2024 comes to a sweet end. Some years you eagerly await the change of that last number, but I feel a bit bittersweet leaving that 4 behind. There has been such amazing music poured out all year, I suppose I can only let it inspire me and bring hope for the next one....
Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (High Top Mountain Records) Sturgill Simpson's Metamodern Sounds In Country Music has proven a widely lauded, though often misunderstood, release. Much of this disconnect between Metamodern... and the manner in which reviewers have perceived it stems from the reviewers' perception that the...
With the sun setting over Brown’s Island, the collective known as Avers waits in the wings. With a knowing look, the band takes to the stage amid roaring applause from the Friday Cheers crowd. As the set begins, a wave of psychedelic euphoria spins through the air. The Avers experience has begun; an experience that stems from the shared longings...
FEATURE SHOW Tuesday, September 9, 9 PM Total Slacker, PAWS, Flashlights @ Strange Matter - $8 in advance/$10 day of show OK seriously--is 2014 the year of the alt-rock revival? I'm hearing more and more bands who sound less like 1997 Urbana and more like 1991 Boston every time I turn around... and I totally love it. Perhaps the alt-rock revival...
Last September, Fall Line Fest made its grand debut in Richmond with a weekend full of great music, art, and food. The only thing missing that first year though was that big name that would get everyone absolutely buzzing. This year, the powers that be have rectified that problem by landing The Hold Steady as a headliner. Last September, Fall...
The Midwestern section of the United States is a flatland of epic proportions, a place where adolescent dreams are swallowed up by long stretches of highway and cornfields. The Midwestern section of the United States is a flatland of epic proportions, a place where adolescent dreams are swallowed up by long stretches of highway and cornfields....
I am wasted in a hot tub with Natural Child, the wonderfully wild, hilariously sleazy currently-five-piece-but-originally-three-piece Southern blues-rock outfit from Nashville, who just finished their first show with tourmates Black Lips. I am wasted in a hot tub with Natural Child, the wonderfully wild, hilariously sleazy...
Unconscious Collective – Pleistocene Moon (Tofu Carnage Records) Even the most devoted fans of free jazz would likely agree that, at this point in time, an artist's output bearing that particular genre tag can be cause for some trepidation, especially when it's some cross-pollination with another style. Unconscious Collective – Pleistocene Moon...
From September 4-7, music-lovers from across the country will swarm at the rustic expanse of grass and forest that is Oak Ridge Farm for the second Interlocken Music Festival. They will flock to Arrington to watch rock n' roll hall of famers, jam band icons, and music legends including The Allman Brothers, Phil Lesh and Friends, Widespread Panic,...
Start with catchy bass lines, add elaborate stage shows and girl loving hooks, and you've got the band that’s ripping through the chart this year: Chromeo. Their 2004 debut, She's In Control, set the table for the next decade of dance music, with their 80s influenced tracks being played in clubs around the world. Their rise has continued with...
