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The sun sets on Coachella as 2020 fest is canceled - Photo by Jason Persse
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Coachella and Stagecoach Fests Officially Canceled for 2020 by Promoter Goldenvoice

June 11, 2020 News Comments Off on Coachella and Stagecoach Fests Officially Canceled for 2020 by Promoter Goldenvoice

Edited by JOHN DALY Coachella and Stagecoach festivals have been officially canceled for 2020 by promoter Goldenvoice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press release issued Thursday but dated June 10, the promoter addressed […]

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Car Seat Headrest Takes Listeners on a Wild Journey with ‘Making A Door Less Open’

June 10, 2020 News Comments Off on Car Seat Headrest Takes Listeners on a Wild Journey with ‘Making A Door Less Open’

By DAN MACINTOSH Car Seat Headrest opens its album Making A Door Less Open with “Weightlifter,” which has a noisy intro akin to a mosquito buzzing in your ear and awakening you up in the […]

Aretha Franklin celebrated by RNRHOF
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Aretha Franklin Celebrated By Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with Special Video Playlist

June 10, 2020 News Comments Off on Aretha Franklin Celebrated By Rock N Roll Hall of Fame with Special Video Playlist

By DONNA BALANCIA The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame has put together a special video playlist to honor Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, for African-American Music Appreciation Month. The playlist includes a range […]

Pressing Strings - Photo by Caite Bartlett
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Pressing Strings Features First Responders in Video ‘Brave’

June 9, 2020 News Comments Off on Pressing Strings Features First Responders in Video ‘Brave’

Edited by JOHN DALY Maryland-based trio Pressing Strings: Jordan Sokel, Nick Welker, and Brandon Bartlett, have released the video for their single “Brave” to honor the COVID-19 frontline workers. As the world continues to respond […]

Switchfoot - Photo by Ronald Kaestner
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Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

June 8, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

By DAN MACINTOSH Covers albums can take on a wide spectrum of variations. Many of these projects include the older songs that inspired artists to create their own music in the first place. Listening to […]

Sparks release new album - Takahiro Kyono
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Review: Sparks Drop a New Classic With ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’

June 5, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Sparks Drop a New Classic With ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’

By DAN MACINTOSH Sparks, the longstanding brotherly duo of Ron and Russell Mael, has been performing together since 1967. So, you’d think by now one could compare this act to other similar bands. But we […]

Alice Cooper to drop Detroit Stories - Photo by Craig Hammons
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Alice Cooper Goes Back to his Rock N Roll Roots with ‘Detroit Stories’

June 3, 2020 News Comments Off on Alice Cooper Goes Back to his Rock N Roll Roots with ‘Detroit Stories’

By CRAIG HAMMONS Alice Cooper is in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new album, Detroit Stories. The PT Barnum of Rock N Roll, Alice was born in Detroit 72 years ago and […]

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By DONNA BALANCIA

Revered Black Creatives Who Made the Music Business Honored on Blackout Tuesday

June 1, 2020 News Comments Off on Revered Black Creatives Who Made the Music Business Honored on Blackout Tuesday

By DONNA BALANCIA Revered Black musicians including B.B. King, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross have brought the world beautiful music, but also made the entertainment industry billions of dollars. Their contributions and the creative […]

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
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‘Sideways to New Italy’ by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Proves Guitar Rock Alive and Well

June 1, 2020 News Comments Off on ‘Sideways to New Italy’ by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Proves Guitar Rock Alive and Well

By DAN MACINTOSH Every so often, a band comes along that gets straight to the pleasure points in your brain. You may want to call this phenomenon sonic dopamine. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is a […]

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Bruce Springsteen Joins Dropkick Murphys for Fenway Park Charity Performance: Watch

May 30, 2020 News Comments Off on Bruce Springsteen Joins Dropkick Murphys for Fenway Park Charity Performance: Watch

By JOHN DALY Dropkick Murphys love the livestream and this time the Irish punkers enlisted the help of The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, to join them in Boston. It’s a good-time show, recorded on YouTube, and […]

Melissa Sullivan - Photo courtesy Patrick O'Heffernan
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Melissa Sullivan’s New Album, ‘Late Last Night’ A Well-Deserved Gift to Listeners

May 30, 2020 News Comments Off on Melissa Sullivan’s New Album, ‘Late Last Night’ A Well-Deserved Gift to Listeners

By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN Late at night is a good time to listen to Melissa Sullivan’s new album, Late Last Night, set for release June 26, preferably in a richly-paneled, near-empty cocktail bar while you sip […]

Pet Shop Boys to Play Smithsonian Pride
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Pet Shop Boys to Play Smithsonian’s Project Pride Virtual Concert

May 30, 2020 News Comments Off on Pet Shop Boys to Play Smithsonian’s Project Pride Virtual Concert

By JOHN DALY Pet Shop Boys are among an impressive list of performers set to play The Smithsonian Pride Alliance virtual concert  Project Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ+ culture and history taking place on May […]

Zach Tabori - Josh Steube
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Zach Tabori With Tommy Mars of Frank Zappa Band Keeps It Together with ‘Ensemble’

May 29, 2020 News Comments Off on Zach Tabori With Tommy Mars of Frank Zappa Band Keeps It Together with ‘Ensemble’

By HARRIET KAPLAN Zach Tabori has released a really exciting and vibrant new EP, Ensemble. The multi-instrumentalist, writer, producer and film composer’s sophomore effort is a winning release. It’s the perfect  showcase for his impeccable […]

Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers AKA Reluctant Apostles at The Mint
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Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers Play The Mint: Throwback Thursday

May 28, 2020 News Comments Off on Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers Play The Mint: Throwback Thursday

By DONNA BALANCIA Katey Sagal and The Forest Rangers (FKA The Reluctant Apostles) went off script with the Nilsson classic “Everybody’s Talkin’” at The Mint. In this recently uploaded video, which was shot last November, […]

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Remi Wolf Drops ‘Disco Man’ Video in Advance of Album ‘I’m Allergic to Dogs!’

