30 Years Ago Today- Rush Returns To Guitar Dominated Sound With ‘Presto’ (Watch “Superconductor” Video)
King Krule Releases Short Film With Four New Tracks & Reveals 2020 Tour
King Krule has released a short film called Hey World!, directed by Charlotte Patmore and written by Archy Marshall. With signature King Krule wit and in his own unique style, the short film shows Marshall performing solo four as-yet-unreleased tracks, titled “Perfecto Miserable,” “Alone, Omen 3,” “(Don’t Let The Dragon) Draag On,” and “Energy Fleets.” The film comes alongside an announcement […]
Ben Lee Re-imagines Sonic Youth, Fugazi, GBV & More On ‘Quarter Century Classix’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
One might be forgiven for passing on an album of 90s indie rock covers launched by a 90s indie rock icon, the act feeling too recursively throwback to many. But not for your humble correspondent as Quarter Century Classix (New West) nails its mission. While Ben Lee, the aforementioned icon, is under-appreciated, and perhaps best known […]
Craft Recordings Releases 5-CD/LP Box Set Chet Baker’s ‘The Legendary Riverside Albums’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Chet Baker’s legendary Riverside albums are being released in all formats in a 5 -CD/LP Box Set. The four albums were released between 1958 and 1959: Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to You, Chet Baker in New York, Chet and Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe. The fifth is outtakes and […]
Bishop Briggs Brings Colorful & Brave Performance at St Paul’s Palace Theatre (PHOTOS)
Bishop Briggs pushed musical boundaries at St Paul’s Palace Theatre on November 12th, with an elevating performance that crisscrossed many genres. Photos by Billy Briggs.
Wannabe Reviews John Calvin Abney’s ‘Safe Passage’
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Safe Passage, the new album from Oklahoma folk singer John Calvin Abney, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Drive-By Truckers Announce New LP – ‘The Unraveling’
Drive-By Truckers’ 12th studio album and first new LP in more than three years – the longest gap between new DBT albums – THE UNRAVELING was recorded at the legendary Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis, TN by GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price) and longtime DBT producer David Barbe. Co-founding singer/songwriter/guitarists […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Billy & The Kids Feat: Bill Kreutzmann Close The Show Down With Valiant “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
Warren Haynes has recently announced a never-before-released live album and film, Warren Haynes Presents: The Benefit Concert Volume 16, out December 13th via Evil Teen Records. Recorded at Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam on December 13, 2014, The Benefit Concert Volume 16 features two hours of live music from Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule with Jackie Greene, […]
‘Hard to Handle: The Life And Death of the Black Crowes – A Memoir’ – Steve Gorman Recounts Years With Chris & Rich
Reformation of The Black Crowes roughly a month after the publication of Steve Gorman’s Hard to Handle provides better marketing for the book than any PR team could’ve imagined. The nebulous circumstances and seemingly arbitrary nature of the reunion, taking place ever so suddenly under the aegis of long-estranged brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, only […]
