Archive: 2017

Movie and TV fans had a lot to sift through during last night’s big game.

Guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco) will be presenting the music from his acclaimed new Blue Note album Lovers live this Spring with a pair of West coast performances in Los Angeles (Royce Hall, April 8) and San Francisco (SFJAZZ, April 9). Visit nelscline.com/shows for ticket information, and stay tuned for announcements about further 2017 performances of Lovers to follow. “I feel so lucky to be able […]

Brooklyn soul-funk artist Tomás Doncker may be best known for the decades he has spent playing guitar with “No Wave” pioneers James Chance & The Contortions. Doncker has also worked with legendary acts like Bootsy Collins, Yoko Ono, Madonna, and Bonnie Raitt among other. These days the guitarist and songwriter splits his time between playing […]

Guitar genius Steve Hackett has been on a quest. After a lifetime of traveling the world and learning about new cultures, he has seen the changes that have befallen our nations. Today more than ever, he finds the distress amongst the people unsettling and sad. So much so, it has infiltrated into his new music. […]

British folk rock band Bear’s Den played to a packed house Thursday night at the Underground Art’s in Philadelphia. The duo are touring in support of their newest album, Red Earth & Pouring Rain, released last July 22. Their setlist was a nice mix of both new and old that made for a very energetic […]

moe. visited the scene Penn’s Peak indoor venue in Jim Thorpe, PA ( Poconos) as part of their 2017 Winter Tour on 2/2/17. Highlights included the first “Cornflake Girl” in five years and a cover of David Bowie’s “Fame” among the usual moe. inventive originals. Photos by Paul Citone    

It’s been roughly a decade since Rick Astley skyrocketed back to popularity thanks to becoming an internet meme. Though “RickRolling,” the act of luring an unsuspecting victim into watching the video for Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” with a misleading link, has died down over the years, Astley endures as an online […]

[rating=9.00] Ron Gallo has a sick, twisted worldview, and that is what you’ll love about his new record Heavy Meta. Gallo has an undeniable talent and a penchant for the dark and weird side of things. His commentary can be such a bummer, perhaps because he often hits the nail on the head. But you’ll […]