EXCLUSIVE: ACID TONGUE STREAMS NEW ALBUM, ‘ARBORETUM’
A day before its official release, you can stream Acid Tongue's third album, "Arboretum," below. As always, the core of the Seattle psych/glam outfit is primary songwriter Guy Keltner and drummer I...
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THE MOTHER HIPS REKINDLE COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT WITH ‘GLOWING LANTERN’
While the new normal for bands is to collaborate remotely, the upcoming Mother Hips album, "Glowing Lantern," was built on old-fashioned, in-person hangs between primary songwriters Greg Loiacono and ...
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NEW JOHNNY CASH LIVE ALBUM FROM OWSLEY STANLEY FOUNDATION FINDS ‘MAN IN BLACK’ AT EDGE OF GREATNESS
When Johnny Cash rolled into the Carousel Ballroom for a one-off concert on April 24, 1968, he was not the larger-than-life "Man in Black" we think of today. A few weeks later he would release "At Fol...
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ANTHRAX’S FRANK BELLO TALKS ‘FATHERS, BROTHERS and SONS’
In his new memoir, "Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax," Anthrax bassist Frank Bello tells the story of how he went from being abandoned by his father to achievin...
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FOR CARL PALMER, IT’S ‘THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS’ AS ELP CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with only one of the three members, drummer Carl Palmer, still alive, it has fallen on him to lead the charge. He's ...
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THE SLIP’S BRAD BARR TALKS NEW MUSIC, MONTREAL MUSIC SCENE AND UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM
Most bands with the success and longevity of The Slip would be stacking tour dates on top of tour dates to capitalize on the accumulated good will of the fans and recognition of its catalog. But as fa...
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JUSTIN MAZER CONFRONTS DEMONS ON ‘THE DREAM KILLER SUITE’
For his third solo album of the year, guitarist Justin Mazer decided to go all-in on progressive rock: a multi-part conceptual work that in its framework looks to the giants of the genre for inspirati...
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WITH LITTLE FEAT, SCOTT SHARRARD BRINGS A LIFELONG FAN’S APPROACH
When Scott Sharrard showed up for his first gig as the temporary replacement for ailing Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere in 2019, the key word was "temporary." But temporary immediately became somet...
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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, WITH FOXING AND SLOTHRUST, AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
Photos from The Fillmore in Philadelphia by Dominique Kozuch For one and a half hours last Thursday, Manchester Orchestra turned Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan into a canvas for its dyna...
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PHILLY’S CLOCKWISE ON FIRE IS A NEW BAND OF OLD FRIENDS
Clockwise on Fire might be based in Philadelphia, but sonically, the new rock duo is all over the map. Embracing elements of psychedelic rock, progressive rock, funk and alt rock, Tim Arnold and Bria...
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