SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘Make Up’ Presents Fascinating Exploration of Identity
This quiet, genre bending film offers poignant view of self and growing up.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘The Carnivores’ Offers Lo-fi Psychological Romance
This SXSW film explores the horrors of love.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘The Mojo Manifesto’ Offers Exciting Glimpse into Mojo Nixon
The rock and roll legend tells his story in this SXSW documentary.
SXSW FILM REVIEW: ‘TFW No GF’ Looks Inside Incels and Troll Culture
Director Alex Lee Moyer looks inside of troll culture in this SXSW doc.
Blake Mills’ New LP ‘Mutable Set’ Out 5/8 – Shares “Vanishing Twin” Single
GRAMMY-winning producer, composer, guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills announces his new album, Mutable Set, which is set for release on May 8 via New Deal Records. Mills also debuts “Vanishing Twin” today, the first single off Mutable Set. Watch and share the video—a timely and haunting depiction of isolation—directed by frequent Mills’ collaborator and Noh/Wave artist collective co-founder, Justin Daashuur Hopkins. Check it […]
Marco Benevento Releases Live Show ‘Levon’s 3/9/19’ Today Via Bandcamp
Marco Benevento and his band—bassist Karina Rykman and drummer Dave ‘DB’ Butler—had their sold out two night run at Levon Helm Studios on March 27-28 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spirit of lemons and lemonade, Benevento cracked open the multi-track recordings from last year’s show at Levon’s barn and spent the past several days mixing and […]
Happy 70th Birthday Carl Palmer (Watch Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live ’70 Full Show)
SONG PREMIERE: Cowboy Mouth Deliver a Punk Rock Sermon on “King of the World”
It has been said that on a bad night Cowboy Mouth can do no less than then blow the roof off, and on a good night they’ll save your soul. That’s as true in 2020 as it was when they first burst out of New Orleans in 1990 and tickled the Top 40 with “Jenny […]
Wannabe Reviews Rookie’s Self-titled Debut
In the latest Wannabe, artist Chris Prunckle offers his illustrated commentary on the new album self-titled album from Chicago cosmic rockers Rookie, in his signature six-panel comic strip form. Click on the image for full resolution (best viewed on desktop):
Carla Olson Rounds Up Archival Gene Clark Recordings & Special Guests For ‘Have Harmony, Will Travel 2’
Carla Olson had been already been receiving deserved kudos for her work with the Textones by the time she met ex-Byrd Gene Clark and began a collaboration that would subsequently (and substantially) elevate her profile. Her enterprising spirit thus bolstered, the Texas-bred, Los Angeles-based embarked upon a variety of projects, including 2013’s Have Harmony, Will […]