Queens of the Stone Age deliver the most promising album of the year
Rating for ...Like Clockwork 4 The opening track “Keep Your Eyes Peeled” begins with what sounds like glass shattering until the dirty, heavy bass line drudges in. It really drags itself along, but in...
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HEAR IT Sigur Ros Kveikur Spring has sprung for Sigur Ros. And about time. The icy majesty and glacial pacing that defined the Icelandic band’s sonic landscape begin to thaw on their seventh studio...
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How exciting could one weekend be for music fans? The world-famous “Bonnaroo” took place—an exciting pop festival in the tradition of Woodstock, only held many years later for those who missed it! It...
View ArticleIan Moore and the Lossy Coils at the Continental Club, 6/22/13
Ian Moore and the Lossy Coils Continental Club June 22, 2013 When Ian Moore asks for giant bottles of Advil and asks for the house lights to be turned down, you oblige. He is, after all, recovering...
View ArticleVince Gill and Paul Franklin to release new album "Bakersfield" July 30
LeadPhotoID --> Vince Gill Oklahoma native and 20-time Grammy Award-winning artist Vince Gill and famed steel guitarist Paul Franklin are joining forces on a new album,” Bakersfield,” due out July...
View ArticleRock band Cracker plays free concert in Downtown Raleigh
Whatever else Cracker plays at the band’s Thursday night show in Raleigh, here’s at least one lead-pipe cinch: “Low” will be in the set list somewhere. A Cracker show without “Low” would be like James...
View ArticleAn interview with 'Titan of the Telecaster' Bill Kirchen
Rather than embracing the vacuity and barefaced narcissism of 2013’s reality television generation, he maintains an old-school attitude predicated on supporting his family, writing killer tunes, and...
View Article>Music Review: Bill Kirchen - 'Seeds and Stems'
Bill Kirchen first learned his musical chops in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a founding member of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. From 1967-1976, his lead guitar sound helped the band...
View ArticleAmericana pioneer Bill Kirchen headlines Carrboro's Fourth of July show
Bill Kirchen has forgotten more music than most people ever know, and he still remembers plenty. Thats on ample display on Hot Rod Lincoln, the hopped-up centerpiece track to Kirchens new album...
View ArticleExclusive: Dakota Bradley on auditioning for Tim McGraw, debut album and more
Examiner recently sat down with the rising star about his debut single and upcoming record, as well as what it was like to audition for McGraw, his appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show and a song...
View ArticleJazz: Remembering jazz great Johnny Smith of Colorado Springs
Instruction book by Jazz guitar legend Johnny Smith (|) Guitarist Johnny Smith, one of a handful of true jazz virtuosos on the instrument who abandoned a high-profile life in order to raise his...
View ArticleThe joy that is Allen Toussaint
Seeing Allen Toussaint perform twice in the space of about 60 days - in drastically different circumstances each time - reminded me of why a love for musical roots can seemingly never run out of ways...
View ArticleHill Country Live Hosts Lydia Loveless, Chris Hicks, Andrew Leahey and the...
(Source: Shorefire Media) Hill Country Live Hosts Lydia Loveless, Chris Hicks, Andrew Leahey and the Homestead, Folk Soul Revival, Guy Forsyth, The Steepwater Band, And More This July Go To...
View ArticlePiece of Iron Maiden's Mind (Photos)
Rating for Iron Maiden studio album 4 View slideshow: Piece of Mind Introduction Nearly 30 years have passed since this album was released and the writing of this article. All the band members are...
View Article10 Essential Early Randy Travis Songs
Even as Randy Travis clings to life in a North Texas hospital, his spartan brand of country music feels like a thing of the past. At the very least, it's hard to imagine songs like "Forever and Ever,...
View ArticleQ&A with Richie Kotzen of the Winery Dogs on the band's debut album (Video)
Featuring bass hero Billy Sheehan (Talas, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big) and drum deity Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, Adrenaline Mob), the Winery Dogs' debut album (which arrives July 23;...
View ArticleThe Killers bring T in the Park to a close
Day three of T in the Park 2013 got off to a disco-dizzy start on the Main Stage with the 12-strong legend that is Earth, Wind & Fire. The veteran American party band launched the final day of the...
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LIGHT HEAT "Light Heat" (Ribbon Music, 3 stars) The new Philly buzz band of the moment is Light Heat, the songwriting project of Quentin Stoltzfus, whose band Mazarin was the Philly buzz band of about...
View Article6 new summer music releases reviewed! Part one (Photos)
Rating for New music by Mark Mulcahy, Peyton Pinkerton, Pixies, Dave Hogan, Graylight Campfire, Lys Guillorn and Mercy Choir 5 Mark Mulcahy: Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You (Mezzotint) 2013 is the...
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