Archive: 2017

A surprise sell-out crowd at the Mohawk on Monday night meant that 90’s nostalgia and Swedish dream pop hasn’t lost its luster. The Radio Dept. is a Swedish indie cult band that would prefer to operate out of the studio than be caught banging around on tour. Alas, having only released three albums since their […]

Plus, Emma Watson sings in new Beauty and the Beast clip.

On May 5th, Twin Peaks will be releasing a live double LP they’re calling Urbs in Horto (out digitally on 3/31). The record features recordings from the band’s  shows at Metro and Thalia Hall in Chicago last December, where they closed out a banner year by selling 3000 tickets in their hometown. The track-list includes songs from across the band’s three studio records, […]

On May 5, Legacy Recordings (a division of Sony Music Entertainment) will release quite the album of A-listers performing a younger musician’s music. This historic collection features newly recorded versions of all fourteen songs from Brandi Carlile’s breakthrough T Bone Burnett-produced 2007 album The Story, which just last month was certified Gold by the RIAA.  Adele, The […]

J. Cole has announced today that he will hit the road for a 57-city world tour. The “4 Your Eyez Only” Tour kicks off in South Carolina with a run of thirteen small, intimate shows before going into Live Nation arenas in North America and the U.K., along with a mix of arena and theater […]

The versatile husband-and-wife team of David and Enion Pelta-Tiller have spent a handful of years pursuing a sound that takes listeners on an enlightening cultural acoustic journey. As Taarka, the group they front along with award-winning bassist Troy Robey and prodigious young guitarist Mike Robinson, they conjure a worldly sound bursting with gypsy jazz, bluegrass, and […]

Amanda Palmer & Edward Ka-Spel have announced the release of their eagerly anticipated new album. I Can Spin a Rainbow will be available on CD, LP, and digital download on Friday, May 5th. I Can Spin a Rainbow marks the first full-length collaboration between Palmer and Ka-Spel, founding member of visionary Anglo-Dutch psychedelicists The Legendary Pink […]

[rating=8.00] For most of her life, Pegi Young’s role was that of Neil Young’s wife, partner and musical sidekick, a satisfying set-up to be sure, but one that found her relying on his fame and stature with little regard for her own interests. After 36 years, all those connections were shattered by a painful divorce, […]

Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Julia Anrather has a lot on her plate, spending time as an actress and a producer with a handful of projects going on at any given moment. Somehow though, she manages to inject a ton of creativity and inspiration into her music, which can be described as sensual and sensible pop. Anrather even […]

[rating=8.00] Names can be deceiving, especially when the handle in question belongs to Frontier Ruckus, a band based out of Detroit whose idea of making music has as little to do with creating a ruckus as snow does to falling in the Sahara. Still, after five albums, they obviously know what they’re doing, and even […]

Two-time Edison award winning, Grammy® nominated trumpeter, composer, producer, designer of innovative instruments and interactive media Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is set to release three albums to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the very first Jazz recordings of 1917. Stream the first track “The Reckoning”: Collectively titled The Centennial Trilogy, the series is at its […]

A side quest to obtain more allies against the Saviors lets ‘The Walking Dead’ keep treading water for a little longer

For longtime fans of Zach Deputy, the idea of taking in one of his self-described “explosion of groove, trance and soul” performances, on a beach under the Costa Rican sun surrounded by a few thousand like-minded, fun-loving individuals, is an experience concocted in music festival heaven. As a truly unique “celebration dedicated to awakening human […]

Plus, critics and Hollywood mourn the loss of Richard Schickel, who died this weekend at 84.

The legendary Roots crew has announced that their annual ROOTS PICNIC is returning to Philadelphia’s Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing on SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017. The acclaimed festival, now celebrating its tenth year, will feature an eclectic lineup with performances by: Pharrell & The Roots (joint headline set), Lil Wayne, Solange, 21 Savage, Kimbra, Gilles Peterson and more (full line up below).  “Ten years ago this started as a concept, […]

For a band to last forty-five years, it has to be nurtured from the inside. Henry Paul, for just about the last half-century, has been that guiding hand for The Outlaws, a group he helped form in 1972. A major part of the southern rock explosion following the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall […]

Ween played the second of three nights at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas on 2/18/17. Always a treat to hear the classics from Gener and Deaner, the setlist featured many favorites including “Dr. Rock” and “Baby Bitch.” Photos by Paul Citone    

The Rock Boat set sail on its 17th voyage February 10-15, 2017 and cruised on the NCL Jade from Tampa to Belize and Costa Maya, Mexico for 5 days. Hosted by Sister Hazel, this year’s cruise featured Better than Ezra, The Trews, Matt Nathanson, Grizfolk and more. Photos by Amy Harris