LITTLE RICHARD WAS ROCK AND ROLL’S MISSING INGREDIENT James Campion May 17, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews “I could do Little Richard’s voice, which is a wild, hoarse, screaming thing, it’s like an out-of-body experience. You have to leave your current sensibilities and go about a foot above your head to sing it.” ...
THE WARLOCKS TRIP HARD ON REALITY WITH ‘THE CHAIN’ Dan Alleva May 8, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Los Angeles rockers spin social justice and surrealism into a psychedelic stew on their latest LP. “You know, it wasn't supposed to go this long,” says Bobby Hecksher of the Los Angeles psych-rock group...
LOW CUT CONNIE’S CHARACTER STUDY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM WEINER Debra Kate Schafer May 7, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews With their new single "Private Lives" and a forthcoming LP, the Philly outfit explores subculture and sabotage with precision. During one of the most bizarre times the world has ever seen, it is imperative...
COREY GLOVER AND STEVIE D. TEAR THROUGH THEIR BACK PAGES Vincent Bennett May 7, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Living Colour front man and renown New Jersey guitarist-producer unite for an album of heavy pop and soul. “Stevie is the man,” says Corey Glover, the Grammy winning front man for the legendary band Liv...
THE DREAM SYNDICATE’S STEVE WYNN ENJOYS MUSICAL FREEDOM ON HIS OWN TERMS Katherine Yeske Taylor May 6, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews 1 The band's seventh studio album, The Universe Inside, jams with joy. “I can hear the 7 train from my window. It's faint, but I can always hear it. It makes me sad. It sounds like freedom. It sounds lik...
Out of Exile: Outlaws’ Henry Paul Rides Down the ‘Dixie Highway’ Vinny Cecolini May 6, 2020 Features, Interviews Second-wave Southern rockers find themselves "in the best place they could possibly be" with new album Dixie Highway. From the mid-‘70s through the early ‘80s, some Brooklyn and Queens kids would hang out o...
A SONG FROM THE EARTH: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCINDA WILLIAMS Dan Alleva April 24, 2020 Buzz, Features, Interviews On her latest album, Good Souls Better Angels, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter taps into the darkness and light of life during uncertain times. (Interview + Album Stream) This spring has been anything...
LESLIE MENDELSON HAS SOMETHING TO SAY Dan Alleva April 23, 2020 Buzz, Features, Interviews By embracing her own anxieties and fears, the NYC singer-songwriter has created a bold and brave new album to be admired. (Interview & Album Stream) Prior to our chat in late March, singer-songwriter Le...
MAPACHE—ASCENT OF THE SPACE COWBOYS Dan Alleva April 22, 2020 Buzz, Features, Interviews Music brings people together. It creates memories and inspires creativity. It forges bonds. The last of those strange stimuli is like a coming of age concoction—a heady brew of all the ingredients required...
REALITY CHECK: STATES’ RIGHTS REVERSAL IN THE AGE OF MADNESS James Campion April 20, 2020 Features, Interviews A Dangerous National Leadership Vacuum Pushes Us Through the Political Looking Glass In the mid-eighties, during the last true wave of modern conservatism, it was difficult to imagine a time, some thirty-pl...
