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…
Do you live in New York and are you looking for something to do tomorrow night? Check out DK and the Joy Machine with a backing band at Arlene’s Grocery! If queercore acoustic Appalachian punk is your thing (and it…
So far I’ve seen a lot of surprise that Have Gun, Will Travel decided to do a concept album. While the subject — Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Atlantic Mission — is esoteric, I’m not surprised. The one song that still sticks with…
It’s 1:15 PM. I’m not dressed yet. I’ve been watching Steven Universe all morning and catching up on blog posts. But I feel classy AF because I’m listening to the new Bumper Jacksons album. The Bumper Jacksons’ sophomore release is…
Yesterday I observed that there seem to be more folks in the alt-country scene returning to a more traditional country sound. Today, I’m going to talk about the fusion of my two musical loves: ’90s alt-rock and alt-country. If this…
Today and tomorrow I’m going to write about what I’m seeing as emerging trends in this little pocket of music we love. First off, it seems to me this genre is mainly comprised of punk guys mellowing out and tempering…