Archive: 2017

Not long after the death of Greg Lake, the world has lost another prog kingpin. John Wetton, a former singer,bassist and songwriter for King Crimson and Asia, has died at the age of 67 from colon cancer. Asia last performed in November of 2014 but Wetton’s contributions live on within the many albums he contributed on including […]

Gutar fans have something huge to look forward to next autumn, as two of the premier guitarists in their genres come together. In a career that spans over five decades, John McLaughlin, one of music’s most influential and prolific guitarists, composers, and bandleaders, will begin his farewell U.S. tour on November 1 in Buffalo, NY. McLaughlin will be joined by Jimmy Herring, who […]

Mac DeMarco (aka 26-year old MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco) will release, This Old Dog, his third album and first full-length since 2014’s Salad Days, on May 5th via Captured Tracks. In conjunction with today’s album announcement, DeMarco is announcing a North American tour and sharing two lead singles — “My Old Man” and “This Old Dog.” They are the album’s openers and right off the bat, […]

For the first time in his storied career, A three-disc studio album from Bob Dylan, Triplicate, will be released on March 31, featuring 30 brand-new recordings of classic American tunes and marking the first triple-length set of the artist’s illustrious career.  With each disc individually titled and presented in a thematically-arranged 10-song sequence, Triplicateshowcases Dylan’s unique and much-lauded talents […]

Closing in on Elton John and Billy  Joel for all time Madison Square Garden headlining shows, and about to tie The Greatful Dead at 52, Phish has announced The Baker’s Dozen, a 13-night run at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, beginning Friday, July 21 through Sunday, August 6. The Baker’s Dozen brings the band’s […]

Barika is a six piece funky, dubbed out, psychedelic West African flavored band from Burlington, Vermont. The group is led by Craig Myers who, in addition to leading Barika on the N’Goni, is also a current member of Mike Gordon’s Band, and was one of the original founding members of Rubblebucket. He has performed alongside […]

[rating=7.00] Hey Mr Ferryman, album number ten since Mark Eitzel started his solo sojourn away from the realms of American Music Club, finds this ever-inventive artist shifting his stance towards a sound that’s fully flush with ethereal ambiance. Both somber and surreal, it conveys a sense of deep contemplation, the kind that the late Leonard […]

For The Rolling Stones, playing Cuba last year may have just been another notch on their fifty-plus year old touring belt, but its historical nature was significant and it was all caught on film for Havana Moon, the latest addition to the ever-growing DVD releases by one of the greatest rock & roll bands in […]

[rating=7.00] Since releasing their debut album Electric Toys in 2010, New York City based indie-rockers The Dig have garnered a fair amount of critical praise. Though their albums do a great job of creating a different overall feel from each other, they also carry a similar thread of utilizing both instruments and vocals to create […]

Led by singer-songwriter Michael Dion, Boston-based band Daemon Chili have been steadily gaining traction around their home turf of New England since forming in 2013. The group is heavily influenced by the unique and eclectic sounds of legendary acts like The Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, and The Band, and fuse elements of rock, blues, folk, Americana, […]

Following their long tradition of projects based on narrative themes, The Residents are pleased to announce the release of The Ghost of Hope, a historically accurate album based on train wrecks from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. After discovering a series of vintage news articles highlighting the dangers of train travel in the […]

Plus, our first glimpse at Ocean’s 8 and Split unites moviegoers for another week.

BNQT, a new indie super group conceived and led by Eric Pulido of Midlake, have announced the release of their debut album ‘Volume 1’ on April 28 via Dualtone, and Entertainment One company. The introductory set includes ten new, original songs and features five vocalists – Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, […]

Classic hard rock fans will have something to look forward to this summer when Deep Purple and Alice Cooper, joined by special guest, The Edgar Winter Band, visit 19 cities across America this summer on an epic rock tour, announced today. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will also serve as the Long Goodbye Tour […]

Taking some time for his own compositions before leading another summer with Dead and Company, John Mayer is launching his Search for Everything World Tour on Friday, March 31 in Albany, NY at the Times Union Center. This tour marks the first solo trek for Mayer since 2014 and will be sweeping through arenas across North America and Europe in […]

Michael Kiwanuka is pleased (and relieved) to announce that he’ll be rescheduling his cancelled North American Tour from December of 2016. Kiwanuka who was suffering from vocal chord damage and tonsillitis has been cleared to play shows again. The tour begins May 18 at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and includes Festival stops at Governors Ball and […]

[rating=8.00] Rock and roll is best when any fucks to give are tossed out the window in favor of a groovy, carefree party. Austin musician John Wesley Coleman III has always showed a fierce determination to give no fucks at the core of his approach to music. This is a good thing and, most of […]

Last night Warren Haynes, Don Was, Michael McDonald and company turned Boston’s Orpheum Theatre, into a working, full blown time machine; teleporting the audience back to November 26, 1976. This  date of course was one of rock n’ roll’s most magical, legendary nights when at the pinnacle of their ability and at the peak of […]

[rating=8.00] Furnace is Dave Simonett’s sophomore effort under the monicker he adapted after putting Trampled By Turtles, the gig he works by day, at least temporarily on hold. Not surprisingly then, Dead Man Winter sounds very little like his other ensemble, save the superb quality of the songwriting. Even so, Simonett admits that the new […]