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Soundcheck: What’s The Hold Up? How An Album Gets Pushed Back… And Back

posted: May 10, 2011

Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for a label to push back an album’s drop date more than once.  Usually, they’re waiting for more hype from fans, better numbers from their promo singles, or just chock it…
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The Songwriters You Didn't Know You Loved! (Or Hated!)

posted: May 10, 2011

Black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow. Or maybe it feels like I’m living a teenage dream. Does this all make you want to Party in the USA? I’m sure you…
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Pixies Reunite, Indie Kids Rejoice, Blogosphere Explodes

posted: May 9, 2011

If there’s one thing about the music industry that’s becoming increasingly common, it’s that no band breaks up forever. (In fact, OurStage even reported on that trend earlier this year. Just saying.) Which is why…
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Sound And Vision: Reunited Bands Try To Make Lightning Strike Twice

posted: May 6, 2011

For the love of money. According to Sting, when I interviewed him in 1996, there’s no other reason to bring a band back from the dead. Yet one must assume that Sting”who’s had a gold…
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Discourse & Dischord

posted: May 6, 2011

The Good Gwen Stefani performs onstage with Prince Prince is known to drag celebrities up onstage during his concerts for sometimes awkward interactions (See: Kim Kardashian). But for his show in LA at the Forum,…
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Your Country's Right Here: Colt Ford Sings With His Buddies 'Every Chance I Get'

posted: May 5, 2011

Colt Ford is living proof that good things happen in threes. No sooner was he grabbing kudos for his nomination on the April 3rd broadcast of the Academy of Country Music Awards show in Las…
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