Dave Faulkner of The Hoodoo Gurus
by Erin Amar | Apr 13, 2012 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Dave Faulkner of The Hoodoo Gurus Is there anyone who doesn’t like The Hoodoo Gurus? And if so, what’s wrong with you? While best known in the US for their ‘80s-‘90s heyday, when the band dominated both MTV and college radio charts with singles like I Want You Back,...Chris Brokaw: Stories
by Erin Amar | Apr 7, 2012 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Chris Brokaw: Stories Chris Brokaw knows how to make an entrance. It’s the week after Christmas, and I am at local watering hole The Plough and Stars, shoulder to shoulder with a hoarde of Brokaw fans waiting for the one time Boston legend to take the stage. In this...Les Sans Culottes: Parlez-vous Rock and Roll?
by Erin Amar | Jan 10, 2012 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Les Sans Culottes: Parlez-vous Rock and Roll? We catch up with the latest from our favorite purveyors of French Revolution(s per Minute) Is Les Sans Culottes for real? It’s a question that fans of America’s greatest French rock band have struggled with since the...Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s: Lips Unsealed
by Erin Amar | Nov 15, 2011 | All Stories | 2 comments
Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s: Lips Unsealed When we think of the women rockers of the 80’s there are a lot of cool ones to call your favorite. For my money, Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s was always right up there. Though known best as the beat keeper...The Damned: 35 Years of Evil
by Erin Amar | Oct 27, 2011 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 2 comments
The Damned: 35 Years of Evil The first glimpse I catch of Captain Sensible, legendary guitarist of punk rock icons The Damned, is from 15 feet away, nervously peeking out of the doorway of the band’s dressing room. “I don’t want to do it!” he mock-pleads with...Paul Collins: The Kids Are The Same
by Erin Amar | Oct 8, 2011 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Paul Collins: The Kids Are The Same https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UaMghNaNpA If there is a guy who quintessentially sums up the idea of “Mature Hipster”, Paul Collins is it. Slogging away at the fine art of power pop for more than 35 years Collins has been become not...Styx: Regeneration I and II
by Erin Amar | Sep 27, 2011 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews | 4 comments
It might just be a youth spent growing up in southern New Hampshire, but Styx is the kind of band I find it embarrassing to suggest publicly you might enjoy. While the group’s early work could be considered a weak Midwestern imitation of Queen,...Sloan: Still Pretty Together
by Erin Amar | Sep 7, 2011 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Twenty years is a long time to do anything with anybody. So when the Chris Murphy, Andrew Scott, Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland – collectively known as Sloan – recently celebrated their 20th anniversary of being a band, there was good reason for music...10 Tips for Tats from Master Tattooist Chris DeBarge
by Erin Amar | Jun 21, 2011 | All Stories, Featured, Lifestyle, Popular Stories, Style & Fashion | 50 comments
10 Tips for Tats from Master Tattooist Chris DeBarge "You can tell someone 'this is a bad idea', and they’ll still do it, then it looks like ass, and then they complain." - Chris DeBarge Tattoos are forever, and as rockers age, we become more aware of that every day....Fujiya & Miyagi: This is Your Brain on Krautrock
by Erin Amar | Apr 3, 2011 | All Stories | 0 comments
Fujiya and Miyagi are what cool sounds like. For 4 albums the Brighton UK quartet have been perfecting their stealthy brand of ambient krautrock for the enjoyment of sexy French robots and humans alike. Bubbling under with songs heard soundtracking ads for...Yoko Ono: Artist – Visionary – Witch
by Erin Amar | Mar 30, 2011 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Music | 0 comments
Few celebrities are so iconic that simply invoking their name produces an actual physical sensation in the body. Yoko Ono is one. Whether hearing the name of the one time Mrs. John Lennon makes you wince, smile or widens your eyes with fascination, it seems Ono has...