Growing up’s a bitch, ain’t it? As you ascend into your twenties and thirties and beyond, you take on new sets of responsibilities and your mindset matures, at least you hope. You stop thinking so much about potential sexual partners and begin thinking more about your career or starting a family. The same can be
Over the past few years, musicians and producers have blended into one entity. With the rise of the “chillwave” genre, more musicians have turned to producing synthetic beats and recycling bits and pieces of old tunes to create new music, rather than strumming a guitar or beating a drum. With the rapid progression of software
The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is brilliant. We all know that, so let’s not bother arguing. But what made the act so amusing at first was how much it sounded like they didn’t want to be heard. House of Balloons trickled across our radar last year, and all the hype eventually turned to a waterfall.
Since I don’t like making erroneous statements when I write reviews, this is what I found on the Tonequake Records website describing Low Roar: “Low Roar is Ryan Karazija. Ryan Karazija is Low Roar. Ryan moved to Iceland, the winter was dark, and this is what happened!” Before I looked at this, I thought of
I find I encounter this issue frequently: I am going to a concert, and I range from vaguely familiar with to wholeheartedly obsessed with one of the bands, and am completely clueless about the opener or headliner or co-headliner or whatever other band. So here’s a novel idea–a tour sampler featuring glimpses of the bands
And so Ronnie Vannucci comes crashing into the rock music scene, proving his place as a solo artist and talented musician. The Killers’ drummer and Jason-Lee-lookalike releases the self-titled, debut album from his solo group, Big Talk, comprised of Vannucci on vocals, guitar, drums, bass, and keyboard and Taylor Milne on lead guitar and back-up
I last wrote about Bozmo after seeing their live show back in May. Their set was so fun and energetic that I was stoked to receive a copy of their full length, Hosanna in the Highest, which they are releasing on cassette. The band just played their record release show last night at O’Brien’s Pub
For someone like me, who pays close attention to lyrics, at times even before the music, Ryan Driver’s album Who’s Breathing? is pure perfection. It’s a blissful frolic through fields of contradiction and beauty, where one can bask in the loveliness of the English language. Too flowery? Maybe. But for a word nerd like me,
The Shivers are the kind of band I feel like I should have heard about before now. Their Americana style of rock is so solid, it sounds like it could come from the ’70s (one of my favorite music decades). The Shivers’s latest album, More, released May 10, sounds like a jam session with greats
Listening to Fan Modine’s new album Gratitude For The Shipper is like floating through a dreamlike landscape of sound. Lush lyrics intertwine with melodies made by trombones, keyboards and euphoniums. Gordon Zacharias’s distinct voice sings of light and stars and love, making the record uplifting and completely enjoyable to hear.