Juliana Hatfield
Blood (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
Blood (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.
You can say that bedrock funk bassist Bootsy Collins is The One, and you would be right on so many levels.
There’s no detail too small or scar too deep for Eels to pick up and examine in a wry musical light.
It’s hard to to live up to a name like Young Fresh Fellows when you’ve been at it for almost 40 years, but good time rock and roll never goes out of style.
The effervescent jangle of German trio A Tale of Golden Keys is intricately engineered to make your ears ask “what was that?”
The first wave of UK punk crested and shrank back, but the Mekons are still thrashing and foaming.
Billy Martin’s drumming makes me think of oxymorons like “precisely sloppy” and “intensely casual” and “red hot chill out”.
Soul jazz ensemble The Greyboy Allstars have been around so long they have grown into their name.
Following a proud tradition of weird Australian pop, The Stroppies give us the sort of incisive harmonic jangle the world needs right now.
Go ahead and call your band Great Grandpa. You better have something pretty weird up your sleeve.
It’s a perfect time to bring Sound Salvation to a wider audience via the Internet, albeit in a different form.
The Story of the Most Influential Radio Station in America
Blue Room (Ruf). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Sting & Shaggy kicked off the North American leg of their co-headlining 44/876 Tour in Jacksonville, and Michelle Wilson was on hand to see her favorite musician.
Brimming with compelling interviews, and bursting with action-packed concert performances, this newly-released DVD documentary provides music enthusiasts with a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at one of rock’s most influential festivals.
Blue and White (Very Special Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
John 5 and the Creatures give a class in Guitar God 101 at the Social.
Two of pop music’s most prolific singer/songwriters came together for one night to delight and dazzle their longtime Orlando fans, Michelle Wilson among them.
The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic (Legacy Recordings). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Blood, guts, and kicking butt in France — it’s the age-old story of Shakespeare. Carl F. Gauze once again enjoys the salacious violence and complicated plot points of Henry V, in the moody dark of Orlando Shakes.
Infidelity, agoraphobia and Ice Capades. Carl F. Gauze attempts to find an answer to the question “How Florida can you get?” in The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Theater West End.
Jeremy Glazier catches Ian Noe at the Rust Belt, where they discuss putting Between the Country together, some of the influences that affect Noe’s songwriting, and his dislike of EPs.
Christopher Long scores an absolutely ravaged vinyl copy of the 1977 self-titled debut from Karla Bonoff at a Florida flea market — for FREE!
Carl F. Gauze reviews this comprehensive look at the early works of Muppets creator Jim Henson by Craig Shemin.
Robert Pomeroy tracks down a long lost album on the web and catches up with two other bands on Facebook.
On today’s New Music Now, Judy Craddock talks to our musical guest, Nora O’Connor, about her solo album, My Heart, and the captivating new music she’s listening to right now. Tune in for great music, and more ’90s references than you can shake a scrunchie at.
Writer Kazuo Kasahara and director Kôsaku Yamashita transcend genre conventions to create the memorable film Big Time Gambling Boss. Phil Bailey reviews.
Frank Bello’s new memoir Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax takes us from a New York childhood, to Anthrax stadium tours, to fatherhood with the charming informality of a conversation with an old friend. Then I’m Gone, Bello’s first solo EP, provides accompaniment. Joe Frietze reviews.
Savvy shopper Christopher Long scores a dodgy-looking copy of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young classic, Déjà Vu, on fairly decent-sounding vinyl — for just 50¢.
Carl F. Gauze caught a certain trio of android warrior sisters at the Enzian’s Robotica Destructiva premiere.
Brevard County showed their support for music in the community as nearly five thousand people attended the 2022 Space Coast Music Festival.