Coming from Savona, Italy, there is a four-piece rock band that is mixing ’70s heavy fuzz and ’90s riffage to concoct a sonic potion that’s both powerful and refreshingly current. The band is Black Elephant and their latest full-length album, Cosmic Blues is a marvelous set of seven tracks of psychedelic fuzz rock. The band … Read more
There is a special kind of magic that happens when two songwriters can align their creative universes and produce a coherent and meaningful song, much less an entire album. That magic has happened in the new group Arthur Buck. The two songsters are: Joseph Arthur and Peter Buck (of R.E.M.). The two have released their … Read more
Broken Testimony is a four-piece alternative rock/metal band that is focusing their overabundance of youthful energy into making some serious music. The band formed in Upstate South Carolina by drummer Bryce Chism and lead guitarist and vocalist, Judge Page (both 16 at the time), soon added two additional members; Justin King (bassist) and Nic Delvaux (rhythm … Read more
Ian Burden is a composer and keyboard player that was a member of the 80’s band Human League. Burden co-wrote “Do or Die,” “The Sound Of The Crowd” and “Love Action” on the Dare album, as well as others, but over the last thirty years he has been kept a low profile. Hey Hey Ho … Read more
The hip sounds of the ‘60s are alive and evolving with Shannon Shaw, finding more ways to tour the music that speaks to her heart, few are doing it better than singer-songwriter Shannon Shaw, of Shannon & the Clams. On her debut release, Shaw establishes herself as the queen of smoky, blue-eyed soul with her … Read more
Mixed Reality is a brand-new album from one of the most successful melodic alternative rock bands still making music today, Gin Blossoms. The Blossoms have had their ups and downs, but have consistently created great songs, and believe it or not, they celebrated their 25-year anniversary of their seminal 1992 multi-platinum album New Miserable Experience. … Read more
The fabled frontman of the band Korn, Jonathan Davis, has released his debut solo album titled, Black Labyrinth. Containing thirteen songs that focus on Davis’ melodic and robust vocal abilities, the tracks where primarily recorded live to tape, a departure from Korn’s heavily designed, meticulous, studio approach to creation. There are certainly moments when … Read more
George Clinton and Parliament are back with their first studio album in thirty-eight years titled, Medicaid Fraud Dogg. Boasting a hefty track list of twenty-three new tunes and clocking in at almost-two-hours of funk! Some of the original band’s horn players are on the release: Fred Wesley, Pee Wee Ellis, Greg Thomas, and Benny Cowan. … Read more
Lake Street Dive is a quartet that started in Boston in 2004 while the members where attending the New England Conservatory of Music. The group has a sound that, though based in an indie rock emphasis, infuses: classic jazz, soul, and swing music from the pre-rock era of music. The band’s sound has a hip … Read more
The power of excellent singing and shredding musicianship lives on with the spirit of the eighties in the super-group Mr. Big. Well, hot off the heels of their Defying Gravity album, the band is releasing a live set with Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar and backing vocals), Billy Sheehan (bass and backing vocals), Matt … Read more