Caustic Commentary: Wednesday, Lola Young, Atmosphere, Kendra Morris, The Third Mind & More
The engines have been cleaned and fueled as the old Caustic Factory prepares for an action-packed New Music Friday. Our assembly lines have been tireless, turning out collections of fresh releases all year long, but we had to call in the heavy artillery for this week. September has been phenomenal for the music-obsessed, and it […]
30 Years Ago Today – The Flaming Lips Release ‘Clouds Taste Metallic’ Album
Building Organizational Agility With Unified Digital Systems
Being able to adjust rapidly is the most important quality of a good company in marketplaces that change quickly. Companies that can quickly change their goals, change their route, and stay focused when things go tough are the ones who do well. You need more than just being adaptable; you need tools that make things […]
How the NCAA’s Landmark Settlement Will Reshape College Sports Betting
College sports, as we know them, are over. In a shift, the NCAA and its top conferences agreed to a legal settlement that will send nearly $2.8 billion to former athletes and, more importantly, create a system for schools to directly pay current players. This decision effectively ends the century-old model of amateurism and turns […]
The Hives Reaffirm Status as the Undefeated Kings of Rock and Roll with Sold-out Performance at Revolution Hall in Portland, OR (SHOW REVIEW/PHOTOS)
Are The Hives the greatest living rock band? That question might seem cliché, but I can assure you that the answer is at least somewhat close to a resounding yes. Even the band seems confident of their royal status, posing as kings on the cover of their humbly titled new album The Hives Forever Forever […]
Kendra Morris Delivers Crisp Minamalist Indie-Soul On ‘Next’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The NYC-based singer/songwriter Kendra Morris stripped down her sound for her newest record, Next. The ten-song collection delivers a cool slice of minimalist indie-soul on Colemine Records. Morris worked with her band, guitarist Supremo “Premo” Massiv, bassist Monti Miramonti, and drummer Chauncey Yearwood, and co-produced the album with Leroi Conroy, recording in Loveland, Ohio, and […]
LISTEN: JayWood’s “PISTACHIOS” Is Beautifully Funky Hip-hop
JayWood is Jeremy Haywood-Smith from Winnipeg, MB. The project started as sad jangle pop songs, just singing about how sad or miserable he was, but things slowly began to change as time went on (both style and direction-wise) into the more “psych funk” sound that is shown today. JayWood carries a unique sound that has […]
LISTEN: Brian K & The Parkway Get Vulnerable Over Soulful Rock On “Scarecrow”
Brian K & The Parkway play earnest and expressive Rock & Roll that’s drawn comparisons to Tom Petty, ‘70s Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon, and The Replacements. Their 2024 debut album, Killing The Bear, is a musical and lyrical journey from the Gulf Shores of the American South to the Green Mountains of Vermont; from […]
55 Years Ago Today- Black Sabbath Releases ‘Paranoid’ In The UK
Motion City Soundtrack Make Mostly Triumphant Return and Keep Emo Ethos Intact With ‘The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Ten years have passed since Motion City Soundtrack — a band that helped define the late-’90s/early-’00s pop-punk/emo hybrid — last released an album. But between the revival of the Vans Warped Tour, the Millennial catnip of the When We Were Young fest, and “emo nights” that pop up at local clubs across the country, now […]