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...
ROSS THE BOSS IS A LEGEND IN LOCKDOWN Vinny Cecolini May 19, 2020 Buzz, Features, Goings-On The Dictators and Manowar guitarist was primed to hit the road with his namesake band prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. Read how he's been keeping himself busy. There is no denying Ross “The Boss” Friedman... Read More...
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.” ... Read More...
THE WARLOCKS TRIP HARD ON REALITY WITH ‘THE CHAIN’ Dan Alleva May 8, 2020 Buzz, Features, Goings-On 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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
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... Read More...
IDLE HANDS—AS LONG AS IT FLOWS Nick Perkel April 28, 2020 Buzz, Features Celebrating the release of their new album Mana, Portland's Idle Hands are experiencing what it's like to tour Europe—and learning how it feels to build something from the ground up A major musical contende... Read More...
