Tesla // Live @ The Palace Theatre // 2.12.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Michael W. Bright - February 15, 2017February 15, 2017 Article and Photos by: Michael W. Bright Louisville, KY -- Time-tested road warriors Tesla were celebrating thirty years together last night and the nearly sold out crowd at the Louisville Palace Theater were more than happy to raise the level of the celebration. Opening act, The Cringe, took a few tunes to
The Griswolds // Live in Seattle & Portland // 2.8-2.9.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Kristina Dawn - February 13, 2017February 14, 2017 Article and Photos by: Kristina Dawn Everyone's favorite Aussie's are back in the Pacific Northwest this week with a highly anticipated new tour. Drones of soggy fans waited outside the renowned Chop Suey in Seattle to witness the first show of The Griswolds latest Low Lives Tour -- some even admitted to
The Ponderosa Aces // Live @ The Escondite // 2.2.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - February 13, 2017 Article by: Bylle Breaux // Photos by: Matt Stasi Just east of downtown Los Angeles, where multi-million dollar skyscapers glare down over those that outshine them with nothing but aspiration, sits a perplexing watering hole straight out of a Spaghetti Western. The Escondite, a.k.a. The Hideout, is strategically weathered and criminally
The Cadillac Three // Live @ The Theatre Of The Living Arts // 2.10.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Bob Linneman - February 13, 2017 Article and Photos by: Bob Linneman When the last item placed on the stage is a cooler, you know it’s going to be a fun show. The Cadillac Three rolled into Philadelphia to bring their Black Roses Tour to South Street. Supporting their new release Bury Me In My Boots, which
Austra // Live @ The Mohawk // 2.4.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Melanie Allen - February 11, 2017 Article and Photos by: Melanie Allen Austin’s new festival Sound On Sound hosted a live show this past weekend, at which the headliner was electronic group Austra. To start off the night was Austin’s very own “future wave” group Night Drive. Their dreamy, 80s-esque, synth-pop tracks captivated the audience, much of who
The Dean Ween Group // Live @ Emo’s // 2.3.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Melanie Allen - February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 Article and Photos by: Melanie Allen One half of Ween has taken his personal project on a short and sweet tour, and The Dean Ween Group hit Austin on Friday, February 3rd. The night’s opening act, Amandla, is the project of Ween’s original drummer, Claude Coleman Jr. The five-member group plays groovy
Album Review: Satan Takes A Holiday – Aliens ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Steven Principato - February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 Article by: Steven Principato Hardly sparing us a subtle or gradual introduction to their fourth studio release, titled simply Aliens, Satan Takes A Holiday tosses the a cinder block through the listener’s windshield judging only by the heavy-handed ferocity of their opening track “Good Cop, Bad Cop." Obviously taking no holidays of
Album Review: Nick Nash – Fear of Perdition ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Bylle Breaux - February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Article by: Bylle Breaux Twenty something singer/songwriter, Nick Nash, tip-toes surreptitiously onto the Americana scene like a “Wolf in the Wheat,” which is also the title of one of his songs on his new E.P., “Fear of Perdition.” Now living in Nashville and more than halfway through a law degree from
Album Review: LILAH LARSON – PENTIMENTO ALBUM REVIEWS MUSIC by Sydney Rush - February 7, 2017February 11, 2017 Article by: Sydney Rush Lilah Larson, NYC based musician has just released her first solo album, Pentimento, which could easily be described as folk but has been given names like heavy meadow, future folk, and cosmic American which are all wildly accurate. Pentimento is a collection of profound lyrics tackling today’s
Young the Giant // Live @ The Roseland Theater // 2.01.17 CONCERT REVIEWS FEATURED MUSIC by Kristina Dawn - February 7, 2017 Article and Photos by: Kristina Dawn PORTLAND, OR -- Lewis Del Mar, an experimental pop-rock band from Queens, NY, is relatively new to the music scene. Only releasing their first self titled EP in October of last year. But with their immense complexity, oddity, and originality, you would think Lewis Del Mar had been