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 […]

The 7th annual T-Bois Blues Festival will be held on Thursday, March 17th through Saturday, March 19th on T-Bois Farm in Larose, Louisiana, just a little over an hour southwest of New Orleans.  This intimate, family-run festival will present a variety of acclaimed artists and offer primitive-style tent camping on this beautifully groomed alligator and crawfish farm nestled in 2,000 acres of marshland […]

The Breaking Bad Spinoff continue to live up to the heights of its predecessor.

[rating=2.00] With Yeezus, Kanye West moved into the odd air of rapper whose actual life/personality/celebrity eclipsed even his most grandiose boasts. The Life of Pablo grapples with that semi-achievement and it fails miserably. If the name on the sleeve of this record was “John Doe” would anyone even care or give this a second listen? […]

If your not familiar with Austin-based singer-songwriter Bill Carter, you have MOST LIKELY heard him or his songs but just didn’t know it. First,there’s “Crossfire,” the No. 1 hit he and his co-writer wife Ruth Ellsworth, Tommy Shannon and Reese Wynans — a.k.a. Double Trouble, the band who backed T-bird Jimmie Vaughan’s little brother, Stevie […]

Browse through any of the numerous beer publications and blogs out there and you’ll notice a lack of music culture represented. Beer and music culture are so intertwined that it’s always baffled us to see them rarely if ever highlighted together in beer publications. Watching a concert is especially enjoyable when you’re sipping on a […]

Our countdown of Vinyl’s greatest moments continues with a recounting of its stellar second episode.

The Walking Dead is dumb and it should feel dumb.

Steely Dan has announced The Dan Who Knew Too Much 2016 Tour Dates. The Dan Who Knew Too Much tour will begin with two nights at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y., on April 18-19. After a stop at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on April 22, they will perform across the East […]

Neil Young will release two rare films – the critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic musical comedy Human Highway and the concert feature Rust Never Sleeps – for the first time on DVD on April 22nd via Reprise Records. Neither film has been available for public viewing in years. Human Highway is Young’s 1982 comedy starring Russ Tamblyn, Charlotte Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, and […]

Paul Simon has just announced 31 shows across North America this Spring/Summer, beginning with his headline appearance at Jazz Fest in New Orleans on April 29. The tour will also visit Canada, before wrapping up June 30 in Forest Hills, NY. For full tour itinerary and and on-sale dates, see the list below. American Express […]