My Roots: Robin Trower 3 Jun 2013 | 05:02 pm

He is the man with the golden guitar. Or rather, he is the man with the golden touch. Robin Trower has sparked many an adolescent music fan’s imagination on fire with one song: “Bridge Of Sighs.” With...

CD Review: Boxer Rebellion - Promises 2 Jun 2013 | 04:28 pm

Listening to Promises from The Boxer Rebellion is like gorging yourself on chocolate for a bit before you start to get tired of it and suddenly remember that you can add some things to the chocolate t...

CD Review: Shooter Jennings - The Other Life 31 May 2013 | 06:56 am

Shooter fearlessly confronts the duality of man’s nature. Can Saturday night and Sunday morning learn to live side by side? Directly quoting one of his father’s songs, he asks, “Don’t y’all think this...

CD Review: Dumpstaphunk - Dirty Word 31 May 2013 | 06:50 am

Coming from their hometown of New Orleans, Dumpstaphunk have steadily expanded their sound to achieve global funk success.  Dirty Word is the latest from the band and shows off the professional funkat...

Feature: SXSW Recap, Pt. II: Top 5 Veteran Acts We Still Love 30 May 2013 | 05:42 pm

Feature: SXSW Recap, Pt. I: Top 5 Breakout Acts We Loved 30 May 2013 | 05:23 pm

Gallery: Soundset 2013 Festival - Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN 5.26.13 30 May 2013 | 08:32 am

Soundset 2013 Festival held at Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN 5.26.13.  All photos by Billy Briggs

Show Review: Stones Fest - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY 5/22/13 29 May 2013 | 11:08 am

Stones Fest proved to be a veritable jukebox of Stones tunes, as each track elicited howls of approval from the locked in and packed crowd. (Truth be told, the setlist was more of the greatest hits va...

Gallery: Boston Calling Music Festival 29 May 2013 | 07:36 am

The inaugural Boston Calling Music Festival, featuring The National, The Shins, Fun., Matt & Kim, Youth Lagoon, Of Monsters & Men,  The Walkmen and Dirty Projectors.  All photos by Andrew Francke

CD Review: Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City 28 May 2013 | 11:57 am

At its core Modern Vampires of the City still has the clever hooks and effortless melodies that made the band blogosphere darlings in 2008, but underneath the gloss there's a less easy, more fatalisti...