Archive: 2019

They game may have been boring, but the trailers were hot.

Mima Good is the pseudonym of NYC-based songwriter Raechel Rosen. MimaGood’s sound and aesthetic espouses a contemporary pop sensibility combined with a dark atmosphere of synths, organs & guitars, creating a moody catchiness in the vein of other pioneering female artists like St. Vincent or Lana Del Rey. What sets it apart are Rosen’s masterful vocals, full […]

Rock & Roll has always been abundant with siblings – Eddie & Alex Van Halen, Chris & Rich Robinson, Gregg & Duane Allman, Angus & Malcolm Young to name just a few. They all claim there is a special magic that happens to the music they create together and their collaborative bands lasted for decades […]

On a frigid January mid-week date, roughly five months prior to Burlington Discover Jazz, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress spent roughly two hours at South Burlington’s Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, setting an extremely high bar for performances during this year’s annual festival. On tour in support of last fall’s excellent Spacesuit (Royal Potato Family, 2018), the […]

Even at four hours running time, the bulk of which comprised of priceless footage spanning the various eras of Grateful Dead history, Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead had a nebulous narrative at best. Director Amir Bar-Lev and editor John Walter were either lost for a thread of continuity or when […]

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will perform at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The pair are nominated for the “Best Original Song” Oscar for their song “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” which appeared in the Coen Brothers’ film, “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs,” which is distributed by Netflix. Said Welch and Rawlings about their […]

The Specials, one of the most electrifying, influential and important bands of all time, have just released their new album Encore, their first new music in 37 years via Island Records. The album’s arrival has been welcomed with widespread critical acclaim and an acknowledgment that The Specials’ music is every bit as vital and relevant today as […]

Hear Me Out, the long awaited, highly anticipated debut album from Reignwolf, will be unleashed to the world Friday, March 1st. The swaggering first single, “Black and Red” is available HERE. “Black and Red” was written by Jordan Cook with Matt Hales (Aqualung). Mixing by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Depeche Mode, Phoenix) and mastered by Howie […]

The anticipation was building as the crowd at The Mint waited for the start of the last Eric McFadden Wednesday night residency gig. The show took place on January 29, 2019 and had a who’s who lineup of classic rock and punk dignitaries scheduled to perform. Special unannounced guests were expected as well. After over […]

Every band with some measure of history undergoes important transitions during the course of its career and the Grateful Dead was certainly no exception. On the contrary, during their thirty odd years together, this iconic group confronted multiple such turning points. Some were certainly of their own making, such as subsidizing the ‘Wall of Sound’ […]

On the last day of January, veteran alt-rockers Soul Asylum took an Orlando crowd back to the 1990s, when grunge, flannel, and walls of feedback were king. Playing an intimate Velvet Sessions set at the Hard Rock Hotel on 1/31/19, the Minnesota band tore through songs ranging from 1986 to 2016, from fan-favorite head-bangers to sing-along radio […]

Certain songwriters have an innate gift for infectious songs that just linger for days on end. Reed Foehl  is one of them. Each song on his fifth album, Lucky Enough, tells a story in his quietly understated way that somehow results in powerful imagery and emotions. Foehl’s songs resonate and it doesn’t hurt to be […]

As most people will tell you, there’s an undeniable connection between versatility and variation. Suffice it to say that each depends on the other. In the case of Seattle-based Marley’s Ghost, that eclectic energy has resulted in a broad repertoire that has defied any ability to tag them to any one particular genre. Their dozen […]

Girlpool, as a duo, has gone through quite a bit of transition, both personally and musically, over the past half-decade since releasing their eponymous debut in 2014. On a personal level, co-singer/songwriter Cleo Tucker came out as transgender and has started transitioning as his bandmate, Harmony Tividad, has been struggling with her mental health. As […]

The Lord of the Rings director puts you right in the trenches with his latest film.

Ages and Ages are announcing Me You They We, the follow to their critically acclaimed 2016 release Something to Ruin, today with the “bouncy but slightly macabre” “Just My Luck” at Paste Magazine. Me You They We is a statement of purpose that also served as a respite, a kind of musical group therapy, for […]

Five years since their last album, Mexican acoustic rock guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela are ready to embark on the next chapter of their remarkable story, with the release of the most ambitious music of their 20-year career together. Entitled Mettavolution, the band’s new LP will be released April 26 via ATO Records and is available to preorder here. Tune in […]