSW) is upon us and there’s nothing you can do about it. For many residents of Austin, the week of SXSW inspires the kind of dread that […]

[rating=4.00] It’s hard to imagine a band more divisive than Animal Collective, a wonky group of guys who straddle the line between stunt and seriousness. But no matter what you think of them, they really don’t sound like anyone else, and even if the way they do sound is not for you, it is difficult […]

[rating=7.00] Washed out is such a common aesthetic these days, it has practically become its own genre, and within that genre Wild Nothing have always stood out. With their latest record Life of Pause, they get a little more specific, though, keeping what was beautiful about their sound and giving it some new life and […]

The temperatures outside hit the single but things were about to heat up inside the Theater Of Living Arts on February 13th. On the docket at the South Street was acoustic guitar wielding Keller Williams with his brand new project KWahtro along with the bluegrass group Cabinet. “Hey folks how you doing here in Philadelphia […]

Gods of Egypt is everything wrong with Hollywood and movies today condensed into one convenient package.

If you’ve been to a bluegrass show or festival, you have sure felt that friendly, familial vibe that comes from the positivity and joy of the music’s energetic, upbeat presence. Bluegrass songs rarely shy away from pain and heartbreak, but the feeling of hearing a banjo or a mandolin makes it hard to hold back […]

[rating=5.00] Mount Moriah has taken a shiny polish to their sound and come up with the exuberant How to Dance, their follow up to 2013’s beloved Miracle Temple. And what many were initially quick to peg as country has continued to morph and evolve into something much more complex. While lead singer Heather McEntire has […]

[rating=8.00] Austin’s Golden Dawn Arkestra are the type of heady musical collective that could only exist in a town filled with musicians. Fronted by local scene veteran Topaz aka Zapot Mgwai, this group consists ten or more musicians and dancers. This may explain why the band doesn’t tour outside of Austin much, as their live […]

[rating=5.00] In this age of pseudo throwback soul saturation, it seems that the list of bands jumping on this genre wagon is never-ending. Some are exceptional and others fall short. Lake Street Dive fall somewhere in the middle ground, and with their new record Side Pony, they maintain that status but with more hype than […]

[rating=9.00] Artists like Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, and Sturgill Simpson have created a recent surge in popularity and notoriety in Americana and traditional country music. North Carolina’s Caleb Caudle is a hidden gem in Americana music that some critics are calling the “next Jason Isbell”. This comparison is drawn from Caudle’s rich lyrical depth and soothing […]

High Sierra Music today announced the initial artist lineup of the 26th Annual High Sierra Music Festival running June 30-July 3, 2016 at the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA.  The Festival’s 25th annual in 2015 enjoyed record-breaking attendance and unforgettable musical performances.  The initial artist lineup includes Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Thievery Corporation, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, […]

[rating=7.00] There’s a dreamy murkiness to the new record from Deep Sea Diver, no doubt influenced by their hometown of Seattle. Their sophomore LP Secrets is 10 tracks of scuzzy power pop that hits the spot. It’s got a mod retro feel to it, like Nico under strobe lights in a dark club, but there’s […]

Believe the hype. From virtually the beginning of their young careers, both Rival Sons and blues guitar player Tyler Bryant have been receiving acclamations for what they were creating. For Bryant, it was the blues via Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lightnin’ Hopkins; a sound which he has taken and expanded upon, especially with his band […]