Drew MorganTom Waits’ newest album, Bad As Me, feels like a nice change from boring ol’ Rock & Roll. In fact, it’s everything but! As one goes from track to track, there’s soul, jazz, folk, some Spanish-sounding ballads, and more. Tom Waits has always been a versatile artist, and he sure shows it on his newest offering. Take the opening track, “Chicago.” It feels like the studio engineer hit “record” just a few seconds after the band…
Ska is Dead (Syke! It’s Awesome!)
I had the good fortune to see the ska-punk band Mustard Plug play in Toledo, OH recently, at Frankie’s Inner City. They’re a Grand Rapids, MI-based band, so it was odd for me – a Michigan resident – to see them out of state. One of the people I went with has seen them six times in the past, once only 30 minutes away from our podunk little town, so it felt a little foolish…
PJ Harvey: This Is a Fall Tour
Hailie Hay
A glance into the explosive garage-rock scene of the early nineties, PJ Harvey is set to once more come forth and grace the stage for an end-of-October mini-tour extravaganza. Playing in support of her latest album, two-and-a-half-year feat Let England Shake, Harvey has announced but five dates, all of which range in location from Sweden to the Czech Republic. A wild and far cry from White Chalk (Harvey’s prior most recent release of 2007), Let England Shake exhibits…
Tedeschi Trucks Part 2 – Live From Boston
Chris Whitten
The Tedeschi Trucks Band Live in Boston August 17th, 2011
Green Day Remembers Amy Winehouse
Alice Smith
Green Day (bottom) paid homage to the late Amy Winehouse (top), who died in late July.
Warm Up With Mineo!
Mineo may be clowning around, but their music is for real.
Gaga Is Not All Show
From the beginning, it was extremely clear that Lady Gaga was a unique addition to the music world; what wasn’t clear was if there was any talent behind the crazy costumes and makeup. I was one of the many people who believed that her fame was only due to her over the top demeanor. The club beats of her music immediately made me associate her with being autotuned, so I was the first person to bash Gaga and…
Broken Boy Soldiers: The Raconteurs Are Back
I was honestly afraid we’d seen the last of musician/producer Jack White, considering he stopped touring with the Dead Weather late last year and disbanded the White Stripes earlier this year, and that we’d therefore seen the last of the Raconteurs…but I was afraid (past-tense), until I happened upon Jack’s Third Man Records site a few days back. To my (and, presumably, most other Raconteurs fans around the globe) surprise, the Raconteurs have announced an upcoming show…
5 Questions For The Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
Enjoying a Sweet Flashback
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