Today Moogfest unveils the full schedule for the expansive four-day festival. Exploring the future...
Michael St. James
[Cover Story] Nnamdi Ogbonnaya On Being the Gateway Drug for Rock & Hip-Hop Crowds to Co-Mingle
When Nnamdi Ogbonnaya speaks, it’s with the wry ‘everything is an absurdity’ of a...
Fleet Foxes Announce World Tour and Release Album Trailer
Fleet Foxes have announced an extensive international tour for 2017, including newly added US...
Austin City Limits Roundup
We had so much fantastic coverage of the annual Austin City Limits festival that we couldn't fit it all in the magazine. Here is another great round-up of the greatest fest in the greatest live...
Record Review: Violens
Violens Amoral New York, NY New Wave is (unfortunately) an underused descriptor of current music, with a rare and welcome exception coming from Violens’ first full length, Amoral. The record is...
Record Review: Tweak Bird
Tweak Bird Tweak Bird Carbondale, IL The resurgence of ’70s style rock duos consisting of two dudes with shaggy and vaguely out-of -style haircuts is proved awesome once again by Tweak Bird. The...
Record Review: Tumbledown
Tumbledown Empty Bottle Seattle, WA Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if pop-punk and Americana/country music were melded together? Pick up the second full-length album by Tumbledown...
Record Review: Speak Easy
Speak Easy Words Have Power Atlanta, GA Sean Fahie has chosen the right moniker. As Speak Easy, rapping over jazz horns and soul riffs, his voice transports the listener to an alternate 1920s...
Record Review: Roh Delikat
Roh Delikat Sunny Boston, MA An endearing quality about most alternative music is the fact it can readily change itself to various forms of dark imagery, while retaining a strong sense of fluidity. ...
Record Review: RIBS
RIBS British Brains Boston, MA Head banging to a melody is not an easy feat. There is always the very real risk of dislocating your neck while incorporating a smooth-yet-jerking motion into any rock...
Record Review: Mikie Lee Prasad
Mikie Lee Prasad Jukebox Folktales: Volume Two Oakland, CA One of the hardest working musicians in the Bay Area, Mikie Lee Prasad has been performing his rollicking brand of energetic Americana in...
Record Review: Mermaids
Mermaids Tropsicle Atlanta, GA The cover of Tropsicle contains a weird, collage-like image of summertime pictures from long ago. The sounds within the album perfectly fit this image. The 11 tracks...
Record Review: Kordan
Kordan The Longing Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn natives Kordan provides a lush backdrop to a winter night, just right for a cruise through downtown NYC. Full of fierce passion and insight, the band’s...