For those of us who love the music of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and other classic rock acts and would love to see it performed live but don’t want to deal with silly looking wigs and phony accents there is Classic Albums Live. Created by Craig Martin, we…

Every since a’cappella group DeCadence put “Bitches Ain’t Shit” on YouTube, it seems the Southern California academic a’cappella scene has seen some commercial appeal. Hence, Sonos, who will be performing at the Living Room in NYC Oct. 13, who do innovative a’cappella interpretations of Radiohead’s “Everything In Its Right Place”…

Those crazy ladies that fill their tree branches with glass bottles now have some competition thanks to Electric Junkyard Gamelan. Inspired by mostly Indonesian music with its hammering on xylophones and gongs, this Brooklyn-based band is more likely to play rubber band harps and saw blades. They will be playing…

Naam do not just pray at the altar of early metal legends like Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath, one listen to their forthcoming record titled Kingdom and you’d think the Brooklyn psychedelic rockers were nursed on riffs from the latter’s early works—and that’s not a bad thing. The record…

Classical rock is coming back as Renaissance celebrates their 40th anniversary with a tour along the East Coast. After some time being broken up, members of the band reunited to create a new album back in 2001. Now, with their mix of jazz, rock and classical music blended with poetic…

Singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham got into bull riding in his late teens to escape homelessness and a family that had been destroyed by drug abuse. Then, sometime in his 20s he discovered he had a talent for songwriting and performing music. Gaining accolades from the likes of Tom Waits and Joe…

It may seem a bit late in the year for an overdose of Irish music, but the devoted should well know that there’s never a bad time to ring up a huge bar tab and have a grand time with some classics like “I’ll Tell Me Ma” and “Whiskey In…

Infected Mushroom is spreading the psytrance disease once again with the release of its new album, Legend Of The Black Shawarma. This electronic-rock duo straight out of Israeli is celebrating the release of this record with their biggest NYC show yet. Jonathan Davis of KORN, who is featured on the…

Usually it’s after a hip-hop artist lands their first few big singles, they start changing their name. B.o.B breaks the mold by flip-flopping with the moniker “Bobby Ray” before his first album even dropped. Speaking of, The Adventures Of Bobby Ray’s release date has become something of a moveable feast,…

Amazing Baby is another Brooklyn-based band that uses too much reverb, has the same haircut, and wears ironic t-shirts and big sunglasses.  Their indie psychedelic rock tunes have a little bit of a Stone Roses feel to them, but their new album, Rewild, sounds more like Animal Collective with their…