Officially formed in 2010, Tedeschi Trucks Band allowed both it’s namesakes and co-founders Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi to spend more time together as they wrote, recorded and toured. The band, which is intimately connected […]
Tag: Boston MA
Woods recently released the “Be All Be Easy”/“God’s Children” and the single serves a farewell to Rear House, the band’s home recording studio, refuge and beloved shithole for the past ten years. And interestingly enough, […]
Boston, MA-based duo G Dot and Born, latest single “Puff Clouds,” produced by Frontier Beats reminds me so much of hip hop’s classic period of the late 80s to the mid 90s – in particular […]
Chicago, IL-based band My Gold Mask released one of the more interesting albums I’ve come across this year, Leave Me Midnight – an atmospheric album that sonically evokes the sensation of sound echoing off large-ceilinged rooms […]
Damp Face is the latest EP from the Seattle, WA-based quartet of La Luz. “Sure as Spring” is the latest single from that EP, and when you listen to the track, it should remind you of […]
Album Review: Sky Hi Funk Band’s Reality Check EP
Sky Hi Funk Band Reality Check EP G.E.D. Soul Records Release Date: May 7, 2013 Track Listing 1. Reality Check 2. Numero Uno 3. Funk ‘til Dawn 4. Plan B 5. Your Body […]
La Musique Numerique (it’s French for “Digital Music”), is the forthcoming sophomore effort from the Los Angeles, CA and London, UK-based duo of AM and Shawn Lee. With this new album, the band cements their reputation […]
Over the last decade or so, soul music has seen an incredible resurgence in popularity among audiophiles as contemporary labels and acts across the country have taken up the sound – perhaps as revisionist/reactionary response […]
RIBS, Honeywild and the Growl at Mercury Lounge 3/14/13
RIBS, Honeywild and the Growl Mercury Lounge March 14, 2013 Last Thursday, I was at the Mercury Lounge, specifically to catch the Perth Australia-based band, the Growl based primarily on the strength of their “Liarbird” […]
The California-by-way of Boston-based Colleen Green’s forthcoming album Sock It To Me will see a March 19th release through Seattle’s Hardly Art Records. “Heavy Shit” is the latest single from the album and personally, it reminds me […]
Last year, St. Lucia released two EPs, Closer Than This and September which wound up on this site’s Honorable Mention List for 2012. But perhaps more important for me (and perhaps for you as well, reader) is that St. […]
a Q&A with Jesse Abraham
Born and raised in the Tribeca section of Manhattan, Jesse Abraham has developed quite a reputation in the city’s underground hip hop scene –partially because he’s rocked a lot of live stages across town and […]
Steven A. Clark at the Music Showcase of 2012 at the Wired Store 12/19/12
Last week, Steven A. Clark performed at a private, RSVP-only show at the Wired Store, as part of the Music Showcase of 2012. Clark will begin touring to support his excellent sophomore release, Fornication Under […]
A Q&A with Ellis Ashbrook’s Jonathan Granoff
So I recently spoke with Ellis Ashbrook’s bassist Jonathan Granoff in this Q&A. And we speak about the earliest origins of the band from their formation to their days as students at the Berklee College […]
My Radio can trace their origin to when singer/songwriter JP Powell (of Chauncey, Bleu and My Favorite Relative) left Boston for Roanoke, VA and ran into his future drummer, Hunter Johnson (of Justin Jones) at […]