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 […]
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, […]
Throughout the 1990s, there was a fusion of jazz, hip-hop, electronica, and house music which went by various monikers. Of course, the purists will punch holes through my generalizations but the music labels included nu jazz, acid jazz, deep house, and (the most unoriginal) jazztronica. The music mixed house beats with the swaggering improvisational spirit of […]
I listen with laid-back comfort and eyes closed to “Thinking of a Place” from the War on Drugs’ new album, A Deeper Understanding, and I can see the black top highway before a set of headlights illuminating the way. Windows rolled down, the air is crisp and I feel like I’m 28 years old, again, […]
About a month ago, I was perusing the pages of wordpress.com when I came upon a blog entry about a new band, Mumford and Sons, from England. I was so awestruck by the first song I heard from them, Little Lion Man, that a few short days later, I decided I just had to have […]
