THOM YORKE RELEASES SURPRISE NEW ALBUM VIA BITTORRENT
Thom Yorke has released a new album, "Tomorrow's Modern Boxes," via the new version of BitTorrent. It can be purchased and downloaded here. Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich explained the decision i...
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ROBERT PLANT’S BREATHTAKING, GLOBE-TREKKING ‘ROAR’
Of course it was Mick Jagger, not Robert Plant, who famously sang, “You can’t always get what you want/ But if you try sometime you find/ You get what you need.” But the Rolling Stones lyric is a fitt...
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PINK FLOYD TEASES NEW ALBUM ‘THE ENDLESS RIVER,’ OUT NOV. 10
Pink Floyd has announced the Nov. 10 release of a new studio album, "The Endless River" -- its first since the band released "The Division Bell" 20 years ago. In a snippet released by the band, yo...
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LAND OF THE LOOK BEHIND ALBUM-RELEASE AT WORLD CAFE LIVE
Jersey City outfit Land of the Look Behind will hold its debut album-release party on Saturday at World Cafe Live. The group, "a collaboration of musicians who blend the warm nostalgia of Americana wi...
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PATRICK SWEANY: A VOICE OF THE BLUES AND AN OLD-SCHOOL SOUL
By Michael Lello Some of the greatest artists of our time have thrived at a confluence of various musical rivers rather than following the path of just one singular stream. Their influences are so ...
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NEW BUZZCOCKS SONG: “IT’S NOT YOU”
Buzzcocks have shared a new song, "It's Not You," from the legendary UK punk band's upcoming album, "The Way," which is set for a Nov. 18 release. According to a press release: "These 10 tracks pen...
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FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’
By Michael Lello While three of the core members of seminal Americana rock collective The Band have left this earth, the music lives on – thanks in no small part to The Weight, a newer group formed b...
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ALLMANS CLOSE OUT PEACH FESTIVAL WITH A BANG
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON – The Allman Brothers have had a contentious history, with members quitting, getting fired and, sadly, even dying, as well as several ful...
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AS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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HUNTER’S INSPIRATION FLOWS AT KIRBY CENTER
Photo by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – There’s a line about a storyteller in the Grateful Dead classic “Terrapin Station”: “His job is to shed light, not to master.” Robert Hunter, the writer...
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