Every so often I flip to the back of a Rolling Stone to check out the Top 40 and I don’t know why because it never fails to disappoint me. Nearly everything on there is complete shit. It’s the same story with the vast majority of radio stations and MTV, as well. Sure you’ll…
So I saw Kurt Vile and The Violators open for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at what is easily one of my favorite venues in Philly, The Mann Center. Ya ya I know it was almost a month ago at this point but…. I’m lazy and I tend to just get boozed up after…
I may be a bit bias on this one because A. I love dirty, bluesy rock and B. I’ve shared the shared the stage a few times with these guys…. but fuck it I never claimed to a beacon of objectivity and Dreamers is a great album. These guys hail from Brooklyn by way of…
So two weeks ago on Thursday I saw Futurebirds at Ortlieb’s and as I’ve mentioned before I love these guys. They’ve got a little bit of everything I like; rock, alt-country, pedal steel, psychedelic break-downs and lyrics that may or may not reference the seminal Keanu Reaves film Point Break. I also love Ortlieb’s, however…
Initially I was going to write about this album on 4/20. You know the day that everybody that never needed an excuse to smoke pot decided to use as an excuse to smoke pot. I know man…. I don’t get it, I don’t think anyone gets it and yes I have fallen victim to it’s…
Ya, ya…. I know this album is old but you know what? It still rocks hard… real fucking hard. So just bare with me one this one, you won’t regret it. Released in 1975 Sabotage is Sabbaths sixth studio album and in my opinion one of their most underrated. We’ve all heard Iron Man, War…
While we’re on this Americana kick, I figured I’d write about Justin Townes Earle. He’s the son of the legendary Steve Earle and he certainly lives up to his old mans legacy. Now if you don’t know Steve Earle go check him out now, because he’s been turning out raw country albums, that are actually…
Let me just start by saying I know I generally write about albums that I would recommend but…. this is not an album recommendation. It’s more of a ‘holy shit what the fuck is this, this is crazy‘ type of thing. I mean wow, this album is something else. In fact you should just skip…
I’ve been a fan of the North Mississippi Allstars since I realized that Luther Dickinson is one of the filthiest guitarists I’ve ever seen. Seriously, this dude is a legend in the making and his brother Cody is no joke either. The first time I saw them live he busted out a wiffle ball bat…
There’s been a more than a few of theres Woody Guthrie tributes in recent years and they’re usually pretty good but in my opinion New Multitudes is the top of the heap. Well, to be honest I haven’t really listened to most of the other ones… but I’m still pretty confident in that statement. …
