Nashville sextet Buffalo Clover come out of the gate swinging hard with two brand new releases – their sophomore studio effort Test Your Love and the live offering of Live…
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Rob Ross has been, for good, bad or indifferent, involved in the music industry for over 30 years - first as guitarist/singer/songwriter with The Punch Line, then as freelance journalist, producer and manager to working for independent and major record labels. He resides in Staten Island, New York with his wife and cats; he works out a lot, reads voraciously, loves Big Star and his orange Gretsch. Doesn't that make him neat?
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Imagine being catapulted through a portion of the ’80’s, picking up four fine musicians and then landing around 1966, ’67. That would be my short description of The Empty Hearts,…
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In most cases, I would say this was pretty good on the bullshit-factor scale. BUT this is real, folks. A fundraising campaign on GoFundMe has begun to purchase Michael Jackson,…
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Cold Revival is the title of the upcoming new solo album from Matt Turk, a singer-songwriter from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The irony of the album title is this album is…
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How – HOW can one NOT get excited about an album that was: a) produced by Steve Almaas – of The Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo, solo artist and one-time Bongo/sometime…
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I initially talked about Charleston, South Carolina-based A Fragile Tomorrow over a year ago, when I first heard and reviewed their (at the time) newest album, the splendid Be…
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Hands down, Hotter Than a Match Head: Life on the Run with The Lovin’ Spoonful, the autobiography of the Spoonful’s bass player, Steve Boone, is a riotously funny, no bullshit,…
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Ridgefield Park, New Jersey native (and current Nashville resident) Bobby Messano steps up to the front of the line with his newest release on Marty Scott’s JEM Recordings, Welcome To…
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This seems to be my week – another band with that roots-rock/American sound that I love. Lines West are a fairly new collective, hailing from Bridgeport, Connecticut – and this…
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Portland, Oregon native son Adam Zwig unleashes a new 5-song mini album – his 6th overall release – the magnificent Stones, Bones, and Skin. This e.p., I’m not ashamed to…
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Australian-born, Los Angeles-residing Mia Dyson is a new name for me; a singer-songwriter who upon, first listen, sings like Bonnie Raitt and/or Stevie Nicks being backed by Elvis Costello’s…
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The words “garage punk” get tossed around a lot and usually miss their mark. However, The Cynz, who hail from New Jersey are just that – a band that, upon…
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I Meant It To Be Sweet is the sophomore release from Tommy Wallach, a Brooklyn-based published author-turned-singer-songwriter. His first completed novel to be published, We All Looked Up, will be…
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Salvation is the first new album in four years (second full-length) from Brooklyn-based Wakey! Wakey! Led by lead singer Michael Grubbs (once a regular on CW Networks’ “One Tree Hill”),…
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The Past Is A Grotesque Animal is the story of Athens, Georgia based Of Montreal, led by the eclectic and showman-like Kevin Barnes. This band, which began in 1996, has…
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This self-proclaimed “Music Ninja” from Los Angeles delivers an interesting set of 7 songs with this, her eleventh release in two years (!). Strikingly, it’s her use of machinery and…
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I had my appetite whetted for this show. I love Crosby, Stills and Nash (and prefer them in this configuration – sans Neil Young). And even though they’re older than…
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Birmingham, Alabama’s Dead Fingers return with their sophomoric effort, Big Black Dog. The husband and wife duo of Kate and Taylor Hollingsworth are back after two years since their debut…
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Acme Power Transmission is the first solo release from Calla’s frontman Aurelio Valle; done over a several year period, this effort is one of transition and shifting musical moods and…
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Life Itself is the gripping, heartwarming, detailed and powerful story of the inimitable Roger Ebert, the beloved film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times (as well as scriptwriter, author and all…
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Relics is the fourth release from nouveau synth-pop trip Faded Paper Figures, who have been doing their thing on record since 2008, when they released their debut album. Of equal…
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Pleasing rock-pop is how I would describe this debut album from Los Angeles’ Dream Alive. Before The Dawn has structure, good production, melodies, harmonies and even if it is a…
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This is not a typical album review; this is special. Grace Griffith is a Washington D.C.-based singer; a performer in the folk tradition – specifically Irish folk – and vocal…
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It isn’t enough that we live in a time of “Big Brother is REALLY watching you” with downloading documents from the internet and having authorities at your door a minute…
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As someone who worked for nearly two decades in the music industry for record labels, distributors, etc., I was quite eager to read this book. Unfortunately, my appetite was whetted…
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Suzanne Vega has always been a delight in my musical life; I can’t pretend that I haven’t loved her from the moment I heard “Marlena On The Wall”. She is…
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It makes me feel good to know that there is this whole new crop of musicians from the mid-West releasing quality music. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing many of…