Sometimes the greatest art comes from an artist in transition. When Asbury Park-native Nicole Atkins was writing her latest record, the vintage soul collection Goodnight Rhonda Lee, she packed up and moved to Nashville with her tour manager husband while putting down the bottle and learning to live without booze. It was this time of…
It’s been 12 years since Ontario, Canada’s Tokyo Police Club blew up the blogosphere with their punchy, pithy debut EP, A Lesson in Crime. Four EPs and four albums later, the band is all grown up, forging ahead by shaking up their modus operandi. The two-part Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness (2016) showcased the band’s…
Dear lovers – Even though this post has the headline of “17 Best Albums of 2017,” I certainly didn’t listen to every single record released. Oh, lists. They are fun and great and can offer superb recs, but they’re always subjective little buggers. Love ’em or leave ’em, I suppose. Without further ado and with…
Ska-rock, reggae, jazz, alt-rock…whatever your poison, the DC area’s Goose Club has something that’ll get your ass out of your seat. The band is back with its second EP titled The Flock Is Forming and it’s chock full of danceable jams, skankin’ guitars, and sweet, glorious horns. The band consists of Garrett Shaw (sax/keys/vocals), Dylan Nowak (vocals/guitar/trumpet), Kyle Shaw…
A Perfect Circle has released its new single, “The Doomed.” The track is the first music to be heard from the multi-platinum outfit’s highly anticipated 2018 full-length. “Fourteen years have passed since we released eMOTIVe,” said singer Maynard James Keenan. “A new release is long overdue. In light of this current difficult and polarized social,…
For better or for worse, I’ve never been an earplugs-at-concerts kind of guy, so when (not “if”) I eventually lose part of my hearing when I’m older, surely I’ll have METZ to blame/thank in part. Canadian punks and noise rockers METZ made a lot of noise up on The Outer Space Ballroom’s stage…and I mean a…
Hearing A-ha’s “Take On Me,” one might think of its black and white pencil sketched video, those lock step keys that infiltrate your brain, or maybe even Chris Kattan’s croon from Corky Romano. (OK, so maybe not that last one.) Needless to say, the synth-pop jam dominated the world as one of the biggest songs of the…
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) and Atticus Ross have a proven track record of creating lush soundscapes for films. Their work, to name a few, has provided the soundtrack for Gone Girl, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Social Network, which helped the duo pocket both a Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Their collaborations…
Watching a live Best Coast show feels like attending a booze-soaked bonfire on the California coast. It’s warm and uplifting on the surface, but deep down you’re hiding insecurities and uncertainties while staring at strangers bathed in orange. Singer Bethany Cosentino puts herself out there, from her feelings of anxiety and sadness to her self-awareness…
Nostalgia doesn’t seem to go out of fashion and Spotify is banking on it. The service recently introduced “Your Time Capsule” playlists, which aim to send you straight back to high school with the tap of a finger. Spotify is boasting “two hours of iconic throwback tracks,” which according to my personal lineup is mostly…