Archive: 2018

On January 18, 1978 a group of hungry young musicians stepped onto the stage for the first time and changed bluegrass music. Exactly forty years later, the members of Hot Rize found themselves onstage at the Aladdin in Portland, Oregon reminiscing about how it all began and playing tunes. The influential bluegrass outfit is currently […]

Since their debut album, B.R.M.C., in 2001, San Francisco-based rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have garnered a steady following of fans. Though their name brings to mind a band that might have more heavy metal leanings, the trio actually has a foot solidly in the rock and roll world, releasing albums that range from […]

Dead Meadow are happy to announce they will be releasing a new album, The Nothing They Need (Xemu Records), on March 2, 2018. Today they share the album’s first single, “Keep Your Head” which perfectly exemplifies the band’s unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitar-fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon’s melodic croon. In […]

Pearl Jam will perform two headlining shows on August 8th and 10th in Seattle at Safeco Field. The Home Shows mark Pearl Jam’s first hometown appearance in 5 years, plus the largest headlining concert event in Seattle since the Rolling Stones’ two-night stint at the Kingdome in 1981. In addition to bringing nearly 100,000 fans from […]

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is looking more and more like a frontrunner for this year’s Academy Awards.

Is this the end? This morning thrash metal legends Slayer dropped a video announcing their final world tour. While it is unclear if this is truly the end for Slayer, guitarist Kerry King recently said that the fate of frontman Tom Araya in the band is up in the air. The video announcement did not […]

Caleb Carr’s groundbreaking novel is brought to life by TNT.

Frank Hannon wasn’t planning to do a record. He was setting out to improve his voice, challenge it, explore it in different ways. But a record is what he eventually found himself in the midst of once his little personal project kept spiraling full-ahead. That record, the first of three volumes, is called From One […]

While trading songs at a songwriter gathering in Nashville, TN, Idaho native and high school teacher David Robert King’s boneyard truth telling, worn and vulnerable voice, and magnetic melodies were overheard by legendary singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier who told King, “I have a feeling we will get together someday.” This speculation led to King and Gauthier […]

[rating=7.00] If Inara George’s Dearest Everybody proves anything, it’s that she not need trade on her lineage in any way shape or form (she’s the daughter of Little Feat’s co-founder and figurehead Lowell George). The woman’s first solo album since 2009 exhibits an idiosyncratic voice also present in Inara’s other projects, The Bird and the […]

Nicolas Cage is at his most unhinged in Brian Taylor’s new thriller.

[rating=8.00] Given the success of Muscle Shoals, the movie documentary, a resurgence of recent recordings in Muscle Shoals (i.e Gregg Allman and The Black Keys to name just two), and the recent passing of FAME Studios founder, Rick Hall, more people are probably familiar with The Swampers now than were in their heyday. Muscle Shoals […]

[rating=9.00] Keyboard master Chick Corea and acclaimed drummer Steve Gadd met five decades ago and have played together intermittently during that time. Now they’ve come together again, formed a sextet and are delivering vital improvisational music with Spanish tinges, funky rhythms, and inspired soloing. This debut of The Chick Corea+ Steve Gadd Band is called […]

Girl School’s third annual 100% women-identified-fronted three-day music and ideas festival will take place at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles from February 2 – 4, 2017. The lineup includes Shirley Manson + The Girlschool Choir, Jay Som, Kristin Kontrol + Special Guests, Moon Honey, Amber Coffman, Boyfriend, FAARROW, Lauren Ruth Ward, Marian Mereba, Soccer Mommy, Low Leaf, Akua, Pinky […]

Two of the world’s longer running rock bands – Def Leppard and Journey – are teaming up for a massive co-headlining North American tour composed of both stadium and arena concerts, half the shows being closed by Journey and  half by Def Leppard. The tour, promoted by Live Nation, kicks off May 21 in Hartford, Connecticut, at the XL Center, […]

Wonderfully poetic and achingly beautiful, Call Me By Your Name is a cinematic delight.

[rating=8.00] John Gorka has one of those singular voices that’s immediately recognizable not only for its deep resonance but for its warmth and comfort. On Gorka’s fifteenth album, “True in Time,” his patented delivery and intimate guitar are supported by a stellar cast of Minneapolis-based (Gorka’s home town) musicians who laid down these tracks in […]

Yo La Tengo’s new album There’s a Riot Going On will be released on March 16th on Matador Records and can be pre-ordered HERE. This is a warm, ambitious record, a striking self-produced creation from one of the most celebrated and adventurous bands in rock history, whose dynamic range touches on pure noise and serene […]