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Coldplay Plan Six Intimate Shows To Mark ‘Ghost Stories’ Release

Coldplay have announced that they will mark the release of their new album, Ghost Stories, by playing six intimate shows ...[more]

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‘Community’ Breakdown: ‘Basic Sandwich’

Will the buried treasure that Abed, Annie, and the Dean found really save Greendale? Will Jeff and Britta really get ...[more]

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Katie Herzig: Art’s Evolution And Expression

Pulsing drum loops, soaring synthesizers, and fuzzy bass lines provide the foundation for Herzig's latest effort, Walk Through Walls. It's a complex and cathartic ...[more]

Greyhounds – Fronting The Legacy of Memphis & Austin

Natural chemistry is one of the hardest things to find for a musician. You can do as many collaborations and sit-ins as you want, ...[more]

Bobby Womack – Soul Survivor Talks Resurgence, Jamming With ...

Bobby Womack is a genuine enigma. A constant and integral part of the American musical soundscape since before the “British Invasion,” Mr. Womack has ...[more]

Luther Dickinson – Keeping It Real With Folk Punk ...

Luther Dickinson is excited. It’s not the fact that, at the age of 41 the Mississippi guitar player has already built a towering musical ...[more]

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Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline – ...

The second installment of a live performance/recording series, Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline’s Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 consists of edits from a roughly two-hour performance in front of a small audience conducted in late August of last year. Just as collaborating with guitarist John Scofield elicits largely funky ...[more]

Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminal Starvation League- Undefeated

Bobby Bare Jr. practically oozes swagger, and on his first new record in nearly 4 years, his sound is more defined than ever. Undefeated brings his effortlessly cool vocals to the forefront amidst his seamless hybrid of country and alt rock. At times quirky like the country-folk and oh-so-dark banjo ...[more]

Band of Skulls- Himalayan

On their latest record, Himalayan, the Band of Skulls, now with three albums on the shelf, continue sewing the thread of what has made both Baby Darling Doll Face Honey and Sweet Sour widely accepted records: dark tempered songwriting, the ability to quickly reveal an aggressive edge and the openness ...[more]

Coachella 2014 Highlights- The Replacements, OutKast, MGMT, Foxygen, ...

For two weekends every year now, the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA has not only become a musical festival but a trendy mecca for the H & M/American Apparel/Urban Outfitter sect with as Win Butler from the Arcade Fire confessed – “I just want to say that there’s a ...[more]

Rock and Roll Resort 4 – Kerhonkson, NY ...

The 2014 fourth annual Rock and Roll Resort was another spectacular one filled with spontaneous adventures. An all-inclusive festival, with reasonable prices, the weekend musical excursion took place all under one comfortable roof at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, New York, conveniently located just over 200 miles ...[more]

Southern Soul Assembly – feat. Luther Dickinson, Marc ...

The aptly named Southern Soul Assembly is South of the Mason Dixon line artists, Luther Dickinson, Marc Broussard, JJ Grey and Anders Osborne. Well known for their respective musical pursuits the four are presently touring in a singer-songwriter, showcase format. From the band’s website which consists of a single page ...[more]

Move Me Brightly DVD A Documentary Concert Film ...

There have been numerous tributes to the late Jerry Garcia since his death in 1995, but none such as an accurate reflection of the man’s own uniquely Zen approach to life and art. If the tongue-in-cheek opening interval is slightly disconcerting-showing actor Luke Wilson asking directions to the site of ...[more]

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Near the beginning of the documentary film Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me rock critic Lester Bangs equates Memphis rock band Big Star with The Beatles. At the time of his comment, a 1970s interview, few people had heard of Big Star. Turns out Bangs was on to something. Big ...[more]

The Rolling Stones- Charlie Is My Darling

As The Rolling Stones evolved from blues purists and made a concerted attempt to commercialize themselves for the pop market, their manager Andrew Loog Oldham posited them as bad boy alternatives to the cuddly mop-tops that were The Beatles. It only makes sense then, that instead of the semi-fictionalized presentation ...[more]

One Way Out: The Inside History of The ...

Alan Paul creates the chronological narrative of One Way Out: The Inside History of The Allman Brothers Band by interweaving excerpts of interviews with band members, family and friends, business partners and acquaintances, with much the same intricacy the band itself improvises. In doing so, he, more often than not, ...[more]

Willin’: The Story of Little Feat

If ever a beloved band (besides the seminal country-rockers Poco) deserved its story told, it’s Little feat. One of the most distinctive rock and roll units of its time, Lowell George and co. went unjustly under recognized during his lifetime despite an affectionate fanbase whose passion and loyalty far surpassed ...[more]

Keith Richards on Keith Richards

It’s been a very, very big year for the Rolling Stones. After all, not many bands can say they are legitimately 50 years old. So if you’re looking for a little rock history reading let us recommend Keith Richards On Keith Richards, edited by Sean Egan, which is basically a ...[more]

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