Archive: 2017

Plus, the first trailer for a Sundance favorite is released.

Phish brought their “A Gam”e once again to Madison Square Garden for night nine of the Baker’s Dozen on August 1st with some “steep” musical exploration, while the quartet has now gone nine shows without a single song repeat! The evening’s donut flavor was Maple and the Vermonters paid tribute to the theme with “O, […]

The XPoNential Festival, sponsored by Subaru, kicked off Friday July 28th on the Camden NJ Waterfront. The three day event, hosted by WXPN, the award winning member supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania. It was back in 1994 when they hosted their very first outdoor music festival, called the Singer-Songwriter Weekend in Philadelphia. […]

[rating=7.00] Manchester Orchestra’s fifth album is another unexpected detour from a band that seems to reinvent itself with each release. From the underrated excellence of their 2006 debut to the experimentalism of 2011’s Simple Math to the monotone crunching guitar rock of 2014’s Cope – which of course was followed by an acoustic reworking of […]

[rating=7.00] When Allen Toussaint passed away in 2015 at the age of 77 the United States lost a cultural icon, but no place felt his loss as hard as his home (and the town whose sound he helped define) New Orleans. These days there may be no harder working musician in that city than Stanton […]

In the newest installment of Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle reviews Trouble Maker, the new album from legendary punks Rancid, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):

Music titan Kamasi Washington’s new EP Harmony of Difference, the first new music from Washington since his universally acclaimed 2015 debut album The Epic, is out September 29 via Young Turks. Furthermore, Washington has confirmed a very special run of North American headline shows this fall in partnership with AEG Presents. The dates kick off […]

Plus, Darren Aronofsky returns with first teaser for Mother.

Star power and premise aren’t enough to sell The Circle.

Ray LaMontagne is set to embark on his Just Passing Through acoustic tour this fall.  The 25-date tour marks the first acoustic tour for Ray in five years and will be highlighting songs from his vast and varying body of work.  Ray will be joined by John Stirratt from Wilco on acoustic bass and the duo will be playing songs spanning across Trouble, […]

As we enter the dog days of summer, there’s no better month to stay shut up inside your house with the ample variety of options for you to binge watch. Here’s a look at some noteworthy picks to stream for August. Starz Survivor’s Remorse, season four [youtube id=”EUOudlwx-NU” width=”630″ height=”350″] Starz original comedy, Survivor’s Remorse, […]

Portland-based band Melville have gained a solid following and reputation in a relatively short amount of time. This is due to their ability to create music that is rocking and even heavy at times, yet strikingly melodic. If you listen long enough you’ll quickly realize that the band writes every song as if it were […]

Dark times call for dark songs. At least that’s how East Nashville based singer/songwriter Derek Hoke sees it. On his new album, the portentously titled Bring the Flood (10/13 via Little Hollywood), Hoke dives into a sound far more ominous, threatening, and anxiously introspective than the music on his previous three full-length releases would suggest. “So much pain and sorrow/more than I’ve ever seen,” sings Hoke on […]

Randy Newman might be the most misunderstood American songwriter of the 20th century. This is no exaggeration. For nearly half a century, Newman has been unfairly pigeonholed as either a novelty singer or a merciless parodist – or just the curly-haired dork who plays the piano. His throwaway takedown of prejudice in 1977, “Short People,” […]

While Wilco’s performance at Portland’s Thompson’s Point on July 30th is unlikely to excite their fanbase like other recent New England performances, their two hour set of Experimental Americana was a demonstration of what makes Wilco as beloved as they are and why they’re worth seeing in concert over and over again. Earlier this summer, […]

Any music fan from the 90’s will understand that Butch Vig needs little to no introduction. As the drummer and co-producer of Garbage and the producer of Nirvana’s historic Nevermind, Vig has laid his musical blueprint and then some. But as many a good musical mind, Vig is honing in on the present to showcase original material […]

Primus has announced their ninth studio album The Desaturating Seven will be out September 29th via ATO. The band has released the first single “The Seven” and can be heard below… This is the first studio album of original material since 1995’s Tales From The Punchbowl with the classic Primus line-up of Les Claypool (vocals, bass), Larry LaLonde (guitar) and Tim Alexander […]