THAO DOCUMENTS ‘A NEW ERA FOR MY LIFE’ WITH FRESH RECORD
Thao Nguyen had shed her band name for 20 years, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Her marriage came to an end. And, after a six year wait, a new album has emerged. Now performing under the mono...
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LOWLY EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY ON FOURTH LP ‘SOFTY’
“Am I useless if they call me?” Lowly’s Soffie Viemose sings on “Brave,” the first song on the Danish group’s new album “Softy.” “How can I protect my family?” “What good is my singing to a man, tran...
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GREEK SYMPHONIC DEATH METAL BAND SEPTICFLESH LANDS STATESIDE
Greek masters Septicflesh have brought their symphonic death metal assault across the Atlantic Ocean, performing as special guests of Arch Enemy and The Black Dahlia Murder for the Wrath Across North...
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CANDLEBOX LEAVES RETIREMENT ‘FAR BEHIND’ WITH NEW MUSIC AND TOUR
More than four years ago, Candlebox frontman Kevin Martin announced he would be retiring, and it was a well-constructed plan: on the 30th anniversary of its quadruple-platinum debut album in 2023, th...
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ANGELS ON THE BATTLEFIELD SHED LIGHT ON THE STRUGGLE WITHIN
Conjuring dragons and sorcerers, the Los Angels symphonic and progressive instrumental metal band Angels On The Battlefield treads common metal ground. But below the medieval imagery, a more personal...
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THE ALBUM LEAF ENLISTS GUEST VOCALISTS FOR NEW ALBUM TO SHARE ‘THEIR OWN JOURNEY’
For his ninth album as The Album Leaf, Jimmy LaValle recruited 10 guest vocalists to help bring his atmospheric music to life in a new way. The appropriately titled "A Body Of Voices" features artist...
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DANIEL DONATO: ELEVATING THE SACRED OVER THE PROFANE
Daniel Donato is celebrating a full-circle journey every time he steps on stage. From his teenaged days as a busker in Nashville to playing at Red Rocks and everywhere in between, the New Jersey-born...
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LENNY KAYE: ‘I JUST LIKE DOING MY WORK. IT’S ONE OF THE WAYS YOU KEEP ALIVE’
Lenny Kaye is grateful for a career that started in the 1960s and has brought him critical acclaim, praise from his peers and a musical partnership with Patti Smith that has provided an opportunity t...
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SEATTLE AUTHOR TELLS THE INSIDE TALES OF GRUNGE’S EXPLOSION AND DEMISE
During a three-month stretch of 1991, rock music changed forever with the release of three titanic albums from Seattle-based bands: Pearl Jam's "Ten," Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Soundgarden's "Badmoto...
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THE BLACK WATCH HAS RELEASED 27 ALBUMS, BUT DON’T CALL THEM ‘PROLIFIC’
On what he half promises if the final album from The Black Watch, John Andrew Frederick wonders what cats dream about, pays homage to a Czech tennis player and borrows a quote from the classic film "...
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