Some of my earliest music listening memories consist of sitting around the RCA console stereo/color television set in the family room, blindly going through my parents’ record collection. A 5-year-old has a severely limited reference when it comes to musical tastes, so whatever I found in that milk crate instantly became my indelible starting-point. And […]
If you delve deep enough, you’d be surprised how artistically and musically weird Oklahoma can get. Psychedelic dream punks The Flaming Lips started out there and The Philbrook Museum of Art, located in Tulsa, is one of the finest museums in the country. There’s also an up-and-coming rock ‘n’ roll act coming through the tumbleweeds to […]
Ryan Adams has made a career doing pretty much whatever he wants. As a young man, he became an alt-country icon, mostly for his work with his band Whiskytown, but has since gone on to explore a variety of genres, even making forays in punk rock and metal. His new album, Ryan Adams, marks the […]
When a band takes a decade to put out the follow-up to their debut album, it can either ruin high expectations or keep things fresh so they can create a gem. Drum & bass dance-punks Death From Above 1979 have put out The Physical World, the duo’s first album since the release of their debut […]
World premieres are a rarity, and are especially uncommon in smaller cities like Providence. Even more unusual is to have two world premieres by the same composer in the same small city within the same year. When I last spoke with composer Steven Jobe in May, it was days before the inaugural performance of his […]
Music has such a wide variety of sound and styles it’s hard to capture everything a band or musician has to offer under one specific genre. Hardcore is no exception. With influences from metal, punk, grindcore, ska, death and thrash metal along with all the anger and politics thrown together, it creates what we can […]
The summer may be over, but the party doesn’t have to be. Venues anticipate a back-to-school extravaganza to happen and promoters, graphic artists, DJs, bouncers, dancers and bartenders are all geared to make it successful for everyone. Most work to glamorize the night life to its fullest potential and a heavy booking schedule is now […]
It has rocked Boston four times since its inception in May of last year, and has quickly become one of my favorite music festivals. Boston Calling is invading City Hall once again from September 5 – 7 with a lineup of acts that very well could be the best edition yet. Once in a lifetime […]
Okee dokee folks … First of all I would like to thank the hundreds of people who sent me condolences about the death of my dog Abigail. It was tough. She was an old girl — 16 years, 3 months and 21 days, but for me it was still was a short life. I will […]
Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons – You’ve Got The Wrong Man (album release) It’s been nearly four years since the last Joe Fletcher release, White Lighter. In that time, Fletcher’s life has changed drastically. He quit his day job as a teacher to become a full-time musician, toured the country extensively, recently had his […]