STUART BOGIE, WITH JOE RUSSO AND FRIENDS, PAYS HOMAGE TO NEW YORK ON ‘THE PROPHETS IN THE CITY’
A glance at Stuart Bogie's resume reveals a musician willing and able to take on any genre, highlighted by a broad range of recordings with everyone from Taylor Swift to Arcade Fire to Run The Jewels ...
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THE WHITMORE SISTERS LINK UP FOR LONG-AWAITED ALBUM, PLAY PHILADELPHIA CITY WINERY WITH THE MASTERSONS
The Whitmore Sisters believe in ghosts. And Americana radio stations believe in The Whitmore Sisters. More than two months since its release, their debut album, "Ghost Stories," is still in the Americ...
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NEVER TRUST A PRANKSTER: KEN BABBS SHARES HIS PSYCHEDELIC ADVENTURES WITH KEN KESEY AND THE DEAD IN ‘CRONIES’
The beatniks and hippies made indelible marks on American life. But what about the unnamed cohort in between, those too young to be contemporaries of Kerouac but too old to be driving the Summer of Lo...
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UK INDIE ROCK STANDOUTS THE LATHUMS SET FOR US DEBUT THIS WEEK
For $20 and change, you can see one of the top bands in the UK when The Lathums make their stateside debut this week with shows at Milkboy in Philadelphia and Elsewhere in Brooklyn. The young band fro...
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MARILLION TACKLES PANDEMIC, CLIMATE CHANGE ON MUSICALLY UPBEAT 20th ALBUM (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Progressive rock juggernaut Marillion has never shied away from big ideas, and 40 years and 20 albums into its career, the U.K. progressive band has tackled one of its grandest yet: an album largely i...
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SHINER BACK ON THE ROAD, AND IT’S ‘STRANGELY FAMILIAR’
It had been nearly 20 years since Shiner released an album when the Kansas City band reconvened. With a few reunion tours based on re-releases and anniversaries, the group continued to be an occasiona...
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KAT VON D IS OUT TO PROVE HERSELF ON DEBUT ALBUM AND TOUR (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
When we ask Kat Von D how she feels about fans being skeptical when an artist tries something outside of their established genre, she cuts us off. "They should be," she says. Von D is a classica...
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BRITISH CHART-TOPPERS THE WOMBATS GEARED UP FOR FILLMORE, TERMINAL 5 SHOWS
U.K. indie favorites The Wombats are stateside through late February for a run of dates to promote their newly released fifth studio album, "Fix Yourself, Not the World." It's on track to be the band...
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MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE ALBUM’S OF THE YEAR
1. Iron Maiden - "Senjutsu" 2. Manchester Orchestra - "The Million Masks of God" 3. John Morgan Kimock - "Hikikomori" 4. Valley Maker - "When the Day Leaves" 5. Mastodon - "Hushed and Grim" 6. K...
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MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR
1. Bob Dylan, Beacon Theatre, New York, Nov. 21 2. Colin Hay, City Winery, New York, Aug. 14 3. Spoon, Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 23 4, Genesis, Madison Square Garden, New York, Dec. 5 5. ...
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