Archive: 2017

[rating=9.00] You have to give Curtis McMurtry credit. As a musical denizen of Austin, Texas, he could have continued the standard approach that complies well with the tack taken by the typical singer/songwriter. To his credit, however, he opts to branch out into other realms, specifically a jazz/chamber hybrid that brings him more into a […]

[rating=7.00] “There’s nothing like a Grateful Dead concert”  became a truism long ago and it might well also be stated “There’s nothing like a Grateful Dead concert in Boston.” The hub of the northeastern United States became one of this iconic band’s favorites stops over the course of its career and. in turn. the venue […]

Plus, feast your eyes on the final trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 and two new Netflix originals.

Pokey LaFarge’s anticipated new full-length album, Manic Revelations, will be released May 19 on Rounder Records. In advance of the release, the album’s lead track, “Riot In The Streets” recently premiered at KCMP’s The Current and can be heard below. Of his inspiration behind the song, LaFarge shares: It is a tough thing to write […]

Hammydown has made your salad and scooped the foam onto your cappuccino. She’s scrubbed your splattered walls and vacuumed the dust from beneath your bed on her hands and knees. She’s delivered your pizza. A boss will say time and time again that it doesn’t cost anything extra to give service with a smile. With […]

Cinema Cinema first met Martin Bisi in 2012 amid the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Bisi, whose BC Studio was located just a few blocks away from the band’s rehearsal studio, was walking through the streets overwhelmed by the destruction he encountered when he came upon guitarist/vocalist Ev Gold and drummer Paul Claro clearing ruined instruments […]

Come and Take It Productions continued their fantastic run of booking on Sunday night at Austin’s Grizzly Hall with a hell of a metal lineup spanning generations and genres. Devildriver headlined the affair, but their openers were basically headliners in their own right in the power packed evening. Winds of Plague’s music, especially on their […]

Imagine The Doors, Joy Division, and Rick James writing songs with Tame Impala and you start to get an idea of the rock and roll magic being conjured by Austin group The Cuckoos. Though their influences are unmistakeable and they are a young band, the band are also carving their own path, hungry to become […]

On a February night that shockingly felt like springtime in New York City on February 23rd,  two rock and roll acts pulled into the west side of Manhattan. With their recent release Near To The Wild Heart Of Life the Japandroids booked their largest venue to date in New York and while Terminal 5 was […]