The Cold Stares – Mountain (LP)
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You don’t need a lot of crazy, overindulgent solos to make a good guitar record in 2018, and The Cold Stares’ Chris Tapp proves as much in the band’s new album Mountain. The record’s opening set includes the stop-start alternative rocker
Martin Stephenson & the Daintees at The Black Box (Belfast, Ireland - Jan. 9, 2015)
I was a late-comer to Martin Stephenson and the Daintees. I tuned in during the early ‘90s to classics that had been written in the previous decade. They were a very specific mix of political and spiritual, literary and realist. They were a mix of folk, and pop, and
Bob Dylan’s "More Blood, More Tracks": A First Listen
This is the one you’ve been waiting for.
Bob Dylan’s “Official Bootleg Series” began in 1991, with Volumes 1-3: Rare & Unreleased 1961-1991. However, Biograph (1985) always felt like the first official bootleg to me. These Dylan albums have the significant distinction of being the first
How to Paint a Masterpiece: Bob Dylan's "More Blood, More Tracks"
More Blood, More Tracks is a six CD box set of every surviving recording from the 1974 Blood on the Tracks sessions, four in New York, two in Minnesota.
First of all, before listening to it, put aside the fact that they've split up.
It’s a distraction.
A Zesty Blend of Flavors at Louisiana's Blackpot Fest
I spent this past weekend at the Blackpot Festival and Cook-Off, which takes place in Lafayette, Louisiana. This year marked the festival’s 13th year of celebrating and preserving South Louisiana’s traditional culture of gathering around the cast-iron pot for music, dancing, and good food.
I’d
Hearts of Oak Take Outlaw Country Into Shoegaze Territory with 'Moves'
Portland, Oregon has its fair share of country and Americana-style bands – perhaps more than most people might think – but one of the standouts has long been an outfit called Hearts of Oak. On their fourth album, Moves, the band ventures into more psychedelic landscape as they fuse country, folk