Robot Garden Delivers Big Rock Sound on Debut Album
In this time of shortened attention spans, every once in a while something comes along to make you take notice. In this time of cookie cutter bands with formulaic pop songs, every now and then there...
View ArticleSkynyrd in Muncie, IN, 10/3/15 Reviewed
A slight chill was in the air in this small Indiana town, a generation removed from little pink houses, but with quiet, tree lined streets and small brick ranch homes mostly built in the 1950s, the...
View ArticleA Sweet Debut Album From Bitter’s Kiss
The striking voice is the first thing you notice when listening to the self-titled debut album by Bitter’s Kiss. So clear, pure and interesting. Keep listening and the lyrics stop you in your tracks....
View ArticleAdd Agency Releases “Gemstone Radar,” a New Album of Sonic Exploration
Due out at the end of this month is Gemstone Radar, a solo and I do mean solo, album from Will Mora a.k.a. the band Add Agency from EL Paso, Texas. Mora did all the writing, singing and instrumentation...
View ArticleACL 2015 Weekend 2, Day 2 (Saturday) Highlights
Relive the video highlights from Day 2, Weekend 2 of ACL Festival in Austin’s iconic Zilker Park on October 10th, 2015. Featuring performance footage of Holychild, FIDLAR, Shakey Graves, Sturgill...
View ArticleTumbler’s “You Said” Starts A New Folk/Rock Conversation
Listening to the music from Tumbler, a British folk/rock trio is almost like going on a time travel journey. And honestly, that isn’t far from the truth. The band, Richard Grace, Dave Needham and Harry...
View Article“Smokin’ Voyages” from Space Apaches: New Rock with Old Influences
As you go through “Entry,” the first 32 seconds of Smokin’ Voyages, you start thinking that maybe Space Apaches really is formed by cosmic interplanetary visitors, as they say in their bio. But then...
View ArticleFlorence + The Machine ACL 2015
Florence and the Machine was the perfect act to wrap up ACL and showed their dedication to their fans by playing a long set. Florence Welch, the leader of the machine, is not a conventional singer or...
View ArticleSamuel Claiborne’s “Love, Lust, and Genocide” Reviewed
After listening to Love, Lust and Genocide,” the new album from poet and alternative rocker Samuel Claiborne, the first thing that came to mind was a line from Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sounds Of...
View ArticleAjay Mathur’s new album “9 to 3″ draws from diverse rock inspiration
by Lara Haase Check out the album for yourself on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/9to3/sets/9to3 Photo courtesy of Ajay Mathur Ajay Mathur’s 9 to 3 is an album sourcing from various sub-genres of...
View ArticleBen Howard at ACL 2015, reviewed
Austin, Texas, late afternoon, Samsung Stage at ACL, hot as hell. Samsung never disappoints. They consistently bring the artists I’m most excited to see, but this year may have topped them all when Ben...
View ArticleBoy From The Crowd’s EP “Where The Bees Come To Die”– Reviewed
Hearing Boy From The Crowd for the first time is like watching primordial ooze spewing up from the depths of the earth. You’re not sure what it could be, but it’s fascinating and terrifying, and...
View ArticleSouthside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes @ Newton Theatre
On an unseasonably warm November night in northwest New Jersey, the outside temperature was nothing compared to the fire being stoked onstage by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. The wonderfully...
View ArticleWindow To Nowhere by Andre Chrys – Reviewed
Andre Chrys is a Roots-Americana singer-songwriter out of Vancouver. Over his career, he has put in plenty of hard time by way of playing with bands and in clubs back and forth across Canada. It’s a...
View ArticleKathy Griffin – Horseshoe Casino in Southern Indiana.
In her latest 80-city tour, “Like a Boss”, the brutally honest, always entertaining, and funny comedian, Kathy Griffin, gives us her take on Demi Lovato fans, millennials, the Kardashians, and the...
View ArticlePlastic Yellow Band Soars with “Above Gravity”
In today’s streaming music world, it’s not surprising that the first listed track on any band release usually gets the most play. If listeners like what they hear, they move on to the next track and...
View ArticleMadonna in Louisville 1-16-16 Reviewed
The Madonna concert in Louisville Saturday night had a starting time of 8PM, with no mention of her opening act, DJ MaryMac spinning for hours before Madonna graced us with her presence. A tip of...
View ArticleMovie Review: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
With all the choices in the world to watch on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu we watched Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band to celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s a big-budget, movie musical released in 1978...
View ArticleThe Easthills – Fear and Temptation Review
Album Title: Fear and Temptation Artist: The Easthills Label: Campbell Barada Music Release Date: March 1, 2016 Runtime: 12 tracks – 52:36 Band Website: http://theeasthills.com/ Review by: Jack Smith...
View ArticleJoe Satriani, “Surfing to Shockwave” Tour (915) 3/8/2016
Joe Satriani wailed Tuesday night at the Abraham Chavez Theatre in El Paso, Texas. Joe Satriani is a guitar legend and teacher to some of the era’s best students. In 1987, he broke through to the...
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