Leigh Celent: Castle Black—A New Riot Grrrl Rises Vinny Cecolini August 21, 2019 Buzz, Features In 2019, a year during which pop princess Ariana Grande headlined Lollapalooza, Castle Black frontperson Leigh Celent is a welcome breath of fresh indie-rock air. Celent and Castle Black have created a new sou...
Hollis Brown—The Last Great American Rock ‘N’ Roll Band? Vinny Cecolini July 30, 2019 Features, Interviews Ozone Park: The Queens, New York neighborhood that is the gateway to the Rockaway beaches; where the late Mafia don John Gotti held his annual July 4th block parties and constantly thwarted authorities despera...
I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME—Dallon Weekes Heads Back to the Future Vinny Cecolini July 17, 2019 Buzz, Features Although sometimes truncated to iDKHOW, the full name of former Panic! At the Disco bassist Dallon Weekes’s new project is I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME. Yes, it is quite the mouthful, but those familiar w...
King’s X: Turning Tragedy into Something Special Vinny Cecolini June 25, 2019 Features, Interviews King’s X are one of the most celebrated and lauded bands of the last 30 years… by musicians and critics. Yet, the level of success first predicted for them has alluded them. A rollercoaster story of ups and do...
Frank Iero Strikes Back Vinny Cecolini June 18, 2019 Features, Interviews Each night, as Frank Iero tucks his children in, he offers them a choice: a storybook or a song. Rarely do they choose the book, opting for a sing-along that begins with “Best Friends Forever (But Not Now).” C...
Greta Van Fleet, May 18, 2019, The Stone Pony Summer Stage Vinny Cecolini June 11, 2019 Concerts, Reviews 1 On a near-perfect mid-spring evening in Asbury Park, New Jersey, anticipation grew as a crowd snaked around the legendary Stone Pony and its celebrated Summer Stage. Why had such a large group arrived hours be...
Collective Soul: Now Is the Time Vinny Cecolini May 29, 2019 Features, Interviews It’s been 25 years since Collective Soul front man E. Roland’s iconic “yeah” (from the band’s debut single “Shine”) was first heard over the radio airwaves. Since then, the Georgia quintet’s infectiously catch...
Interview with Reb Beach of Whitesnake: The Musical Director Vinny Cecolini May 1, 2019 Buzz Best known as a member of Winger, Reb Beach has been a celebrated guitar hero since the eighties. Although he has also toured and recorded with Dokken, Night Ranger, and Alice Cooper, his focus since 2002 has b...
Tour Preview: Cradle of Filth & Wednesday 13 Vinny Cecolini April 2, 2019 Buzz It wasn’t protests, or townspeople with torches and pitchforks, that jeopardized Cradle of Filth’s current tour. It was the recent government shutdown. Federal agencies were shuttered for so long that the Briti...
‘Gone for the Weekend’: Troy Burbank’s Raucous Indie Comedy Debuts at the Garden State Film Festival Vinny Cecolini March 27, 2019 Goings-On When Phil’s wife heads off on a “so-called” business trip, he gathers his friends for a no-holds-barred weekend. The problem: Phil’s middle-aged friends still think they’re teenagers and are culturally stuck in...
