Paul McCartney : The Boys of Dungeon Lane

When you’re an ex-Beatle and 84-years old I suppose you can do pretty much whatever you want. Paul McCartney is still hitting arenas playing in front of thousands of adoring fans, all coming from different generations. From great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers to great-grandsons and granddaughters. And given the fact that the man is old enough to […]

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet : Happy Today

Jeff Parker comes across as lowkey, almost sleepy in his guitar delivery. The jazz guitarist has traveled many music miles over the last 20 years; as a member of the post-rock/experimental outfit Tortoise, sought-after collaborator for artists like Makaya McCraven, Rob Mazurek and most recently Flea, as well as a steady flow of masterful solo […]

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs : Mission Of Mercy

I always felt like Mike Campbell was Tom Petty’s secret weapon. Petty took the spotlight for sure, as he was the music scholar in the band. He took his love of bands like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Byrds and so many others and turned it into a lifelong music career. Borrowing from but never […]

Slippers : Slippers 08

Slippers is the music project of LA-based singer/songwriter Madeline Babuka Black, or Madeline BB. Black brings a nostalgic, almost melancholy sound to her music. Power pop with a bit of grit. If you took the poppy punk of Alvvays and threw in some early Strokes, The Feelies, and Camera Obscura you’d get in the ballpark […]

Of Montreal : aethermead

Kevin Barnes has been making music as the front man/ringmaster/sole continuous member of the band Of Montreal for nearly 30 years. He emerged from the Elephant 6 Recording Company collective, along with bands like Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, the Apples In Stereo, and Neutral Milk Hotel. The one connecting musical DNA was 60s pop. […]

Kurt Vile : Philadelphia’s been good to me

Kurt Vile has built a solid musical career out of jangly, classic rock vibes with a touch of outsider weirdness. It’s like Tom Petty meets R. Stevie Moore with a brush of John Prine and JJ Cale for good measure. His quietly genius guitar playing and stream-of-consciousness lyrical style feels both relatable and alien at […]

Boards of Canada : Inferno

Boards of Canada’s music has always felt relevant, commenting on society thru ghostly voices and nostalgically-tinted electronics. Music Has The Right To Children, their first full-length from 1998, sounded like walking back in time with its faded audio clips and analog electronics and instrumentation. It felt familiar and foreign simultaneously. The follow-up, Geogaddi(2002), was seeped […]

The Lemon Twigs : Look For Your Mind!

The Lemon Twigs, aka Long Island-bred brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario, have made a musical career out of mining the best of twee power pop from the 60s and early 70s. Borrowing from The Zombies to The Beatles to The Raspberries and The Association, they have a gift for melodic turns and twists while perfecting […]

AE Paterra : VCO 025 :: Alone In Your Dark

AE Paterra is the drummer extraordinaire of the electro synth prog duo Zombi, along with Steve Moore on bass and synths. They’ve carved a niche for themselves over the last 20+ years(debuting in 2004 with Cosmos). The band tows the line between prog rockers and classic 70s/80s horror film scores, somehow bringing the worlds of […]

The Black Keys : Peaches!

I’m sure you’ve been sitting around waiting for your favorite corporate, Bud Light-sponsored blues rockers The Black Keys to drop a brand new by-the-books blues-infused record. Filled with competent Delta, Country, and boozy Midwest blues rock that will surely pepper your rock radio fumblings on the way to the next Coliseum gun and knife show. […]