Parkay Quarts – Content Nausea
So there’s this band called Parquet Courts, but sometimes they put out records and play shows under a hilarious phonetic misspelling: Parkay Quarts. I proudly wear a Parkay Quarts pin … Read more
Reviews
Mavis Staples
Photos by Derek Meade Seeing Mavis Staples at Alice Tully Hall initially felt a little like being in the Soul Museum. The hallowed Hall is so crisp and clean … Read more
Future Islands
By the time you read this, Death By Audio will be gone. The Brooklyn venue, a mainstay in the borough’s vibrant DIY music scene, shuttered its doors last week, but … Read more
Jimmy Carpenter – Walk Away
If you thought Jimmy Carpenter was just an amazing saxophone player, think again! Although he plays great horn on some of the songs on his new album, he also wrote … Read more
The Rolling Stones – From the Vault – Hampton Coliseum – Live…
Appropriately, “Start Me Up,” plays behind the DVD menu, but the actual footage begins backstage, with promoter … Read more
Buddy Guy
Kicking off a dynamite evening of his own brand of Chicago blues, Buddy Guy owned the … Read more
Ronnie Milsap – The RCA Albums Collection
He never was a country outlaw like Willie or Waylon, but Ronnie Milsap solidified his legacy and his royal stature within the genre by becoming its Stevie Wonder – a … Read more
Wampire – Bazaar
The mark of any good band, or any creative artist for that matter, is the natural ability to keep the people guessing. Such is the case when considering the sonic … Read more
Pink Floyd – The Endless River
Much like the means and methods used by the surviving Beatles to approximate a full-on reunion using John Lennon’s previously recorded piano and vocals, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Nick … Read more
The Haden Triplets – The Haden Triplets
Tanya, Rachel, and Petra Haden are triplets that grew up with music surrounding them; their father Charlie was a jazz double bass player, known for his playing with Ornette Coleman … Read more
