Remembering Col. Bruce Hampton
Longtime Col. Bruce road manager Tony Hume shares his thoughts on the passing of his friend and Bruce’s indelible influence on the jam band scene.
BLONDIE – Pollinator
Blondie has nothing left to prove after four decades in the business.
RANKED – The Cure
Robert Smith turns 58 today. Let’s rank every single Cure album from worst to first, shall we?
BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Live at the Roundhouse in London
What can push a French bloke to go outside his comfort zone and book tickets for a concert in London when he knows he’s gonna see the same show in Paris a few days before? TWO WORDS: Blackberry Smoke.
JERRY LEGER – ‘NONSENSE AND HEARTACHE’
If Gram Parsons ever sat drinking with Tom Petty at a roadside bar outside 29 Palms, Jerry Leger’s Nonsense and Heartache would be playing on the jukebox.
PUNK FLASHBACK – The Crowd
With the recent unveiling of this year’s Warped Tour line-up, old school punk is again in the air as California legends The Adolescents, The Dickies and T.S.O.L are heading out with bands that weren’t even born when they put California punk on the map in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s. Inspired by the music coming out…
BIFFY CLYRO live in Las Vegas
Armed with a cupboard full of trophies, including two NME awards for Best British Band, Biffy Clyro kicked off their U.S. tour in the intimate confines of Vinyl at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
COOL BAND ALERT! – Blak Emoji
Blak Emoji is the latest project from singer-songwriter-musician Kelsey Warren and they’ve just released a new EP called Intro.
TOP 10 BAND LOGOS!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Anyone who has ever sketched the KISS letters in a school notebook or safety-pinned a Ramones patch onto the back of their jacket knows that a great band logo resonates with fans and reveals their love for those artists.
CONCERT REVIEW – UFO and Saxon live in Las Vegas
With over 20 studio albums under each band’s belt, UFO and Saxon represent the old-school rock and roll approach to life. Write some songs, record an album and then tour the hell out of it. At the end of the tour, hopefully you made a little money.