The Alarm’s “Strength”: 30th Anniversary Tour
The Alarm’s “Strength”: 30th Anniversary Tour The Alarm's Mike Peters "Marches On," bringing stories, showmanship, and "Strength" to the album's 30th Anniversary tour Mike Peters of The Alarm – September 11, 2015 – Johnny D’s, Somerville...
Andy Summers: The Blessing & The Curse
Andy Summers: The Blessing & The Curse The former Police guitarist on his new rockumentary “Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police,” and the greatest rock record you never heard. The Police was not, as some faux-historians would have you believe, the band...
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead: video Q&A with Wes Orshoski & Captain Sensible
The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead: video Q&A with Wes Orshoski & Captain Sensible Straight from the film's SxSW premiere, a Q&A with the forces behind the new Damned rockumentary. 5 years after co-Directing “Lemmy: the Movie,” an...The Rezillos are Punk as F*ck: Live at Johnny D’s, Somerville 7/14/15
The Rezillos are Punk as F*ck: Live at Johnny D’s, Somerville 7/14/15 The Scottish first-wave punks hit the road in support of their first new record in 35+ years, kicking ass all the way. A few days ago I was talking to an old friend of mine (he’s 55 for...
Vamos: A Farewell to TT The Bear’s – Pixies Style
Vamos: A Farewell to TT The Bear’s – Pixies Style Rocker's intrepid videographer finds redemption and the fountain of youth in the ticket line. On May 19, 2015, The Boston Globe reported that the Cambridge, MA dive bar T.T. the Bear’s Place would be...SxSW 2015: We Wrap it Up!
SxSW 2015: We Wrap it Up! By 2014, South by Southwest had virtually become a city in its own right: a Brigadoon appearing once a year in March, threatening to crush Austin, Texas under its weight. The symbol of this rampant expansion and the...
The Prefab Messiahs: The Resurrection Is Now
The Prefab Messiahs: The Resurrection Is Now Is it just a coincidence that one time Wormtown’s finest, The Prefab Messiahs, are releasing their first album of new material in about 30 years just in time for Easter 2015? It can’t be, can it? Yet the new...
Top Five Documentaries from SXSW 2015
Top Five Documentaries from SXSW 2015 A recent Variety article made the dubious claim that the success of HBO’s The Jinx, the six-part miniseries about accused multiple-murderer Robert Durst, will usher in a golden age of documentaries. Anyone who has attended SXSW...10 Best Things About Treefort Festival
10 Best Things About Treefort Festival Even though it is now four years old, and attracting known top shelf indie acts, Boise’s Treefort Music Festival still works hard to earn your affection. There’s a lot to love, too. Gleaned from a week on site, here are my top...
The Five Kinds of Rock Movie You Find at SXSW
The Five Kinds of Rock Movie You Find at SXSW With all due respect to the ever-expanding Interactive aspect of SXSW (as well as upstart offshoots like SXSports), it’s the Music and Film Conferences that remain the heart of the 10-day festival. With all due respect to...
Midge Ure: Acoustic Tour Live!
Midge Ure: Acoustic Tour Live! by Keith Valcourt “Take away the dressing, and it is still salad” says Ultravox’s Midge Ure of his acoustic-guitar based US tour, we check out the results (footage of Gainesville FL show 2015) The concept is simple, an...
