Apparently the new cool kid thing is to “emulate” ’90s alt-rock (as opposed to begging, borrowing, and stealing from the ’70s and ’80s.) If you’ve been reading this noble publication for a while, you know that that’s the last musical…
It’s hot, but Honey and the 45s have enough cool emanating from them to ease your suffering. Or, in the case of this video, they might rev you up. Filmed in the swanky Powhatan Building in Chicago, the video’s fascination…
Happy birthday to me! My present to you is this tasty surf-rock morsel from the hands of two of Canada’s greatest alt-country guitarists: Colin Cripps (Kathleen Edwards, Blue Rodeo) and James Robertson (Lindi Ortega, New Country Rehab). The duo’s desire…
I am pretty sure I am the only person who has ever worked out to The Legendary Shackshakers. Certainly, I was the only one in the gym crushing it (I can benchpress 40 pounds, guys!) to rockabilly. Clocking in at…
Writing about country music as I do, when I saw the title for Chris Darby’s new album, I assumed (and hoped) that the title would be ironic. What’s a more apt title for an album of yet more songs about…
PJ Bond’s music sounds like everyone you’ve heard before, but that’s not a bad thing. As I listened to his latest release Where Were You?, I heard elements of many of my favorite artists: Frank Turner, Elway, Gaslight Anthem, Fountains…
As much as I enjoy writing about music, my real passion is my day job: teaching. Though I’m not really an NPR person, a number of my friends and family urged me to listen to this week’s episode, “The Problem…
The Rubs are perfect summer listening. In a blaze of distorted guitars and bouncing surf-rock basslines, Joey Rubbish leads the band in a high school varsity jacket and hardcore punk intensity. In short, this is the band we all should…