John Mayer’s “Sob Rock” – No Tissues Required Amanda Ferrante Batista July 21, 2021 Albums, Reviews What’s catchy, melancholy, and blue all over? It’s John Mayer’s latest record, Sob Rock, a compilation call to embrace your emotions, unclench your uptight jaw, and chill the eff out. Sob Rock... Read More...
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Meditations on the Here and Now Amanda Ferrante Batista May 15, 2019 Features, Interviews To be at peace with the moment, and settled in the now, is an existence most of us merely can strive for. Thus, the basis of music’s appeal—to captivate and facilitate mental escape, if only at the moment, for ... Read More...
The Neighbourhood: Stay Gold Amanda Ferrante Batista October 3, 2018 Features, Interviews The Neighbourhood struck gold in 2012 and have been mining ever since. The five-piece from Newbury Park, Calif. met as teenagers and created careers based on the first song they ever wrote together. &... Read More...
Portugal. The Man: Feeling It Still Amanda Ferrante Batista September 19, 2018 Features, Interviews When Kathy Lee and Hoda, and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, separately declared their shared “song of the summer,” a wide net of fandom was cast. Just ask Portugal. The Man, the band behind the undeniable ditty, “Fee... Read More...
A Perfect Circle: Turning Corners Amanda Ferrante Batista November 15, 2017 Interviews A Perfect Circle offers more than music. The band is a unique force and supergroup, oozing with musical talents: lead singer Maynard James Keenan (TOOL); guitarist Billy Howerdel (Ashes dIVIDE); guitarist J... Read More...
Glass Animals: Shattering Expectations Amanda Ferrante Batista October 4, 2017 Interviews While we just closed the books on yet another summer of music festivals, let us not forget the spirit of this coveted season, when concert aficionados came out in droves to embark on multi-day long journeys... Read More...
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Madison Square Garden Amanda Ferrante Batista April 26, 2017 Concerts MANHATTAN, NY—After a short wait in a cove-looking area of the basement of Madison Square Garden, it was time to coalesce like a group of elites. The tiny and unique grooves in the white concrete walls deco... Read More...
Pearl Jam @ Madison Square Garden Amanda Ferrante Batista July 27, 2016 Concerts 1 MANHATTAN, NY—The lights shined a soft, bright yellow in Madison Square Garden as a sold-out crowd of fans decorated the seats like sprinkles on a sundae—plentiful and colorful. Pearl Jam commenced the stage ju... Read More...
An Interview with Zakk Wylde: In The Making Amanda Ferrante Batista July 13, 2016 Interviews 1 For many artists and musicians, a fruitful career that can span two decades is a dream come true. But for guitar legend Zakk Wylde, a 20-year timespan is merely the most recent break in between his debut so... Read More...
An Interview with Hatebreed: Signs Of The Times Amanda Ferrante Batista May 25, 2016 Interviews L-R: Wayne Lozinak, Matt Byrne, Jamey Jasta, Frank Novinec, Chris Beattie Music can affect us profoundly—the most powerful works offer exposition of feelings, a cleverly captured essence of our time, and en... Read More...
