Why is it that musical sensations of the U.K. don’t always translate to the U.S. with the same greatness and success? The rock annals are loaded with bands that shone like the next Northern Star to usher in a new era of rock and represent European swagger, only to make a periphery passing on the […]
The year nears its end, and it’s time to review the songs that came back over and over of the past 12 months. Since 2018, it’s been a personal habit to collect new and old tracks into a “[Year]” playlist that buzzed about while on the road or on a jog. By year’s end, the […]
“I found a doctor to figure me out, opened up my head and let him walk around. Violet, I think I’m gonna love you for a long time.“ Youthful and lovestruck obsession teetering on instability is the central point of “Violet,” a new single from Joe P on his latest album, Garden State Empire. And […]
August 16, 2024 “Our love is the faith that keeps on burning.” – The Alarm We know your father the best, the most intimately, because we were fortunate to be those he loved and sought the most. He was a most generous person but was especially giving of us. We know him from different perspectives […]
Psychedelic rock has always been the outlier of rock ‘n roll but it’s always had its faithful to keep the genre alive and kicking. The fallout of early 80s goth band Bauhaus gave rise to the superbly wild psych rock of Love and Rockets, made up of three former members of that defunct Peter Murphy-led […]
I’m planning a road trip later this summer and as I was shuffling through my deep catalog of music to create a playlist to accompany us along the way, the memories of my adolescence came back to me in soft ebbs. I’m still as avid a music fan at nearly 50 years old as I […]
Fronted by a spasmatic anorexic that surely must be the prodigal daughter of Iggy Pop, Starcrawler – a raucous and unfiltered band from LA – is here to take absolutely no prisoners in this retreating, almost apologetic, low watermark era in rock and roll history. For the last couple of years, corporate-bought websites – which […]
This might be a bold statement but it’s an easy one to assert: Becca Mancari is the new definition of roots rock. Her music reminds me why I love Americana music with its tinges of country-rock and rooted in poignant songwriting. All the while, she has the natural musical instinct to make the music enjoyable, fluid, […]
The Waterboys began in the early 80s but they didn’t appear on my radar until nearly a decade later when I traced the roots of former member Karl Wallinger to Mike Scott’s Irish / Scottish rock band. Over the course of their history, the Waterboys’ sound has run the gamut of rock, world, and Irish […]
