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Author: Manny Sanchez

Sophia Kennedy announces new album, ‘Monsters’ (stream “Cat On My Tongue”)

January 27, 2021Manny Sanchez

Late last year, Baltimore-raised, Hamburg-based art-pop musician Sophia Kennedy returned after three years with "Orange Tic Tac,"  which saw the singer exploring a new side of her hard-hitting electronic-influenced sound. There's more where that came from as she's now announced her second album,… Read More

Singer-Songwriter Pony Bradshaw Searches for Meaning on 'Calico Jim'

January 27, 2021Manny Sanchez

Calico Jim‘s songs take place mostly in rural North Georgia, where James “Pony” Bradshaw has lived for the past 15 years. The location is essential. It helps shape the characters’ temperaments and behaviors. It’s a place where people say things… Read More

Genghis Tron announce first album in 13 years, ‘Dream Weapon,’ share new songBest Metal Albums of 2020

January 26, 2021Manny Sanchez

As mentioned, Genghis Tron are back with a new lineup — original guitarist Hamilton Jordan and keyboardist Michael Sochynsky, plus vocalist Tony Wolski (who drums in The Armed and Old Gods) replacing Mookie Singerman and drummer Nick Yacyshyn (who drums… Read More

Mighty Mighty Mighty Bosstones release song ft. mems of Rancid, Fishbone, Interrupters, Specials & more12 Classic Ska-Punk Albums to Prepare You for the Ska-Punk Revival

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

Boston ska-punk heroes The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have signed to Tim Armstrong's Epitaph imprint Hellcat Records, and their first single for the label is the eight-minute, guest-filled "The Final Parade," which was produced by Tim Armstrong. Dicky Barrett calls the… Read More

Trapt drummer quits band for “primarily political” reasons

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

2000's era nu-metal/nu-grunge band Trapt made headlines through much of 2020, not for music, but for frontman Chris Taylor Brown's Trump-loving, MAGA-supporting politics. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram suspended Trapt's accounts after Brown went on a pro-Proud Boys rant, and the band also played South Dakota… Read More

Shame Are an Unstoppable Force on 'Drunk Tank Pink'

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

“I think the idea of the leather jacket-wearing, womanizing, drug-fuelled rock star should be burned,” Charlie Steen, the frontman for London’s Shame, told The Guardian back in 2018. It was just a few days before their debut, Songs of Praise… Read More

'City So Real' and the Politics of a Modern Metropolis

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

One of the first sequences in the documentary series City So Real shows the mayoral candidates in Chicago marching in the 2018 Bud Billiken Parade, a celebration for the start of the back-to-school season in the storied Black neighborhood of… Read More

MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of January 2021

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

Balothizer – Cretan Smash (Louvana) <a href=”https://balothizer.bandcamp.com/album/cretan-smash”>Cretan Smash by Balothizer</a> Full disclosure: I’m cheating a bit. Balothizer’s Cretan Smash was released back in November, but the album is such a gem that it deserves everyone’s attention. Three factors make this… Read More

Vuillard's 'The War of the Poor' and Historical Storytelling

January 25, 2021Manny Sanchez

Éric Vuillard’s The War of the Poor lifts readers from the contemporary battlegrounds of class struggle and deposits us in the frenzy of the 16th century. The Protestant Reformers had declared war on the privileged elites of Catholicism, but the… Read More

Indie Basement (1/22): the week in classic indie, college rock, and moreFrom RHCP to St. Vincent, 16 great bands influenced by Gang of Four

January 22, 2021Manny Sanchez

Doesn’t everything seem a little more hopeful suddenly? I think so. Today at least. For this first Indie Basement of a new era: Toronto Pavement devotees Kiwi Jr‘s second album Cooler Returns; Brooklyn DIY punks Palberta go pop (kinda sorta) on… Read More

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