Archive: 2017

As moe. is about to take a bit of an indefinite hiatus, following last week’s news that bassist/vocalist Rob Derhak will put on the good fight to defeat cancer, the played played a spirited show on July 21st at the PlayStation Theatre in NYC. In an statement signed by all five members of moe., the […]

The music of The Break Lights isn’t exactly what you might expect from a New Jersey band. They don’t sing about fast cars and the plight of the workingman. Instead, they focus on lighter and more upbeat fare like girls and the “Everything Store”. Singer-songwriters Michael Saiewitz and Jake Roggenkamp have a unique was of […]

Newport Folk Festival prides itself on offering something new and fresh every year, not to mention the countless spontaneous performances and collaborations that inevitably take place over three days of artists wandering the grounds of spectacular Fort Adams. This year will bring the addition of a live recording of Joe Pug’s phenomenal new podcast The […]

Taking place July 22-23 in San Marcos, TX, this year’s Float Fest brought in huge lineup with Weezer, MGMT, Cage the Elephant, Zedd, Passion Pit, Mac Miller and many more acts. Photos by Maggie Boyd.

Plus, comic movie news from Comic Con.

In support of the band’s latest release and 16th studio album, the Book of Souls, legendary British heavy metal rockers, Iron Maiden stationed themselves at Mansfield, Massachusett’is Xfinity Theatre July 19th to wage a musical battle with their legion of loyal fans. Fans, who have been waiting not only for their favorite band to return to […]

Wolf Parade has just announced fall 2017 international tour dates in support of Cry Cry Cry, the band’s first album in seven years, which begin October 13th in Toronto at Phoenix Concert Theatre and run through December 2ndin Stockholm at Strand.  The newly added tour dates include stops in Buffalo, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Boston, Brooklyn, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Milwaukee, […]

When renowned Dobro and lap steel player Jerry Douglas started approaching his new studio album he wanted to do something different. Instead of drawing from the worlds of bluegrass and Americana, he found himself looking towards acts like the Weather Report and Chick Corea for inspiration. Douglas wanted to merge his jazz inclinations with the bluegrass, […]

She is a singer, songwriter, doula, wife, mother, daughter and sister. And in a month, she will release her debut full-length album entitled Beyond Waves. It’s not that Domino Kirke hasn’t shown off her voice before, it’s just been in small bursts. But life has a way of nudging creativity in different directions and for […]

Phish kicked off the first of their 13 “Baker’s Dozen” shows at Madison Square Garden on 7/21/17. In honor of that evening’s coconut flavored donut handout, Phish dropped a few coconut themed tunes including first time bust outs from Junior Senior and Harry Nillson. Photos by Paul Citone

[rating=8.00] True to form, Avey Tare has returned with yet another quintessential conceptual album, making up for 2012’s flat Animal Collective release, Centipede Hz. Veering closer towards AC’s 2005 release Feels, and playing off 2015’s perfectly odd ‘FloriDada’, the album is a quiet reminder of the glory Tare is capable of. Quickly defying genre with […]

So the Green River Festival is all grown up, but don’t worry, it still has enough small festival feel to retain its charm. After its 31st year, the three-stage, three-day festival now put on by Signature Sounds has come of age as one of its acts, Lake Street Dive, has gotten big enough to headline […]

Comic Con offered plenty of tasty treats for movie and TV fans.

Alejandro Jodorowsky has delivered his finest film.

The Waterboys have announced their brand new double album entitled Out Of All This Blue, available September 8 via BMG. This is their debut album with BMG since recently signing with the label. In advance of the album, The Waterboys have released their first single “If The Answer Is Yeah” – bound to make heads […]

The Legendary Shack Shakers, the band Stephen King described as dynamite and guitar legend Jeff Beck called “a cross between the Yard Birds and the Sex Pistols,” are back with a new album, After You’ve Gone, with an international release scheduled for August 25, 2017 on Last Chance Records. With After You’ve Gone, the band […]

For an episode that had a premiere date delayed by three months, and shortened seasons indicated a truncated storyline as Game of Thrones heads towards its final conclusion, the season seven premiere, “Dragonstone,” was largely setup for what’s to come. That said, here are the six standout quotes from last Sunday’s installment too keep in […]

The opening song on The Barr Brothers’ new album Queens of the Breakers (October 13/Secret City Records) starts with a drum pattern that mimics the sound of two heartbeats out of sync. It was written by Andrew Barr while holding the hand of a loved one in the hospital, where he heard two EKG machines […]

Yusuf / Cat Stevens, one of the most influential singer-songwriters of all time, will release his highly anticipated new album, The Laughing Apple, on September 15 under his Cat-O-Log Records logo exclusively through Decca Records, the same label that launched his career 50 years ago. View, share, and embed the video for new song ‘See […]