Listen: Gorillaz Share “Hallelujah Money” With Guest Benjamin Clementine
As long has been promised, Gorillaz has returned with their first new music in over six years, and like most of their music, it features a special guest. On the Damon Albarn/Jamie Hewlett led project,...
View ArticleFilm Bits: ‘Logan’ and ‘Power Rangers’ Release Final Trailers
Final ‘Logan’ Trailer Shows Actual PromiseThe final trailer for Logan, Hugh Jackman’s much touted final outing as Wolverine, was released today, giving us more insight into tone and direction of the...
View ArticleCentro-matic’s Will Johnson Announces New Solo LP ‘Hatteras Night, A Good...
Over the course of his quarter-century-plus career, Will Johnson has dealt with every challenge a musician can face. The silver lining, however, is that the Austin-based songwriter excels at taking...
View ArticleSONG PREMIERE: my education Share Prog-rock Opus Minimus “Open Marriages”
Austin band my education are skilled in the art of crafting sonic soundscapes. Band members have come and gone in the years that followed since they formed in 1999, but the band itself has always...
View ArticleKeller Williams KWahtro Stretches Wide With Boller, Droll & Holmes (ALBUM...
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥The one man jam band (and constant record releaser) Keller Williams has teamed up with some friends for yet another project titled Sync under the group name KWahtro (Confused? Sound it out.) The...
View ArticleShyamalan Produces Best Work in Years with ‘Split’ (FILM REVIEW)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥M. Night Shyamalan has been threatening a return to form for years now, with middling success. It was a long and uneventful fall from grace for the director, which began with The Village and...
View Article‘XXX’ And The Return Of Fighting Against The Man
♥♥♥♥♥♥It must be a strange time to be in the action movie business. First, there’s an ever-growing interest in expanded, overlapping movie franchises, along with the public’s increasing lack of...
View ArticleRobert Earl Keen, Todd Snider Get Portland Feelin’ Good Again (SHOW REVIEW)
Portland, Oregon was treated to a double feature of storytelling singer/songwriting powerhouses Wednesday night when Todd Snider and Robert Earl Keen played Revolution Hall.Snider, coming off the fall...
View ArticleBlues Legend Taj Mahal Gets Help From His Friends On ‘Labor Of Love’ (ALBUM...
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥The legend that is Taj Mahal released a time capsule of acoustic country, folk, blues in Labor Of Love, his first offering in four years and 47th record to date! Housing classic Mahal favorites...
View ArticleWillie Nelson, Conor Oberst, Margo Price And More To Play Luck Reunion During...
Luck Productions is proud to announce the 2017 Luck Reunion, a boutique music festival held on Willie Nelson’s “Luck, TX” property in the heart of the hill country. Featuring performances from a...
View ArticleJohn Paul White Breaks From Civil Wars Shadow To Illuminate The Troubadour...
The reclusive former member of The Civil Wars, John Paul White has come out of the shadows to perform songs from his new solo album, Beulah. After a short tour last summer, he is following up with a 15...
View Article2017 ShipRocked Cruise Proves Loud & Mighty (PHOTOS
Hard rock nation had a chance to unite last week on the seas. The 2017 ShipRocked Cruise set sail from Miami on Jan. 16, docking in at Grand Turk Island in Turks and Caicos on Jan. 18 and returning to...
View ArticleFrank Ocean, Chance the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots Lead 2017 Sasquatch! Music...
Sasquatch! Music Festival has announced the 2017 lineup, featuring headliners. Twenty One Pilots,Frank Ocean and Chance the Rapper. The lineup is as distinct as the festival’s one-of-a-kind setting,...
View ArticlePete Murano of Trombone Shorty Talks Guitar Solos & Opening For Red Hot Chili...
Troy Andrews (Trombone Shorty) may be the focal point when he takes the stage with his band Orleans Avenue but when he turns it over to his guitar player Pete Murano to do a solo, the electrical...
View ArticleVinyl Lives: Charleston’s Eclectic Cafe & Vinyl Serves Up Food And Tunes
In Vinyl Lives we spotlight and profile record stores around the country who offer music lovers an experience that goes beyond an iTunes purchase or a Spotify playlist. Vinyl has found a new resurgence...
View ArticleOrchestra Baobab Releasing New LP ‘Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng’ Due 3/31
West Africa’s iconic dance-band Orchestra Baobab will release their new album Tribute To Ndiouga Dieng o on March 31 via World Circuit Records. The album is their first in nearly a decade and comes...
View ArticleTedeschi Trucks Band/Hot Tuna/Wood Brothers Set For Wheels of Summer Tour
Tedeschi Trucks Band has announced the third installment of their wildly popular Wheels of Soul Summer Tour. The 12-piece ensemble led by husband and wife Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks will be...
View ArticleFilm Bits: ‘Star Wars’ Title Revealed
Finally, We Can Stop Just Saying ‘Episode VIII’After months of waiting and teasing, the official title of Episode VIII was revealed today. Set to be released this December, the latest chapter in the...
View ArticleWire Return With 15th LP’Silver/Lead’, Share First Single “Short Elevated...
Wire kick off extensive celebrations for their 40th year as a band in typical forward-thinking prolific form, with a new album and their fifteenth. Silver/Lead is due March 31st via the band’s pinkflag...
View ArticleAtmosphere Bring Honesty, Beats, and Rhymes To Austin (SHOW REVIEW)
“What? My dad bod isn’t good enough for you?” Atmosphere’s energetic frontman Slug said to an audience chanting for his tour mate Brother Ali at Emo’s in Austin, Texas, on Friday, January 20th. Slug’s...
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