By Lindsay Wallace The Entrance Band released an album from Ecstatic Peace/Universal Records that is sheer genius in the most provocative sense. This psychedelic rock vibe is alluring and different from the everyday norm in psych rock. Blake plays his guitar wildly and purposefully in his solos, … [Read more...]
Maiysha Gives NYC the Royalton Treatment
Maiysha's This Much Is True, the first release on the UFO/RYKO-distributed Eusonia label, marks the arrival of a striking new figure in the presently up-for-grabs realm of contemporary soul music. The debut album from the Brooklyn-based writer/artist is elegant and intelligent, hook-laden and … [Read more...]
Getting Down & Dirty with The Almost
The Almost’s second album for Tooth & Nail /Virgin Records began taking shape just as soon as the band came off the road after touring for their 2007 debut, Southern Weather, including a stint on that summer’s Warped tour. That album, which debuted at #39 on Billboard’s Top 200, earned them a … [Read more...]
Timbo!!! Bring Dat Beat Back!!!
Multi-platinum producer, prolific hit-maker, and sonic innovator Timbaland will release his third solo album, entitled Timbaland Presents Shock Value II, on November 23rd, 2009, on Mosley Music Group/Blackground Records/Interscope Records. The album is the follow-up to the super-producer's … [Read more...]
AM Taxi Rocks The Casbah, Chicago Style
With a blend of old-school punk, world beat and modern pop influences, Chicago-based AM Taxi combines experience with exuberance on their Virgin Records debut, We Don’t Stand A Chance. The band was formed almost two years ago—with the encouragement of Sublime producer Miguel Happoldt—by longtime … [Read more...]
Bruce Springsteen Gives Giants Stadium its Swan Song
By Lindsay Wallace On October 8th and 9th, the legendary Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rocked Giant's Stadium with the final of five shows at the venue. These shows are the last that Giants Stadium will ever see before it is knocked down. At the start of the show on Thursday, … [Read more...]