Opeth Go Big With Sharper Focus & Lense Flare On ‘The Last Will and Testament’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Opeth’s polished 14th album, The Last Will and Testament, has been unsealed. The big question on everyone’s mind is: “Does the album deliver?” That one’s an easy “oh hell yes.” Let’s give a quick recap. If you’ve heard the first two singles, “§1” and “§3,” you know what you’re getting. This is the band’s heaviest material […]
Guitarist Jeff Parker and ETA IVtet Deliver Improvised, Thick Grooved Tracks On ‘The Way Out of Easy’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Guitarist Jeff Parker built his reputation in Chicago with Tortoise, The Chicago Underground Trio, and Isotope 217 and as a member of the AACM as well as other wide ranging endeavors. Yet his home base has been Los Angeles since 2016. He and his band, the ETA IVtet, held a Monday residency at the since-shuttered […]
LISTEN: Jade Coloured Glasses Blend Dense Shoegaze With Jangly Indie Rock On “Loverblind”
Jade Coloured Glasses is a Singaporean Indie band that was formed (literally) by accident. The members have quite a wide range of musical tastes, from atmospheric shoegaze and melodic Midwest emo to Taiwanese indie rock and classic hard rock. Combining these tastes and following in the tradition of bedroom pop and indie musicians everywhere, Jade […]
LISTEN: Max Bien Kahn’s “Ghost Song” Brings Heavy Emotions To Minimalistic and Soulful Folk
Max Bien Kahn is a songwriter, bandleader, and side-man who has been based in New Orleans for the past 13 years. His fourth solo album, Flowers, arrived on November 1. When Kahn moved to New Orleans, he was already a songwriter, but in Louisiana, he became a performer—busking up and down Royal Street with jazz […]
Ten Years Ago Today- TV on the Radio Release ‘Seeds’ Album
John Doe of X Talks Books, The Evolution of Punk & The Touring End Of His Iconic Band (INTERVIEW)
December will be here in a few short weeks, and X will be hitting the road once again for their annual X-Mas Tour, starting in Salem, Oregon, on December 9th and roaring down the West Coast till December 28th, when they play the last of two dates in Santa Ana, California. Unfortunately, this holiday rocking […]
Manic Monday: Faith No More Kill On “Caffeine” Live 1992 MTV
Has there ever been a more brilliant “fuck you” follow-up to a significant commercial breakthrough album than Faith No More’s Angel Dust? Released three years after their Grammy-nominated platinum album The Real Thing, the band went in a decidedly less accessible and much darker/experimental direction on Angel Dust, and the results were manically fantastic. And […]
Lucinda Williams Serves Up Poignant Exploration Of Her Musical Journey At Providence’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
On an abnormally warm November night in Providence on Friday the 15th, Lucinda Williams, the revered Queen of Americana, treated her loyal fans to an intimate and endearing musical trip down memory lane at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Accompanied by her seasoned band Buick 6, which now features veteran rock guitarist Marc Ford, Williams embarked on […]
Adrianne Lenker Sparkles With Sentimental Sounds & Big Thief Favorites at Boston’s Shubert Theater (SHOW REVIEW)
In the heart of Downtown Boston’s Theater District, Adrianne Lenker sparkled for a sold-out concert at the Boch Shubert Theater on Tuesday night, November 12th. The folk singer-songwriter fondly returned to her college town for a two-night stint as the “Bright Future” tour draws to a close, bringing a performance of sincerity that emulates her […]
All Good Music Festival Returns As All Good Now With Goose, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, moe, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country & More
Ten years later, All Good Music Festival is being reimagined as All Good Now, and set for June 14-15, 2025 at the iconic Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. All Good Now blends the legacy of the original festival with an iconic venue and an exciting lineup, capturing the timeless energy that brought thousands together […]