by Steve Knapp | Sep 17, 2015 | Album Reviews
Looped, live and loving it, Battles is a band all about building expectations before diverging completely into unknown territory. Their career has been one elaborate Rube Goldberg-esque musical contraption, swapping pieces in and out without hindering or a cheapening...
by Steve Knapp | Sep 17, 2015 | Album Reviews
Blunt yet beautiful, Ben Folds’ music continues on its collaborative path with So There, which enlisted the help of the spectacular ensemble yMusic and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. It’s his first since the grand reunion of the eponymous 90s powerhouse Ben Folds...
by Steve Knapp | Aug 23, 2015 | Album Reviews, Reviews
As The Sword proved with 2010’s Warp Riders, they are a band who cast aside exercising prudence in order to evolve their sound—even if their last release was a bit lacking in that regard. High Country is the leap of faith in this stoner metal outfit’s story that...
by Steve Knapp | Aug 1, 2015 | Interviews
In case you’re not in the know, Live at the Garden 4 is taking place today (8/1). We were able to snag Nathaniel Grosh a brief question session to get a little more insight into a fledgling festival that aims to bring local musicians to the forefront of a...
by Steve Knapp | Jul 29, 2015 | Interviews
By Steve Knapp There rests a mantle right beneath the musical surface of what has been discovered, quantified and filed away as acceptable. It’s there you’ll find bands with fingers gripping topsoil kissed by the oh so sunny light of success. To even get that hold,...
