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...
Lavender Disaster—The Chaos of Angels Arts Weekly July 10, 2019 Buzz, Features Lavender Disaster is the alternative rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Christine Bochicchio. When she was 17-years-old, Bochicchio attended Berklee College of Music—embarking on a musical journey that led...
Karen Bella—Music From Another Realm Arts Weekly July 10, 2019 Buzz, Features 2 Long Island singer-songwriter Karen Bella has been perfecting her craft seemingly forever. She began talking piano lessons at age nine, and by time she reached her mid-twenties, she was fluent in drums and gui...
Bonnaroo 2019 Arts Weekly July 3, 2019 Buzz, Features 6/14-16/19, Manchester TN At the 18th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, an eclectic mix of jam bands, electronica, alt-country, plus the usual assortment of rockers and rappers joined forces for an...
Operators—Imaginary Past, Psychedelic Future Dan Alleva July 3, 2019 Buzz, Features For Dan Boeckner, the critically-acclaimed synth-pop group Operators has always been a means to push his songwriting beyond his indie-rock comfort zone as vocalist and guitarist for the band Wolf Parade. On th...
Baroness: Presence of Mind Dan Alleva July 3, 2019 Features, Interviews As trucks, passersby, and the hum of summer shake and rattle outside the window of Baroness drummer Sebastian Thomson’s Brooklyn apartment, he reflects on where he’s been and where he’s going. The red-hot prog...
Interview with Helen L. Collen: The Art Of Capturing The Moment Bryan Reesman July 3, 2019 Buzz, Features Helen L. Collen has always found ways to express her creativity, from drawing and editing comic strips at age 10 to inventing special looks for people in film, television, and theater as an adult. Now she is d...
Interview with Rita Coolidge Michael Cavacini July 3, 2019 Buzz, Features 1 I recently interviewed Rita Coolidge, who has two Grammy awards to her name and decades of songs and albums along the way. We talked about her time touring with Joe Cocker, being in the studio with numerous le...
Geoff Tate: Rock ‘n’ Roll, Revolution, and Wine Dan Alleva June 25, 2019 Features, Interviews By all measures, Geoff Tate is a very, very busy man. His tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Operation: Mindcrime has extended into 2019 by popular demand. He just released an album in collaboration...
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...
