Legendary rocker Dave Grohl and his merry band of rockers have returned with a creatively conceived, powerfully performed record, not quite as consistent as Wasting Light, the surprisingly great Foo Fighters release from 2011, but a beautiful effort. Comprised of eight tunes, each recorded at […]
Great pop music is really not meant to last not much longer than a good fuck. In the early 90s, while the egg-headed folks at Rhino were putting together their curated boxed sets of CDs featuring Stax, Captain Beefheart, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, […]
Providence-based instrumental rock outfit A Troop of Echoes has a brand new experimental rock album, and this epic piece of work is truly something to be admired. Recorded in a studio fashioned from their loft in Rhode Island, the four-piece group has laid down some […]
U2’s new album is actually pretty good, and that takes a lot for me to admit. With the almost too-science-fiction-dystopian-for-its-own-good release* on every Apple/iTunes device ever–Tim Cook’s sure proud of himself–garnering many an unhappy consumer and critic, you’d hope the end product is hopelessly bad. […]
Touring ‘solo’ to give a healthy taste of his first ‘solo’ album, Blunderbuss, and the new one Lazaretto, Jack White offered his fans an interesting taste of a whole studied persona. At times, a calculating pop denizen up there with the eclectic likes of Beck, […]
Divide & Exit: Sleaford Mods – Harbinger Sound I keep hearing there’s no good music out there, but it’s just not true. You’ve got to keep your ear to the ground. That’s all. The Sleaford Mods will have you loving or hating them within seconds. There […]
This is a review of an album release. An interview with the band is forthcoming. Barcelona is one of many European cities that have fallen under the spell of the “Press Play” culture, a movement that makes it more and more difficult for live musicians […]
Because the Internet by Childish Gambino Glassnote Records UPC: 810599020453 Released December 12, 2013 Donald Glover is where it’s at, according to the current showbiz kingmakers at TMZ. Also known as the rapper, Childish Gambino, Glover is the most potent kind of Power Brother – […]
