I didn’t know that a bluegrass band from Santa Cruz, California — a pretty traditional three piece bluegrass band, albeit a really great one — could inspire such punk show mosh pit h… more →
brand new kind of photographywrote 4 months ago: I didn’t know that a bluegrass band from Santa Cruz, California — a pretty traditional t … more →
wrote 5 months ago: This is me resolving that, in 2013, I will leave the house more and be a hermit less, especially whe … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Erika Wennerstrom is a badass. The wall of guitar and bass that Heartless Bastards produce is enough … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Corin Tucker can flat-out rock. That’s what I took away from last night’s show; it was a … more →
wrote 10 months ago: I know there are a ton of bands I say this about, but Girl in a Coma really are one of my favorites … more →
wrote 12 months ago: I’ve been pretty lousy, over the last six weeks or so, at making it out to see local shows, wh … more →
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re not having fun while you’re watching Sugar & the Hi-Lows, you’re doi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When the Alabama Shakes slid on to the national scene last summer, with a slight EP and a handful of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Gemma Ray has a voice like Polly Jean Harvey, plays guitar licks like Chris Isaak, and owns a pair o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I wanna be Erika Wennerstrom when I grow up. The nice married gentleman standing next to me up again … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Rock ‘n’ roll did not need a museum. The fact that it existed was enough. — Dave T … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Oh, man, you guys — this show was a whim. I dug Trent Dabbs’ album Southerner, and when … more →
wrote 1 year ago: shep. and I used to drive around the Southeast a lot, going to see our favorite bands play places ot … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Last night’s Kathleen Edwards show, based on my listening to all four of her albums at work du … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Kathleen Edwards — Voyageur. Out 1/17, Zoe Records. When I fell in love with Kathleen Edwards, … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes, I’m not going to lie, I take jobs because I like a band’s name, or I figure t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Science has not yet found a way to rock illness away, but I am sure that some diligent grown-up punk … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Girl In A Coma — Exits & All The Rest. Out now. I’ve broadened my horizons this year … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I can’t summon words for how powerful it was to stand at the edge of the Cradle stage and watc … more →