DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
For Dan Klug's project The Fundamental Sound, it's all about simplicity. On his newly released album, "Lofi Grateful Dead," he played just drums, bass and a Wurlitzer electric piano and kept the produ...
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LOSTBOYCROW BRINGS ‘INDIE POP’ TO GRAMERCY FOR SHOW WITH ECHOSMITH
Touring in anticipation of his Dec. 9 album "Indie Pop," Lostboycrow performed at the Gramercy Theatre on Monday, supporting the platinum-selling California band Echosmith. Lostboycrow (Chris Blair...
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JAMEY JOHSON, MARGO PRICE, WOOD BROTHERS and MORE AT WHITE ROSE MUSIC FEST
Photos by Jim Gavenus Americana standouts Jamey Johnson, The Wood Brothers, Margo Price, Langhorne Slim, Grace Potter and more performed at the White Rose Music Festival in York, Pa., during the f...
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FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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JUDAS PRIEST’S RICHIE FAULKNER RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE PUT ON THE LEATHER AND STUDS
Judas Priest is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking heavy metal, and a key player in that celebration wasn't even born when the band began. British guitarist Richie Faulkner, 42, has been with the ...
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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE LOOKS BACK ON ‘YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE’ AND PAST NYC SHOWS AHEAD OF WEBSTER HALL RUN
It was a strange time in North America when Broken Social Scene released "You Forgot it in People" in 2002. The wounds of 9/11 were fresh in the United States; 10 people had died in the Washington, D....
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JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...
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MELVINS BRING CLASSIC SLUDGE METAL TO MUSIKFEST CAFE
Photos and recap by Keith Perks Kings of sludge metal the Melvins brought their Electric Roach tour to Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem, Pa., on July 1 along with support acts Harshmellow and Helms Alee...
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TAJ MAHAL’S LONGTIME PHANTOM BLUES BAND HONORS LATE KEYBOARDIST ON ‘BLUES FOR BREAKFAST’
Asked what he'd like people to know about his Phantom Blues Band comrade Mike Finnigan, who died in August of 2021, Johnny Lee Schell doesn't pick something musical. "He'd be doing an overdub with ...
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KAMIZAKE PALM TREE DISHES OUT ‘MINT CHIP,’ KICKS OFF WILCO DATES IN COOPERSTOWN
Kamikaze Palm Tree might be the perfect name for a band that blends disparate musical pieces and absurdist lyrics and somehow ends up with something that makes perfect sense in a nonsensical way. If t...
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