Archive: 2019

One look at the colorful visage of Lulu Fall on the cover of Between Two Worlds suggests she’s not your typical jazz vocalist. In fact, pop her CD into iTunes and “soundtrack” comes up. Look her up in All Music Guide and the descriptor “stage and screen” comes up.  That’s perfectly explicable, however, as Fall […]

Fresh off the release of their new album, You Deserve Love, White Reaper packed in a sold-out Bowery Ballroom. The Louisville rockers staked their claim to being “The World’s Best American Band” with an onslaught of good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll. Here are five things that stood out from the set: The Nude Party Starts […]

Almodovar’s pain is our gain.

Director Mike Flanagan overlooks this Shining sequel.

Atlanta underground rock provocateurs Black Lips have announced that their new LP, Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart, is set for release January 24th on Fire Records/VICE. Boasting an unapologetic southern-fried twang, the twelve-track collection marks the quintet’s most pronounced dalliance with country music yet, with a clang and harmony that is unmistakably the inimitable sound and feel of the Black Lips. […]

Emerson Hart’s upcoming album 32 Thousand Days out December 13, 2019 – tells the great American story of his 93-year-old stepfather (Arthur) who is a New York City native, lied about his age to join the merchant marines at 16-years-old and fought bravely in World War II. Hart takes the listener on a journey by examining the myriad of Arthur’s experiences […]

Kansas City rock & roll powerhouse the Pedaljets have spent decades flying just under the radar. From their inception in 1984, their raucous brand of scuzzy, melodic jangle-pop and jagged post-punk placed them in league with some of the decade’s most beloved rockers, from The Replacements and Hüsker Dü to Meat Puppets and The Flaming Lips, all […]

The Soul Rebels newest release Poetry in Motion puts their brass band style in the background and shifts to a wide genre encompassing scope, touching on soul, pop, jazz, R&B and most directly hip-hop with a variety of beats and a host of MC’s (including band members). While the outfit has always loved hip-hop and […]

Colin Hay has announced a U.S. solo tour scheduled for February through May, taking off from the West Coast before winding its way through the Midwest and finally the East Coast. On the heels of 2017’s critically acclaimed Fierce Mercy, the Scotland-born, Australia-raised singer-songwriter and lead singer, songwriter and frontman of Men at Work has […]