The Jesus and Mary Chain vocalist Jim Reid put together a playlist of "top picks" a couple of years ago, while on tour with Nine Inch Nails. His brother, JAMC guitarist William Reid, followed it with a playlist of his… Read More
Cities have begun to reopen and some people are finding socially-distant ways to put on concerts, but the world of live entertainment as we know it is still far from back to normal. Since there's nothing to do, nowhere to… Read More
Titan to Tachyons features guitarist Sally Gates(ex-Orbweaver, ex-Gigan), backed by the powerhouse rhythm section of Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, Imperial Triumphant, Brand X) and Matt Hollenberg (Cleric, John Zorn). Inspired by surrealistic sci-fi, the collective use their full power… Read More
An unknown entity in many hip-hop quarters (despite his prolificacy), Raashan Ahmad has been game in trying all sorts of odds and ends to get to his means – which, in this case, is an emotionally-wrought and funkified form of… Read More
BLACKPINK? In our area? It’s more likely than you think. The global chart-dominating, record-breaking, ddu-du ddu-duing titans of South Korean girl group pop are promptly returning to us with a follow-up to their summer smash “How You Like That” later… Read More
The gradual emergence of more and better low-barrier tools for the creation and dissemination of media has reached unprecedented heights in recent years, and the impact on popular music has been substantial. Who could have imagined the rise of Soundcloud… Read More
Taylor Swift‘s new album might be her first to be categorized as “alternative,” but this week’s charts suggest that this little known, underground indie folk singer-songwriter has never been more mainstream. folklore is big. Taylor Swift is big. Huge, in… Read More
How do we know what others think of us? How do really know that we truly understand each other? There is no real answer other than the cold, dark, hollow reply, “we don’t know”. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge;… Read More
“I love that something on paper can appear rigid and calculated,” says Ryan Lee West, aka Rival Consoles, “but then take on new meaning based on the context that surrounds it, or how it changes over time.” West is referring… Read More
You know what? Melanie Jayne Chisholm hasn’t missed a beat with this new era. If you’ve not been following along for the ride thus far (the Spice Bus must have missed you at your stop), the recording artist occasionally also… Read More