FOR GOMEZ, DEBUT ‘BRING IT ON’ WAS ‘SOMETHING THAT’S JUST US’
By 1998, Oasis were “bigger than f---ing God,” according to Noel Gallagher, and the Britpop giant’s chief rival, Blur, wasn’t that far behind, with its anthemic “Song 2” making an inescapable noise wo...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN ‘BREAK IT DOWN’ ON ADVENTUROUS NEW ALBUM (SONG PREMIERE)
With a full-length debut and a blues EP under their belt, Dustin Douglas & the Electric Gentlemen return this week with their sophomore full-length album, "Break It Down." The album finds the band...
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PHILADELPHIA’S ROSU LUP FINDS KINDRED SPIRITS AS IT EXPANDS INDIE FOLK SOUND
Rosu Lup, a group that has toured in support of acts like The Districts and Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick, has been featured by iconic Philadelphia radio station WXPN and is working on a new album with a colla...
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WOODY GUTHRIE’S LEGACY LIVES ON IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
More than fifty tears after his passing, Woody Guthrie's legacy continues to touch many corners of American life, whether in the songs of folk troubadours like Bob Dylan or in the various social justi...
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AARON FINK’S ‘WOLVES & BUTTERFLIES’ IS A SONIC JOURNEY WORTH TAKING
Four albums into a solo career since he departed platinum-selling alt metal band Breaking Benjamin, Aaron Fink has proved, without a doubt, that he is more than a guitar star of the “active rock” genr...
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ENGLISH BEAT SHOW AT CITY WINERY ‘RANKS’ HIGH
A posh venue in Lower Manhattan— a winery, nonetheless — is an odd setting for a band with punk roots whose ethos was imbued with a distrust of the establishment. But such was the case in late March o...
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ROSARY GUILD: ‘IT’S PRETTY, BUT IT CAN GET SCARY’
Rosary Guild's sound is cinematic, expansive — big. But at its core, the Wilkes-Barre group comes from a place of isolation. The isolation of growing up in the "boonies," as singer, songwriter and gu...
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KARL HALL GEARS UP FOR OPENING NIGHT: ALL-AGES VENUE HOPES TO BECOME ‘CORNERSTONE’
Photos by Robin Palmer Musicians have had an uneasy relationship with the music business, to put it mildly, since someone figured out they could make money by performing and someone else figured ou...
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GRAYSON CAPPS’ RAGGED JOURNEY MAKES ‘SCARLETT ROSES’ A KEEPER
Six albums into his career, it would be wrong to say Grayson Capps has arrived — he’s too seasoned and world-weary to think the journey is over. No, on “Scarlett Roses,” the Alabama native is still fi...
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DIXIE DREGS CLASSIC LINEUP BACK TOGETHER FOR FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS
The Dixie Dregs were seemingly an exercise in how not to be successful in the music business. Five guys playing complex, southern-flavored rock music. Or was it jazz? And oh yeah, there was no singer....
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