Reviewed: The Flamin’ Groovies “Fantastic Plastic”
by Tom Lawton | Nov 2, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Reviewed: The Flamin’ Groovies “Fantastic Plastic” We "Spot-the-Influence" track by track on the band's new album, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. There’s the respect /That makes calamity of so long life. So says Hamlet at the beginning...Live: Fall Out Boy @ TD Garden Boston
by Tom Lawton | Oct 30, 2017 | All Stories, Featured, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Live: Fall Out Boy @ TD Garden Boston Older Cousin takes younger cousin to a formative concert, finds screaming tweens and (poorly concealed) receding hairlines. Fall Out Boy: The M A N I A Tour – TD Garden, Boston MA – October 27, 2017 When in the course...Rock Your Halloween: 13 Spooky Tunes!
by Amy Prohaska | Oct 27, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Playlists | 0 comments
Rock Your Halloween: 13 Spooky Tunes! Get yer spooky on with our fab playlist of Halloween tunes! Boys and girls of every age Wouldn’t you like to hear something strange? Come with us and you will hear These, our songs of Halloween This is Halloween, this is...Reviewed: Paul Butterfield – Live New York 1970
by Don Fluckinger | Oct 20, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 2 comments
Reviewed: Paul Butterfield – Live New York 1970 Another double-live set, siphoned from the same source as "Paul Butterfield Live," gives us chills For many children of the late ‘70s and ’80s, our first exposure to the blues came when Chicagoans Dan Akroyd and...Reviewed: North Mississippi Allstars: Prayer for Peace
by Don Fluckinger | Oct 20, 2017 | All Stories, Featured, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Reviewed: North Mississippi Allstars: Prayer for Peace For anyone who’s troubled, hell, for any person with a conscience, this record’s for you. The mournful blues of the North Mississippi doesn’t evoke the wailers of the Civil Rights era — it actually invokes...Reviewed: Hendrix The Illustrated Story by Gillian G. Gaar
by Ian Rushbury | Oct 18, 2017 | All Stories, Book Reviews, Popular Stories, Reads | 1 comment
Reviewed: Hendrix The Illustrated Story by Gillian G. Gaar You could fill a warehouse with mediocre books about Hendrix, but Gillian G. Gaar's new tome gets it right In just under four years, Jimi Hendrix changed the world of popular music forever. Four years. Today,...Reviewed: Nick Heyward “Woodland Echoes”
by Ian Rushbury | Oct 17, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Reviewed: Nick Heyward “Woodland Echoes” Former Haircut 100 frontman embraces his pop roots, takes his foot off the loud pedal and delivers the best guitar solo of the year! If I showed you a picture of Nick Heyward in 1982, you’d probably recognise him. Cute as...Live: Chameleons Vox – Pleasure, Pain, Perfection
by Erin Amar | Oct 17, 2017 | All Stories, Featured, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 1 comment
Live: Chameleons Vox – Pleasure, Pain, Perfection Underground Postpunk legends stuff a weekend night venue to capacity, redefining "nostalgia show" Chameleons Vox – Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge MA – September 16, 2017 For a 57 year old who never...Live: Night Ranger – Their Own Worst Enemy
by Erin Amar | Oct 17, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Live: Night Ranger – Their Own Worst Enemy Can Night Ranger still Rock in America? The jury remains out. Night Ranger – September 29, 2017 – The Big E – Springfield MA Night Ranger. Yep, that’s right I’m at Night Ranger. To be fair I am...Reviewed: Pere Ubu – “20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo”
by Ian Rushbury | Aug 12, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Reviewed: Pere Ubu – “20 Years In A Montana Missile Silo” "The good news here is that in 2017, Pere Ubu still sound like Pere Ubu" Quoting a band’s press release is hardly pin-sharp critique, but I have to share this with the world: “David Thomas...Reviewed: Gene Loves Jezebel – “Dance Underwater”
by Ian Rushbury | Aug 6, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Reviewed: Gene Loves Jezebel – “Dance Underwater” Jay Ashton channels Duran Duran, turning in a shimmery new release - minus the brotherly love What is it with brothers in bands? You can spend all your young lives in each other’s pockets, go out...