Archive: 2017

Entering their third decade as a band, Son Volt feel more vital than ever. This can be evidenced by their current tour, nearly all of which has been sold out. It is not simply the fact that the alt-country stalwarts have released a new album, Notes of Blue, but the fact that Jay Farrar’s lyrics […]

Paul Weller has confirmed a tour North American which will kick off October 1, in Huntington, NY and culminate in Los Angeles on October 27. P Weller will tour in support of his brand new studio album, A Kind Revolution set for release on May 12 via Warner Bros./Parlophone Records. The 10 songs that comprise […]

Founders Entertainment has announced the lineup for the second annual edition of The Meadows Music And Arts Festival, taking place September 15th to 17th in Queens, New York at the Citi Field complex. This fall, the festival is expanding to a third day of Music, Art, Food, and Entertainment. JAY Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, […]

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers’ debut album Sidelong  (released 4/28/17 on Bloodshot) is turbulent and energetic perfect for the country music fan who wishes the recent outlaw renaissance featured some figures a little less soft than Jamey Johnson or Sturgill Simpson. Bars, alcohol, rocky relationships or some combination thereof feature on every track except “No […]

Shadow Moon is taken deeper into Mr. Wednesday’s world and a friendly game has some serious consequences.

[rating=9.00] Slowdive’s true strength, for those who were familiar with their work in the 90’s, was their openness that was understandably morose yet stirring – no doubt due to Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead vocal duality that seemed to pierce through everything and eventually succumb even the most skeptical. While other groups heavily sedated their […]

Photos of Steve Winwood along with Lily Winwood at the Carpenter Theatre in Richmond, VA on May 2, 2017. Photos by Hank Strauss  

When your Artist Of The Day sets the tone for what the day will be like then you know it’s going to be hot and funky. Big Sam Williams brought his Funky Nation back to the main Acura Stage to heat up an already hot afternoon. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Big Freedia and to end it […]

Music Tastes Good has revealed the lineup for the festival’s second year, and it’s another jaw dropper. Presented by 89.9 KCRW, the colossal two-day, music, food and art festival will take over Downtown Long Beach’s beautiful waterfront Marina Green Park the weekend of September 30-October 1, 2017, with influential alt-rock trailblazers Ween and Sleater-Kinney headlining […]

[rating=7.00] After recording her first EP under the moniker of Fazerdaze in 2014, Amelia Murray hand-stitched fifty cardboard sleeves together and sent them to her fans and friends in Auckland, New Zealand. She found herself sending out more and more copies of the EP, and before long, began touring in support of it. As her […]