Atlas Genius Keeps Austin Crowd Transfixed With Indie Pop Catalogue (SHOW REVIEW)
An intimate venue carved into of Austin’s downtown 5th street, Antone’s Home of the Blues now hosts a variety of music. On Sunday, October 22nd, Australian indie pop band Atlas Genius played the historic venue in front of a handful of loyal fans. Jangled dance pop is the band’s signature sound, and a slew of […]
Margo Price Wins Again With Heart-Worn Ballads & Rugged Rockers On ‘All American Made’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=8.00] You could say Margo Price is the tenacious type. Her first solo offering, 2016’s Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, shared the hardships and heartaches she’s dealt with all along, beginning when her family’s farm went into foreclosure and from there, through the loss of her child to a heart disorder and her subsequent battle with the […]
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Fly It Clean and Tight On ‘Pizazz’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
[rating=7.00] Following in the alliterative footsteps of previous releases Psychology and 2016’s Pleasure, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have delivered an album that will satisfy their most loyal fans: Pizazz. Clocking in at just under an hour long and 11 tracks deep, all of which have been stretched out and experimented with in their live shows, […]
Moon Taxi Goes To Town at Philadelphia’s Theatre of Living Arts (PHOTOS)
Nashville’s Moon Taxi played Philadelphia’s Theatre of Living Arts on Friday October 20th. Lead by charismatic front-man Trevor Terndrup the band played a colorful set that included some awe-inspiring long jams. Photos by Cathy Poulton
SONG PREMIERE: KIMOCK’s “Friend Of The Sun”Makes For Cosmic, Poignant, Post Rock Thrill
In 2015, Steve Kimock holed up in a barn/studio for a winter with an engineer and a fair number of acoustic guitars. The retreat yielded Last Danger of Frost, an introspective and brilliant CD. He organized the band KIMOCK (Steve, Bobby Vega on bass, John Morgan Kimock on drums, Leslie Mendelson on vocals and various […]
Film Bits: ‘Phantom Thread’ Unleashes First Trailer
Plus, new trailers for I, Tonya and I Love You, Daddy.
Foo Fighters Announce 2018 Concrete and Gold Tour
With newly minted memories of their CalJam 17 triumph still fresh in the eyes and ears of 30,000+ true rock believers, and with Concrete and Gold (Roswell Records/RCA Records) still riding high in the charts worldwide since its international #1 debut, Foo Fighters have announced the next phase of the Concrete and Gold global domination […]
‘The Walking Dead’ Drags Its Feet And Pads Its Runtime In A Wholly Uneventful 100th Episode (TV REVIEW)
[rating=2.00] “Mercy” With every new season of The Walking Dead comes the misguided hope that the show will learn from its past missteps and deliver a compelling episode of television. Tonight, “Mercy,” the show’s 100th episode did nothing of the sort. After spending its six-month off-season teasing the upcoming “All Out War,” which pits Negan (Jeffrey […]
AC/DC Producer/Easybeats Star George Young Dies at 70
AC/DC and Easybeats star George Young has died at the age of 70. Young was a co-writer of the international hits “Friday on My Mind” and “Love Is in the Air”, for the Easybeats and helped his younger brothers Angus and Malcolm form AC/DC. Young co-produced AC/DC’s early albums, such as Let There Be Rock, Dirty Deeds […]
Co-Lead Singer/Keyboardist Lawrence Gowan of Styx Gets The Big Show On The Road (INTERVIEW)
“Light it up, let’s get this show on the road!” Co-lead singer/keyboard player Lawrence Gowan sings out the rally cry and Styx is off and running for ninety-plus minutes of rock & roll at Studio A inside the IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi on Friday night, October 20th. Those words also happen to be the […]