Archive: 2017

John Doe. His name is synonymous with a letter, a city and a genre of music. Helping form the punk band X in a seedy Los Angeles forty years ago, Doe and his bandmates Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake are celebrating that genesis with a 40th anniversary tour that began on May 1. […]

Shadow and Wednesday secure help and funding for their coming adventures.

In his home country of Australia, Paul Kelly is a preeminent songwriter, an artist who immediately draws respectful acknowledgement. Here in the States, Kelly has a modest but loyal following who have long followed his soulful folk and Americana, and now he is currently in the midst of his first U.S. tour since 2013. This […]

Combining indie-rock, power-pop, and American roots music with beautiful arrangements and crystalline studio sound, Willodean succeed in crafting a unique and catchy sound that demands listening. Each of the band’s members has a diverse musical background: the southern roots of front man Abbie Huxley, the smart, McCartney-esque songwriting of Randy Wooten, and the indie rock edge […]

The tsunami of sound that is Mastodon, swept through Landsdown Street and the House of Blues on May 8th and left a wake of musical destruction behind as they tore through an unrelenting and monstrous twenty-song set list. Troy Sanders (bass, vox), Bill Kelliher (guitar), Brent Hinds (guitar, vox) and Brann Dailor (drums, vox) took […]

Just last week Luther Dickinson was bouncing around New Orleans, playing a variety of sets to coincide with that city’s Jazzfest, but now, with a new album on the horizon, he has teamed back up with his brother Cody and gotten their main band, the North Mississippi Allstars back on the road. On May 11th […]

What fresh hell is this?

An awkward tragicomedy with heart, Norman excels on the strengths of its cast.

Psychological horror reaches stunning heights in Ben Young’s feature debut.