Paul Bardsley, otherwise known as Low River, has the kind of musical DNA that’ll win any reader of this blog over. Bardsley’s voice recalls a young Mike Ness while his heavy strum and strident lyrics evoke Frank Turner. But Bardsley…
Niger has been on Americans’ radar lately, thanks to recent events. But if you sort of paid attention in your world history classes, you already know a lot about the country. Today’s Niger straddles the Sahara desert, formerly the heart…
If you missed your chance to do the time warp again over Halloween weekend (the best time to see Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater), you’ve got a shot with Angelica Rockne. To be clear — it’s a different…
Today marks the sixteenth anniversary of my very first rock concert — a Cowboy Mouth show at Irving Plaza just weeks after 9 It was sorely needed and it changed my life. You should be thrilled because it’s the reason…
When Andrija Tokic takes on a project, I take that as a surefire stamp of quality. Tokic is the master behind the Bomb Shelter in East Nashville and gave the world the Alabama Shakes, Langhorne Slim, Hurray for the Riff…
I wish I could hand out awards for album design because it is difficult to create a more pitch-perfect jacket than this. (I’m also dying to know the context of this photo.) Boy Crazy is a reissue of Loveless’ 2013…
This is a hard album to listen to. This is easily the hardest review I’ve had to write. If you’re not familiar with Chris Porter (and you might be — I’ve written about Some Dark Holler, his project with the…
In an effort to focus more on longform posts, this’ll be the last playlist for the time being. Thanks for following along! Granz — “Winter Street” hits too many sweet spots to resist. This is just a great acoustic pop…