May 28, 2020 News Comments Off on Remi Wolf Drops ‘Disco Man’ Video in Advance of Album ‘I’m Allergic to Dogs!’

By JOHN DALY California singer-songwriter Remi Wolf has dropped a colorfully funky song and video for “Disco Man” off her upcoming EP I’m Allergic To Dogs!  Wolf uses her smooth vocals to express feelings about her new love, […]

Peter Buck - Photo by Andrew Hurley
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Luke Haines and Peter Buck Album ‘Beat Poetry For Survivalists’ Requires no Name Dropping

May 27, 2020 News Comments Off on Luke Haines and Peter Buck Album ‘Beat Poetry For Survivalists’ Requires no Name Dropping

By DAN MACINTOSH Few self-respecting rock fans would ever turn down the chance to hear new music from the R.E.M. guitarist, Peter Buck. Similarly, anything fresh from Britpop hero, Luke Haines (Black Box Recorder, The Auteurs) […]

Matthew Healy The 1975 California Rocker - Photo by Dena Flows
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The 1975 Creates Warmly Diverse Collection with ‘Notes On a Conditional Form’

May 26, 2020 News Comments Off on The 1975 Creates Warmly Diverse Collection with ‘Notes On a Conditional Form’

Review by DAN MACINTOSH How you feel about The 1975’s approach to creating its music may be linked inexorably to your opinions concerning musical schizophrenia because this band’s songs are all over the map. The […]

Dramarama Color TV
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Dramarama Full Length ‘Color TV’ a Colorful Gift in a Black-And-White World

May 25, 2020 News Comments Off on Dramarama Full Length ‘Color TV’ a Colorful Gift in a Black-And-White World

Review by DAN MACINTOSH Even in this digital music age, serious music fans keep running mental lists of their most anticipated album releases. They wait impatiently for these projects to come out with the same […]

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Watch ZZ Top Legend Billy Gibbons Ride his Bike Down the Las Vegas Strip

May 22, 2020 News Comments Off on Watch ZZ Top Legend Billy Gibbons Ride his Bike Down the Las Vegas Strip

Edited by JOHN DALY ZZ Top legend Billy Gibbons got on two wheels with his wife Gilligan Stillwater Gibbons and journalists John Katsilometes and Kevin Cannon for a ride down the legendary Las Vegas Strip. […]

Diana Ross Supertonic
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Diana Ross Revisits the Classics with Remix of Album ‘Supertonic’

May 22, 2020 News Comments Off on Diana Ross Revisits the Classics with Remix of Album ‘Supertonic’

Edited by JOHN DALY Diana Ross will release a remixed and remastered version of Supertonic on digital platforms, on CD and on vinyl. The May 29 digital release by Motown/UMe features new remixes of nine […]

Vintage Trouble releases 'Outside-In' for charity - Photo by Luis Moreno
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Review: Vintage Trouble Returns to Form with Charity Track ‘Outside-In’

May 21, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Vintage Trouble Returns to Form with Charity Track ‘Outside-In’

Photos and Review by LUIS MORENO Vintage Trouble has dropped the track and video for “Outside-In (Quarantine Session)” a bluesy rock tune that takes the listener back to the band’s trademark sound of great blues […]

Ryhe releases 'Beautiful' - Courtesy
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VIDEO: Rhye Captivates with Emotional Track ‘Beautiful’

May 21, 2020 News Comments Off on VIDEO: Rhye Captivates with Emotional Track ‘Beautiful’

By JOHN DALY Rhye has released the dreamy video for the track “Beautiful,” which plays on our hopes of being out in the open air. Mike Milosh, the LA-via-Toronto-based musician, also directs and produces the […]

Snoop seeks solace from Kobe Bryant in new video - Bryant image by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty
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Snoop Dogg Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant and Normal Life with ‘I Wanna Go Outside’

May 20, 2020 News Comments Off on Snoop Dogg Pays Tribute to Kobe Bryant and Normal Life with ‘I Wanna Go Outside’

By JOHN DALY Snoop Dogg pretty much sums up the collective feelings of the people when he sings his new single “I Wanna Go Outside,” and you can watch the video here. “You can’t tell […]

Khruangbin by Tamsin Isaacs
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Khruangbin Releases ‘So We Won’t Forget’ to Remind of Better Times

May 19, 2020 News Comments Off on Khruangbin Releases ‘So We Won’t Forget’ to Remind of Better Times

Edited by JOHN DALY Khruangbin has released the new track and video “So We Won’t Forget,” off the band’s upcoming album, Mordechai. The exotic group continues to delight followers with the unique sound and with […]

Scott Hutchison - image by Sylvia Borgo
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Sylvia Borgo: Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit Celebrated Two Years After Death

May 18, 2020 News Comments Off on Sylvia Borgo: Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit Celebrated Two Years After Death

Photos and Words by SYLVIA BORGO It’s May. And I find myself thinking a lot about Scott Hutchison. Well, in all honesty, I think about Scott a lot. There isn’t a week that goes by […]

The Psychedelic Furs - Photo by Rodrigo Diaz
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Review: Psychedelic Furs Find Their Way Back to the Magic with New Album ‘Made of Rain’

May 17, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Psychedelic Furs Find Their Way Back to the Magic with New Album ‘Made of Rain’

By CRAIG HAMMONS The Psychedelic Furs have not released a new album in almost three decades. Their last album World Outside was released in 1991 before they went on an extended hiatus. During that time […]

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