Reviews

Jakob Dylan

Neil Fest

Photos by Melissa Caruso   The Bowery Ballroom was the NYC hotspot last night as a star-studded bill followed in the noble footsteps of Neil Young. Organized by the same … Read more

Death Cab For Cutie

September 12th was a career defining moment and dream come true for Ben Gibbard and his band, Death Cab For Cutie. The indie-rock band from Seattle reminisced about their defining New … Read more

Van Halen

Photos by Jim Belmont On a beautiful late summer evening at the historic site of the original Woodstock Festival, guitar god Edward Van Halen brought his son, brother, and Van … Read more

Pugwash, Play This Intimately

Pugwash

A decade and a half after debut LP Almond Tea, Irish psychedelic pop rock band Pugwash is putting out their sixth disc. Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) takes its … Read more

Elvis Presley

Four decades ago, Elvis released Today. Now, the album has been re-released to include ten undubbed mixes from the original recording sessions at RCA’s Studio C in Hollywood. It would … Read more

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Rod Picott

Its title notwithstanding, Fortune offers further evidence that this Texas-bred singer/songwriter may be the biggest talent the world at large is yet to discover. His previous albums should have proved … Read more

Old Man Luedecke

His odd handle and intriguing album title notwithstanding, Chris Luedecke, a.k.a. Old Man Luedecke, has amassed an impressive career over the course of seven albums and nearly a dozen years. … Read more

Randall Bramblett

An album so nice, we reviewed it twice! Here are two different takes on Devil Music by our senior writers, Tom Clarke and Jim Hynes. Take One:  Howlin’ Wolf cried all the … Read more

Lowell Levinger

It seems that 2015 is the year to mark major milestones, especially when it comes to the various 50 year anniversary celebrations. Let’s see — there’s the Grateful Dead, the … Read more

Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown

Hard to believe this is the 45th release from Simmonds and Savoy Brown, marking a career in blues music that has successfully spanned half-a-century, seen Simmonds open at Cream’s first … Read more