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Pokey LaFarge Makes Something New From a Traditional Soundnew
Pokey LaFarge puts his mix of old-time country swing, ragtime and blues on display in a new album and world tour.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-28-2015 |
Music
The Streaming Landscapenew
When it comes to music-streaming services, I'm usually late to the party, and not fashionably so. It's probably forgivable that I didn't hop onboard Spotify when it launched in Sweden in October 2008.
Jackson Free Press |
Micah Smith |
05-21-2015 |
Music
Just SPEW itnew
After a six month hiatus to write new material, metal party machine SPEW is back. SPEW’s mantra remains: drink beer, smoke pot, play music.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
04-23-2015 |
Music
Castle on a cloudnew
With songs that are both tense and soothing, the contentedly sorrowful Jennifer Castle comes to Halifax.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Alex Mitchell |
04-02-2015 |
Music
Why Music Still Matters at SXSWnew
Success comes with consequences, and one of them is contempt. As the South by Southwest music festival's attendance has risen — from just 700 in 1987 to nearly 30,000 in 2015 — so too has the volume of the critics and contrarians who've gone on to vilify what's become the world's largest music event.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-01-2015 |
Music
Old Schoolnew
Dale Watson wants to teach you a lesson about real country music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-15-2015 |
Music
Play That Backnew
The history, rise and current trends of the EDM scene and a close look at musicians and followers of the music in Worcester, Massachusetts. The story also explores whether or not accusations of the scene and drug use go hand in hand.
Worcester Magazine |
Joshua Lyford |
12-12-2014 |
Music
Man Forever brings an epic wave of percussive intensity to Orlandonew
Few albums are as polarizing as Lou Reed's 1975 noise opus Metal Machine Music. The vast majority of Reed's fans dismissed it out of hand, reacting with varying degrees of confusion and disgust (some even theorized that it was a joke or a fuck-you message to his label), but a few – like music critic Lester Bangs – appreciated Reed's questing spirit and applauded his foray into musique concrète...
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
12-10-2014 |
Music
A Shady Legacynew
After fifteen years of Shady Records, Marshall Mathers and crew talk hip-hop, lessons learned, and new Detroit.
Metro Times |
Valerie Vande Panne |
11-19-2014 |
Music
‘Everything Will Be Alright’ for Weezernew
The first time I heard Weezer, the band was a musical guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." I was a freshman at Delta State, and those were good times because bands such as Nirvana opened the floodgates for artists that fit into a broad category called "alternative music" to enter mainstream TV and radio.
Jackson Free Press |
Tommy Burton |
11-14-2014 |
Music
Dan MacCormack is book smartnew
Dan MacCormack drew inspiration from the work of novelist David Adams Richards for his latest album, now the two of them share a stage.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
11-13-2014 |
Music
Lessons from the Riot Grrrlsnew
"As strange as it seems to me now, I'd never really considered how unjust the gender inequities were in rock music of this era. Somehow it just seemed natural that only dudes were in rock bands."
Test your Wu-Tang knowledgenew
How well do you know Ghostface and Raekwon, really? Find out.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Stephanie Johns |
10-23-2014 |
Music
Rich Aucoin: Halifax’s princenew
Rich Aucoin combines his two loves, the silver screen and music, in his newest album, Ephemeral.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Adria Young |
10-23-2014 |
Music
