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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: CBGB Survivor Ivan Julian And The Art Of Spleen Reveal

posted: March 30, 2011

Ivan Julian‘s name has been attached to so many high-profile projects over the last three-and-a-half decades, from Richard Hell & The Voidoids‘ milestone debut album, Blank Generation, to The Clash‘s Sandinista! and Matthew Sweet‘s Girlfriend,…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: When Rockers Go Bluegrass

posted: March 23, 2011

It seems there’s a worrying trend these days wherein more and more veteran rockers seem to be turning to bluegrass. We’re using the term turning to bluegrass here in the interest of fairness, since the…
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Metal Monday: Which Bassist Was On This American Heritage Song Again?

posted: March 21, 2011

If you’re in a band and you part ways with your bassist, what do you do? Well, some bands might replace their bassist or hire a studio musician, but not American Heritage. They enlisted an…
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Get Lyrical: The Hundred Days' "On My Head"

posted: March 16, 2011

We’re not surprised that The Hundred Days have been climbing the Best Of charts on OurStage”the quartet’s haunting and moody melodies make them hard to ignore. But while they seem poised for success, the group’s…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Stirring The Soup Of The Psyche With The New York Dolls

posted: March 16, 2011

When the surviving members of the New York Dolls first reunited back in 2004 at Morrissey‘s behest”for a performance at the Meltdown Festival that the former Smiths singer and lifelong Dolls obsessive was curating in…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: John Popper Travels Beyond The Blues

posted: March 9, 2011

Blues Traveler frontman John Popper has just released his first proper solo album in a dozen years, John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours, and there’s a whole subculture of people who already know far more…
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