METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW. COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here. METAL DAD shirts! Click here to get yours. Click HERE for Ferris’ epic mix of angry music…
1979’s Night in the Ruts is, I dare say, nobody’s favorite Aerosmith record. Recorded when the group was at the height of their druggy excess and yet were still riding high on…
Wein was editor on groundbreaking mini-series Watchmen.
Let us return to a time when la vida seemed a little less loca.
METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW. COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here. METAL DAD shirts! Click here to get yours. Click HERE for Ferris’ epic mix of angry music…
Captain Beefheart devotees, rejoice! Shape-shifter Don van Vliet might be deceased but his spirit — and that of his ever-evolving Magic Band — is alive and well in Pittsburgh. Local…
Benny Spellman came from Florida but became a legend in New Orleans
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Episode Twenty Eight – so much to talk about – so little time. Until the next one… Right out of the chute,…
The first time I heard this track, I immediately liked its positivity and uplifting melody and message. I mean, consider some of the rough-and-tumble music out there today; this is…
According to the press release, Sven-Erik Olsen spent most of his childhood in a constant state between daydreaming and brainstorming in Minneapolis. He explained, ”Throughout my childhood, and even into…
Touted as a quintessential summer song, MaWayy‘s pumping, beat-fueled track “Wrong” could more likely be described as a summer hangover song. And since we’re all rebounding from the long weekend, it’s…
If you’re looking for a jam that reinforces loving yourself in the midst of heartbreak and anguish, you’ll want to add Matt LeGrand‘s “All Good” to your Labor Day weekend…
Man, that’s devastating! If the reverb-drenched guitar on this record’s second track doesn’t move you to tremble with tears, then the soaring strings on “M1” surely will. Pianist/composer Rachel Grimes…
So there have been a few occasions where I had been asked to write about Chris Bell’s I Am The Cosmos album – and I’ve done it. Having bought the…
*Enters ‘Holiday’ into iTunes search bar* Hey, I think I can make this work!
Nick Nicely is a name, I have to admit, I am not familiar with – but he is someone who has had a very long career (albeit without a wide…
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton teamed up for two smash hits in 1960
Welcome once again to our annual revue of hard-hitting songs for the hard-hit people on the wrong side of the class divide — the laborers, the men and women who…
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Twenty Seven… nah, I got nothin’. Except here they come again! Undoubtedly, this is one of those wonderful, lengthy and absorbing conversations…
These days, the world is a dark, scary place. CNN alerts spike anxiety every two seconds, and sometimes even merely waking up in the morning and turning on the news…
Every time I am about to write off this bit of malarkey we call “Americana,” something pulls me from the brink. Don’t roll your eyes at me. In the years…
The loss of George A. Romero earlier this year robbed us one of the great American filmmakers. But everyone used the opportunity to only discuss the Dead films. It’s not…
METAL DAD: THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW. COLLECTS YEARS 3 & 4! Click here. METAL DAD shirts! Click here to get yours. Click HERE for Ferris’ epic mix of angry music…
A living legend tells how he resurrected a Norse god.
Indie writer/musician Adam Gnade is a lot like Neutral Milk Hotel’s beautific, canonical ”Oh Comely;” he makes you feel resilient and centered as life and all its context tries to…
Much pomp and circumstance has been made about Sam Beam returning in 2017 to the form of his early years. But while Iron & Wine’s Beast Epic, out today on…
Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Matt Westerman writes upbeat acoustic pop songs with a positive, compassionate message meant to uplift and inspire listeners everywhere. His debut record, Life Out Loud (due…
Radio City with Jon Grayson and Rob Ross: Twenty Six – a half year’s worth of quality reportage! The tireless efforts of Jon and Rob mean that you have yet…