New Music and Video

Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.

COVER STORY: Justin Townes Earle Opens Up About Latest Album

A Kinder, Gentler (But Still Tough and Innovative) Justin Townes Earle He sings Billie Holiday songs to his wife when she has trouble sleeping, and he plans on writing his soon-to-be-born baby daughter Etta her own lullaby.  Could this possibly be the same man that...
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Record Review: Brandi Emma

by | Dec 1, 2010 |

Brandi Emma Photographic Memory EP Los Angeles, CA Produced, recorded, mixed & engineered by Tom Livemore // Mastered by Thomas Schoebel If Brandi Emma’s 2006 debut Swim would fall under...

Record Review: The Blank Tapes

by | Dec 1, 2010 |

The Blank Tapes Home Away From Home San Francisco, CA Recorded to cassette tape by Matt Adams in Oakland, San Francisco and Apple Valley, CA Matt Adams must be one hell of a dynamic guy. His most...

Record Review: Bad Cop

by | Dec 1, 2010 |

Bad Cop Harvest the Beast Nashville, TN “Brash, psychedelic rock ‘n’ roll exuberance”From the opening riff on “Amores Perros” to the closing drum fade on “Control,” Bad Cop’s Harvest the Beast is 30...

Record Review: Astral

by | Dec 1, 2010 | ,

Astral Forever After San Francisco, CA "A dream that's a little too familiar" Forever After sounds dreamy - and for the most part, it is. It’s got spacey, reverberating guitars and fuzzed-out bass...

Record Review: Angrepp

by | Dec 1, 2010 | ,

Angrepp Warfare Stockholm, Sweden “Rape, kill, rock ‘n’roll (their words, not ours)” Stockholm’s Angrepp keeps the church fires burning with their primitive blend of D-beat punk and death-thrash...