Artist Profile
Warren Zevon and the Five Greatest Albums About California
As a proud native of the union’s 31st state, I’m even more proud of the long and rich amount of musical history California contains. From the psychedelic ’60s to the cocaine-fueled, big-hair nights on the Sunset Strip in the ’80s, to present day greatness seeping from seemingly every corner of the Golden State, this is [...]
FIDLAR’s Epically Sleazy Debut Ripe With Punk Poetry
Any band that can successfully pull off a chorus like, “I drink cheap beer, so what, f*** you!” is okay in my book. And that’s just how FIDLAR’s debut LP opens alongside the sound of crashing drums and scuzzy guitar tones ripped from the Dead Kennedy’s East Bay Ray. This hybrid punk band certainly doesn’t [...]
Signed and Sealed in Blood Reivew: The Dropkick Murphys Lastest LP
You can praise the Dropkick Murphys for many things- an incredibly catchy Celtic-flavored brand of punk rock, the best song on the Departed soundtrack, the theme for the Boston Red Sox 2004 championship season- but what impresses me most is their sheer consistency. Since their formation in the mid-1990s, every album in their comprehensive catalog [...]
Io Echo, One High Five and 5 Artists to Watch in 2013
So the world didn’t end. What a surprise. Bad news is that Congress now has to actually come to an agreement on the fiscal cliff and we all have to return those Christmas presents that generated frowns instead of smiles. Good news is we get to look forward to another year of music, of discovering [...]
Will Smith, Justin Timberlake and the Best Actor Musicians
Acting and singing are two very different things. Rarely the two should cross, and when they do, it is usually tragic. There are however a few uber talented individuals that can sing and act. There are a few singers that make occasional appearances in film, but even fewer still that find a way to thrive [...]
