On ‘Lonely Soul’ GA-20 Swings Up Classic Blues & Garage Rock (ALBUM REVIEW)
Lots of bands pay tribute to the music of the 1950s and 60s. It’s not a hard thing to list or mention your influences. The challenge is in actually nailing the sound. If you’re too faithful, you sound like a cover band. If you’re too progressive, the spirit of the original is lost. And that’s […]
Imaginative Pianist Javier Santiago Follows Up Debut With Acoustic ‘B-Sides: The Phoenix Sessions’ (ALBUM REVIEW))
Pianist/composer/beatsmith Javier Santiago had so much music in the can for his 2018 debut, Phoenix, that he reserved these more traditional, acoustic-oriented tracks for this, B-Sides: The Phoenix Sessions, a set of all originals, save one that’s a takeoff on an American standard. Santiago plays mostly acoustic piano, but you’ll hear Fender Rhodes, organ and […]
Wannabe Reviews Little Teeth’s ‘Redefining Home’
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on Redefining Home, the new album from Americana-meets-punk outfit Little Teeth, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Nick Nace Reinforces His Stellar Songwriting Chops On ‘Wrestling with the Mystery’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Singer-songwriter Nick Nace hearkens back in some ways to our favorite folk and roots singers. He tells stories that are both relatable and intriguing in a distinctively deep resonant voice, Nace is still emerging (heck, by Americana Music Association terms that could be for another five years) with Wrestling with the Mystery his third full-length […]
The Melvins and Red Kross Bring Escape From L.A. Tour To Orlando’s Social (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
On Monday night (10/21), the Melvins and Redd Kross brought the eclectic Escape From L.A. Tour to the Social in Orlando, Florida. With strikingly different but complementary acts, the bands brought the kaleidoscope of musical influences to a near-capacity crowd, with a bit of something for everyone. Opening the night was solo artist Toshi Kasai, […]
Shannon and the Clams Surf Pop Brooklyn’s Bell House (SHOW REVIEW)
A sold-out fashionable looking lot packed The Bell House in Brooklyn on Thursday Night as an exuberant feeling was circling from the crowd to the stage and back again. Shannon and the Clams delighted all with their mix of surf pop and bright rock styles as they brought their Bay area artistic style east. Opening […]
‘The Lion King’ Whimpers More Than Roars (BLU-RAY REVIEW)
The lion should have stayed asleep tonight.
WATCH: Jim James and Teddy Abrams Perform “Back to the End of The World” on the Tonight Show
Jim James, Teddy Abrams and members of the Louisville Orchestra performed “Back to the End of the World” on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (10/21). “Back to the End of the World” is a song from James and Abrams’ new album, The Order of Nature, out now on Decca Gold. Check it out […]
Destroyer Returns With New LP ‘Have We Met’ January 31- Shares “Crimson Tide” Video
Destroyer has released a new music video for “Crimson Tide”, the lead single from the Canadian art’s forthcoming LP, Have We Met, due January 31, 2020. In typical Dan Bejar fashion, “Crimson Tide” is a melancholy mover, its concerns whisked along by a driving beat, rumbling bass, and a whimsical piano. The track comes as the band’s first new […]
Wire Announce New Album ‘Mind Hive’ Out January 24- Share Lead Single “Cactused”
Today Wire has announced details of a new album, Mind Hive, set for release on January 24, 2020 via the band’s own label pinkflag (pre-order). The band’s seventeenth studio album sees the definitive post-punk group continue a run of stellar releases, showcasing a band on peak form 40 years into their hugely influential career. The […]