Archive: 2017

The Wood Brothers just about stole the show on the Vermont stop of this summer’s ‘Wheels of Soul’ Tour. Illustrating how they’ve come to perfect the mix of their original material, the threesome were alternately entertaining and moving during the hour they occupied the stage on the Midway Lawn at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Credit […]

MCU delivers on Spider-Man fun, but the house style prevents true greatness from being achieved.

This weekend, the famed production company Rooster Teeth will host RTX 2017, a three day festival billed as a convention Where Gaming Meets The Internet.’ The crossroads of internet culture and gaming, RTX allows attendees to see the latest in gaming, learn more about the industry, as well as mingle with other like-minded fans from July 7th […]

Since their formation as teenagers 10 years ago, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have quietly developed into one of America’s most dazzling new live acts, playing hundreds of shows and major festivals all over the world, attracting a deeply devoted underground following. Still, with a bounty of invaluable experience under their belts, nothing […]

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

Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Harts is taking guitar driven pop to a new realm of creative possibilities. His second full-length album and stateside debut, Smoke Fire Hope Desire [out 7/21 via Washington Square/Razor & Tie], goes between slinky funk-driven rock and sounds like a mix of Beck, Chromeo and Blood Orange. Not to mention, Harts can work […]

Following career-best reviews for his tenth album Gargoyle, and a sold–out UK tour in late June, Mark Lanegan Band has announced the release of Still Life With Roses, a 6 track EP of remixes from the LP by various producers whose work he admires. The EP, released 29th September via Heavenly Recordings, will be available as 12” vinyl and download and […]

Ziggy Marley brought the reggae to the Minneapolis Zoo in Apple Valley, MN on 6/30/17. Photo by Billy Briggs                                                        

If you gave up on Bush after 1996’s Razorblade Suitcase, then it’s time you gave them another try – especially if you catch them on their current Black & White Rainbows tour. You just may be surprised that they haven’t shriveled up like an old prune and are actually torching up venues as if twenty […]

Since taking America by storm in 1994 with their debut album Sixteen Stone, Bush continued to find success through their breakup in 2002 and retained enough fans to reunite again in 2010. Though they achieved great notoriety in the states, they never really caught on in their home country of England. Having initially been described […]

As the intoxicating scent of smoked meats wafted through the dining hall of NYC’s Hill Country Barbecue Market this past Friday evening and the roomful of hungry, unsuspecting patrons savored ribs and brisket, a separate crowd was forming in the basement bar just below their feet, this one craving a taste of extra greasy tunes […]

With LoveJoys (due 7/7/17), the sophomore release from Seattle, WA’s Pickwick, the five-piece shows new and rare form as a versatile outfit twisting their sound knobs into realms of sonic possibilities. As the band has progressed to a full-bodied rock n’ soul band with animated guitars and fertile voices, LoveJoys keeps the formula brewing with the out-there […]

Blackberry Smoke elevates its musicianly credibility with An Evening At TRI. If the band has proven anything with the rise in their public profile over the last year or so, it’s that the group relishes a good jam and this collaboration with the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir is a natural extension of that improvisational approach. […]

Photos from moe.down 16 at Snow Ridge in Turin, NY. Photos by Paul Citone

ZZ Ward, the singer-songwriter with a blues edge and a rock & roll kick, is back with a vengeance on her new album, The Storm, out this past Friday, June 30. With lyrical bite marks and a whole bunch of sassy melodies, Ward has gathered up all her gnawing aggravations, anger, hurt and frustrations of […]

While too on the nose to achieve real greatness, Okja still manages to explore complex themes in a narratively interesting way.

During one of the few quiet moments of Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, the titular Baby (Ansel Elgort) takes a tape recorder from his pocket. After finding a soundbite, he records it onto a magnetic strip card, and proceeds to create a quirky dance remix with a hodgepodge of analog electronic gear. While it seems to be […]