Weirdo Wednesday: Osees Drop Garage Rock For Glitchy Vibes On “The Daily Heavy”
Rounding out our tribute to the Osees this week (who have a new album coming out this Friday), for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re taking a long and disorienting look at their video for “The Daily Heavy” off their (somewhat underrated) album Face Stabber. Indeed, while the band is primarily known for their frenetic and exhilarating […]
Durand Jones and The Indications Return With Insatiable Soul On ‘Flowers’ – A Conversation With Durand Jones, Aaron Frazer & Blake Rhein (INTERVIEW)
There has been a lot of commotion, both exciting and concerning, happening in the modern soul music pantheon. While this revivalist movement has gifted us some criminally smooth and unforgettable records, the concern stems from a lack of innovation. At this point, the modern soul movement has become somewhat overpopulated with nostalgic purists, which is […]
60 Years Later- The Beatles Give ‘Em What They Want With Infectious ‘Help!’
Six decades of hindsight reveal The Beatles’ fifth album, Help!, released (8/6/65) as a precursor to the patchwork quality of the iconic group’s latter-day long players. But such perceptions only arise from close perusal of the LP in its original fourteen-track British version, not Capitol Records USA’s contrived composite. Like the domestic American release of the […]
LISTEN: Real Ones Bring Danceability To Tradition On Infectious “Folk House”
Known as a fantastic live band and one of the most original bands in Norway, Real Ones continue to see smiling and dedicated audiences wherever they play: From Svalbard to Yukon to Shanghai to Mumbai to Havana to New York and to countless other places they have played! In February 1994, while they were still […]
LISTEN: Tommy Moom$’s “Where She” Is Soulful Hip-hop With Lo-Fi Warmth
Tommy Moom$ has been through a few artistic revolutions, but this is his most natural form yet. Playing in hardcore punk bands, going down an acoustic route, and then finding the world of rap, his musical journey has contained a lot of twists and turns. Formerly part of Flimsey Lohan, he embraced the moniker of […]
Volbeat & Halestorm Crank Up The Volume At Tampa’s ‘Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide’ Stop (SHOW REVIEW)
On a sweltering Monday night on August 4th, Volbeat and Halestorm brought the Greatest of All Tours Worldwide to Tampa, Florida’s Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheater, for a celebration of melodic hard rock. With the venue’s roof still missing since being damaged by Hurricane Milton last year, most fans had no shelter from the oppressive […]
50 Years Ago Today- The Runaways Form (Watch Live In Japan 1977)
Tuesday’s Gone: Osees (Thee Oh Sees) Prove Postively Electric – Live Paris 2015
Continuing our salute to the Osees in the runup to their new album Abomination Revealed at Last (which drops this Friday), today we’re throwing it back to 2015 with this incredibly awesome performance live from Paris. And while there is plenty of footage out there of the band delivering absolutely killer performances, this one does […]
The 71st Newport Jazz Festival Thrives With Genre Diversity And Great Performances From Marcus Gilmore, Cymande, Kenny Garrett & More (FESTIVAL REVIEW)
The 71st Newport Jazz Festival was held from August 1 to 3, 2025, at Fort Adams in Newport, RI, featuring jazz, R&B, pop, and hip-hop performers on three stages. This is the second consecutive year that the festival sold out, meaning an attendance of 10,000 each day. The festival thrived under bright, sunny skies, comfortable […]
Billy Strings Stuns On “Wharf Rat,” Sturgill Nails “Morning Dew”& Other Dead & Company/Grateful Dead 60 Highlights (FESTIVAL RECAP)
There was magic in the air of San Francisco over the last three days, with a high concentration centered in Golden Gate Park. Sixty years ago, a band beyond description was born that would forever alter the course of music history, in no particular way but their own. Celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Dead, […]