The Revolution, Waco Brothers, Hurray For The Riff Raff Among Day 4 Highlights of SXSW 2017 (REVIEW/PHOTOS)
By the fourth day of SXSW you’re usually moving at a slow crawl. Your feet and legs hurt, and your mind is fried from hangovers, lack of sleep, and overstimulation. But yet you continue, because SXSW is a marathon and dropping out at this point is simply not an option. Plus, there are bands to see! […]
Valerie June, Brent Cobb, Margo Price and More Gather At Willie Nelson’s Ranch For Luck Reunion on Day 3 of SXSW 2017 (REVIEW/PHOTOS)
At times SXSW can feel like a beautiful mess, a dance of chaos that is inevitable when the cultural universe convenes on one city. All of this is good, of course, but if you’re tackling the whole week, there are times when it’s good to step back from the madness and relax. Taking place on […]
50 Years Ago Today – The Grateful Dead Release Debut LP (Listen To “Cold Rain and Snow”)
Dispatch Announces New LP ‘America, Location 12’ – Shares First Track “Skin the Rabbit”
Dispatch has announced the release of their first studio album in 5 years – America, Location 12 – due out on June 2nd, 2017 independently via the band’s own Bomber Records/Kobalt Music Recordings. Preorders are available starting today via Dispatch.Merchline.Com and the album will be released in CD, Digital and Vinyl formats. Fans will be […]
SXSW Film Review: Harry Dean Stanton Gets ‘Lucky’
Actor John Carroll Lynch makes a stunning turn as a director in this SXSW gem.
‘Beauty and the Beast’ a Wonderful Reimagining of a Tale as Old as Time (FILM REVIEW)
Disney infuses new magic into their latest live action remake.
Widespread Panic Returns To Red Rocks June 23, 24 & 25th
Although they mentioned they would be spending less time on the road, Widespread Panic will return once again for its annual run at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver, Colorado, June 23, 24 & 25th. Tickets go on sale 3/24/17 at 10MTN!
Tedeschi Trucks Band Let It Loose On ‘Live From The Fox Oakland’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] Intentionally or not, the audio/video packages of the Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Live From The Fox Oakland highlight the group’s relative strengths on stage and in the studio. 2016’s Let Me Get By revealed a collective weakness in the group’s composition of its own material, but as producer of these sets, co-founder and producer of […]
Real Estate Keep Offering Unspoiled Guitar & Vocal Beauty on ‘In Mind’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] It feels like a beautiful irony that Real Estate rehearsed for their new record In Mind in a high school in upstate New York, considering it is their most grown up record to date and is, in many ways, an album about growing up. The indie rockers have matured with In Mind in subject matter […]
Conor Oberst Rerecords 2016’s ‘Ruminations’ as ‘Salutations’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=6.00] If you loved Conor Oberst’s last record, 2016’s Ruminations, you’ll probably like his new one, Salutations…but not for the same reasons. The two are essentially fraternal twins, as Oberst has remade and rerecorded Ruminations with a new band and a few additional tracks and called it Salutations. Ruminations found Oberst recovering from health issues, […]