The rainstorm that came splashing down on Lansdowne Street this Sunday, May 24th, almost ruined the whole holiday weekend. While a miserable New England storm drowned Boston outside, a beautiful contingent of die-hard rock purists packed into the Citizens House of Blues, trading soaked jackets for the heavy, humid heat of an old-school club gig. […]

Since 2008, bluegrass legend Del McCoury and his cadre of family, friends, and musical cohorts have spent their Memorial Day weekends transforming the sleepy Appalachian town of Cumberland, MD, into the stuff that a live music lover’s dreams are made of: DelFest. The four-day musical extravaganza, intimately situated in the Appalachian Mountains-abutting Allegheny County Fairgrounds in western Maryland, […]

Among the bustling indie music scene in Portland, Oregon, Family Worship Center has carved out a niche and steadily built a following for their big-band take on Southern rock and roll. With a visual and musical aesthetic that falls somewhere between the cult-like technicolor of the Polyphonic Spree and the piano-driven rock of Leon Russell, […]

This past Wednesday, May 20, guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai graced the stage together as the SATCHVAI Band at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion for not only a cataclysmic meeting of fretboard wizardry, but to celebrate a common bond with their love of music and their decades-long friendship. At this point, the history between […]

The semi-annual Exit Zero Jazz Festival, its twenty-sixth edition, was held May 15-17, 2026, in the nation’s oldest ocean resort, Cape May, NJ, featuring many of the top performers in jazz, emerging stars and veterans alike, with a sun-splattered, ocean-facing deck that also hosted performances, on a weekend that offered practically summer weather. All performances […]

Calling PussyCake (2021) a rock ‘n’ roll movie is a bit like calling Friday the 13th a movie about summer camp. It misses the point. PussyCake embodies the spirit of the music. The horror movie—firmly entrenched in the grindhouse tradition—is the story of an all-female rock quartet: the titular PussyCake. And if you can’t guess […]

Before the private jets, the billion-dollar hospitality empire, and the globally recognized shorthand for coastal escapism, Jimmy Buffett was, in the words of guitarist Roger Bartlett, “a mere mortal.” Bartlett was the first-ever member of the Coral Reefer Band, and he is one of many past Buffett collaborators to speak in Occupational Hazard: The First […]

The satirical romp Josie and the Pussycats (2001) is a fun movie. But is it a great rock ‘n’ roll movie? Eh, not so fast on that second one. Welcome back to Glide’s quest for what makes a good rock ‘n’ roll movie. Last month, we looked at Almost Famous, a great launching pad because […]

A good rock ‘n’ roll movie remains a tough prospect. Why? It’s a question that has remained elusive for years, and for 2026, the rabbit hole beckons. That’s why, coming to you from the screening room at Glide Magazine HQ, we’ve decided to do a bit of research. Every first Friday of the month, we’ll […]

Rating C+ The thing about Paul Thomas Anderson is that his talent is so great that even his bad movies are, well, pretty good. His technique and craft are such that his worst movie still has plenty worth noting and considering. Inherent Vice was, by most accounts, not a great movie. And yet there was […]

The Blu-Ray release of A Quiet Place II is a lot like the film itself–inconsequential.

The legendary house of schlock celebrates some less revered works in this stunning box set.

A stunning new transfer allows you to see the Kubrick classic like never before.

One of the year’s most surprising treats comes home for the holidays.

The transfer is glorious but the lack of special features disappoints.

As a longstanding professional musician, Greg Anton knows full well the archetypes of that universe as well as their attendant cliches, which, like most truisms, actually contain kernels of truth. Accordingly, he has no qualms about turning the platitudes inside out and on their head during the course of unreeling his fictional story of disputed […]

The efficiency of Bradley Morgan’s U2 Until The End of the World belies its heft. In the 240 pages of the 11″ by 9″ hardcover, the author provides a fairly thorough chronicle of the mega-successful Irish band’s history, without any overt agenda or slanted editorializing. And while the writer doesn’t delve too deeply into the […]

The smiling visage of the late Richard Manuel that adorns the dust cover of Stephen T. Lewis’ biography belies the sorrowful tragedy of the musician’s life. And intentionally or not, the author’s narrative follows the ups and downs of the man’s troubled existence.  As a result, the clear-eyed insights Lewis offers are worth the effort […]

Mike Campbell might just be the most humble musician in rock music. As guitarist for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, he has co-written some of the most iconic American rock songs of his generation (“American Girl,” “Running Down A Dream,” “Refugee,” “Here Comes My Girl”). He served in one of Bob Dylan’s backing bands, he […]

“Ed’s talent was an asset, not just to me but to him. It was an asset to our band; this thing that was bigger than us would be the vehicle for all of our dreams. Of course, the band was more or less imaginary at this point, but if Ed could play guitar like that, […]