Like Honeyhoney itself, First Rodeo is hard to classify. It simmers then boils; it whispers then howls. Throughout, Santo delivers stunning performances that will make you wonder why the hell you haven't heard of her yet.
He’s one of Nashville’s most gifted songwriters, equally adept at penning heart tuggers and barn burners.
"We’re together, like two names carved in an oak tree. And we want to be together for a long time."
"Modern country music has become like McDonald’s. Yeah, over a billion served. But is it the best cheeseburger?"
I’d like to think that witch house is a cynical response to chillwave, turning the latter’s quiet rhythmic nostalgia on its head and crucifying it on an upside-down cross.
Cary Hudson is a busy guy. When he’s not doing shows with reunited alt-country pioneers Blue Mountain or touring solo, more likely than not, he’s playing his...
Two strangers fall in love on an airplane. Two lovers jump in a car, put their map away and drive “anywhere.” A woman finds that life’s...
On “What The Hell”—the bouncy lead single from Avril Lavigne’s fourth studio album Goodbye Lullabye—the 26-year-old Canadian famous for her skaterpunk-meets-pop style struts with a defiant...
Bands change. Bands experiment. Bands have bad days. The Drive-By Truckers have already had their “bad day”—the middling A Blessing and a Curse—so I’m going to accept the second...
Radiohead like to do it their way. They morphed from a grunge bad to an electronic band in a mere seven years; they released their previous album, In Rainbows,...
When punk rock reared its ugly, Mohawk-emblazoned head in the late 1970’s, Wire was right there in the thick of things. Their debut album Pink Flag still remains...
Vic Chesnutt wasn’t simply one of the best songwriters of his generation; he was also one of the most idiosyncratic. The Georgia native dreamed up compositions...
If anyone was wondering what the adventurous American rock band Sonic Youth might try next, it turns out that the answer is: Scoring a well-received French mystery-thriller...
In 2009, Muzak Holdings LLC filed for Chapter 11. They’re the people responsible for the elevator music that played in our malls, in our drug stores,...
There comes a time in every artists’ life (artists with longevity, that is) when they peak both musically and lyrically. Sometimes it’s on the same album, and...
