Skillz To Pay The Billz: 4 Ways to Make a Living at Rock n’ Roll
by Rockerzine | Mar 17, 2017 | All Stories, Life & Living, Lifestyle, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Skillz To Pay The Billz: 4 Ways to Make a Living at Rock n’ Roll When music sales get tough, the tough get going It’s hard to make it as a band these days. With streaming quickly becoming most people’s preferred method of consuming music, record...Biography: Sex Pistol Steve Jones’ “Lonely Boy”
by Joe Gallo | Mar 15, 2017 | All Stories, Book Reviews, Featured Reads, Popular Stories, Reads | 0 comments
Biography: Sex Pistol Steve Jones’ “Lonely Boy” The sex and drugs, and rock and roll swindle. The disappointing thing about “Lonely Boy” is that, Steve Jones – former Sex Pistol, thief, and alcoholic – is not articulate enough to pull off a 300-page...Bastille Day: How Loving Bastille Changed my Life
by Kate Binder | Mar 7, 2017 | All Stories, Featured Lifestyle, Life & Living, Lifestyle, Popular Stories | 1 comment
Bastille Day: How Loving Bastille Changed my Life A mom finds returning to her fangirl roots is the key to adult happiness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Cw4l-8NY My life is better now than it was a couple of years ago, and it’s all because...The Monsieurs: C’est La Guerre!
by Erin Amar | Feb 16, 2017 | All Stories, Artist Interviews, Featured Music, Music, Popular Stories | 0 comments
The Monsieurs: C’est La Guerre! Boston's boy-fronted girrl band takes no prisoners. Loud, noisy and seemingly lacking actual Frenchmen, The Monsieurs blew me away when I finally caught up with them a few months back. Two beautiful ladies – guitarist Hilken...Equanimity Examined: The Feelies – “In Between”
by Tom Lawton | Feb 12, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Equanimity Examined: The Feelies – “In Between” Tom Lawton gets philosophical over the 40 year old band's latest. RESOLVED: There is a direct inverse ratio for measuring the trajectory of a band’s success, versus the level of pleasure one gets from...It’s Magick You Know: Psychic TV Cast the Spell Live in Boston
by Chris Adams | Jan 8, 2017 | All Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
It’s Magick You Know: Psychic TV Cast the Spell Live in Boston Genesis and the gang bring the voodoo. Gather ‘round chilluns and I’ll tell you a tale… Musta been a little before sunset on an early spring day back in ’85, two long shadows slid up a small hill in...The Rise, The Fall and The Rise: a memoir by Brix Smith Start
by Joe Gallo | Jan 7, 2017 | All Stories, Book Reviews, Featured Reads, Popular Stories, Reads | 0 comments
The Rise, The Fall and The Rise: a memoir by Brix Smith Start The powerful memoir from ex-The Fall guitarist and ex-wife of Mark E. Smith tells tales worth telling. Let’s be candid: when I picked up “The Rise, The Fall and The Rise” I only wanted to read the good...Old Newell’s Ten Point Hangover Guide
by Martin Newell | Dec 10, 2016 | All Stories, Featured, Featured Lifestyle, Life & Living, Lifestyle, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Old Newell’s Ten Point Hangover Guide Cleaner from Venus Martin Newell's helpful guide to holiday overindulgence In an attempt to assist our readers with their holiday imbibing we reprint with the writer’s kind permission OLD NEWELL’S TEN POINT...Bettie Serveert: Damaged Good
by Tom Lawton | Nov 21, 2016 | All Stories, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Bettie Serveert: Damaged Good 25 years in, the Dutch rockers are as vital as on their debut. We dissect the band's aural secret weapons. Okay, mature rockers, want to make yourself so sad that you’ll weep openly into your ultra-hoppy craft beer? Have a look at the...Songs for Surviving President Trump
by Rockerzine | Nov 9, 2016 | All Stories, Latest Stories, Music, Playlists, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Songs for Surviving President Trump Therapeutic tunes for the old rocker's soul We hear that music can soothe even the most noxious of troubles, and boy howdy last night’s election sure is some of that. To wit the Rockerzine staff has put together this playlist...Pretenders: Alone
by Tom Lawton | Oct 27, 2016 | All Stories, Featured, Featured Music, Latest Stories, Music, Music Reviews, Popular Stories | 0 comments
Pretenders: Alone Sublime vocals, solid retro-style production, a surprising single, and the most annoying Pretenders song ever: Alone has it all. Remember that time I ordered a double cheeseburger in front of Chrissie Hynde? Of course you don’t because it never...