THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS MAKE MUSIC THEIR WAY (WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE STORY) Katherine Yeske Taylor August 5, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews Modern rock legends are back with new material, 'Made of Rain'—their first album of new songs in thirty years. Most bands typically don’t take more than a couple of years between albums - but it’s been ... Read More...
Why Creating Culture and Community Matter: A Conversation with YUNGBLUD [Watch & Listen + Q&A] Debra Kate Schafer July 21, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews 1 Quite possibly the most authentic person in music today, chatting with Yungblud is as effortless as talking to your best friend. Even on a Monday morning during a global pandemic his smile lights up a Zoom cal... Read More...
IN THE KINGDOM OF GAVIN ROSSDALE [WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE STORY] Katherine Yeske Taylor July 17, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Bush front person reflects on his group's early success, "the audacity of youth," and the band's eighth album, 'The Kingdom' “To make a record that is powerful and wide and deep and dark and broody... Read More...
THE TRUTH ABOUT RUFUS WAINWRIGHT [WATCH & LISTEN + FEATURE STORY] Katherine Yeske Taylor July 10, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews After two critically-acclaimed opera releases, Wainwright returns to his pop roots with Unfollow the Rules. “Every time I release an album, my brain flourishes into a bouquet of insanity,” say... Read More...
KELSY KARTER IS STICKING TO HER GUNS [WATCH & LISTEN + Q & A] Debra Kate Schafer July 10, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews Kelsy Karter wants you to know that she is not the next Joan Jett. She is not the next anyone, actually. She is fully herself on and off the stage and is using that to her full advantage as a singer, songwrite... Read More...
BEWARE OF WITCH TAINT! Katherine Yeske Taylor July 1, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews A casual listener might initially think that Witch Taint songs have all the standard black metal elements: shouty/growly vocals about “evil” things, buzzsaw guitars, and pummeling rhythm section. The band... Read More...
THE SOUNDS MISS YOU TERRIBLY: AN INTERVIEW WITH MAJA IVARSSON Katherine Yeske Taylor June 10, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Swedish new wavers were supposed to be touring the U.S. right now, but instead Maja Ivarsson brings us greetings from her home in Sweden. Swedish indie new wave rock group The Sounds were supposed t... Read More...
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS OFFERS RESPITE AND HOPE FOR THE SELF-ISOLATED Tina Benitez Eves May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews When To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) was founded 14 years ago, there was no global pandemic. No one’s life was completely upended—in work or relationships with friends and family. For the most part, everyon... Read More...
MARK “WEISSGUY” WEISS: THE LEGEND WHO CAPTURED THE EIGHTIES Vinny Cecolini May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews Joan Jett, 1980. Photo by Mark Weiss New photo retrospective out June 2 is a collection of some of the most iconic photos of rock and roll ever taken. Anyone armed with a cell phone or camera can shoot a... Read More...
EMILY HACKETT IS CREATING MAGIC AND NOT HOLDING BACK. Debra Kate Schafer May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews The Ohio-born musician grew up with music in her home and in her heart, but has since found her true artistic self in Nashville. Emily Hackett has some tricks up her sleeve, and without spoiling too much, a... Read More...
