Archive for April, 2021
Media: May 2021 • “Call Him Dash”
First of all, let’s get an explanation of the name. The night jock at WTMX is named Dash. “All my life, when I told people my name,” he explains, “I would say Jordan Gabriel Orman-Weiss. The dash was part of my last name. That’s where the name Dash comes from.” Secondly, Dash is a […]
Cover Story: Del Amitri • “In The Flesh”
Over the years, Justin Currie seems to have survived the turbulent music industry on his shrewd wits alone. And he does not suffer any less street-savvy fools gladly. Take, for example, when the Del Amitri frontman was padding his income a few years ago, working part-time as a bartender in his native Glasgow. If […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 28 – May 1
Smashing Pumpkins will stream their 2012 Barclays Center show, where they played Oceania in full on Wednesday, April 28 at 4 PM. Check it out via Oculus. Tune-Yards perform live from their story during their “Party in a Can” livestream on Wednesday, April 28 at 8 PM. Find tickets here. Ratboys commemorate their 10th anniversary with […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 20 – April 25
Celebrate 420 with Cypress Hill’s “420 Celebration Live at The Roxy Theatre” livestream on Tuesday, April 20 at 6:20 PM. The band will perform a greatest hits set along with some “special surprises.” Get all the details and early bird tickets here. Weedmap’s virtual 420 celebration returns with Snoop Dogg as host and performances from […]
Spins • Rob Zombie: “Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy”
Rob Zombie Lunar Injection Kool-Aid Eclipse Conspiracy (Nuclear Blast) For the past three decades, Rob Zombie has been music’s master of macabre. He’s built his career on disco metal groove songs about witches, monsters, and sexy mamas. He excels in disco sleaze groove metal horror-inspired songs to shake your ass to. And that’s exactly […]
The Lockdown Interviews: Foxes
Phoning from her native England recently, Louisa Rose Allen admitted that over a year of on-again, off-again pandemic lockdown had essentially ground her life to a screeching halt. “It’s like a rollercoaster that’s just not moving, isn’t it?” she asked rhetorically, adding a wry chuckle for punctuation. Because the existential irony certainly is not lost […]
Stage Buzz: Livestreams April 14 – April 18, 2021
Watch Elle King performs live from Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl on Twitch Wednesday, April 14 at 8 PM. Tune in for free on Twitch. “Little Kids Rock” benefit show streams live this Wednesday and features appearances from James Hetfield of Metallica, Brian Hardgroove of Public Enemy, Jack Black, Todd Rundgren, Carlos Santana, Jade Bird, and […]
Spins • Cheap Trick: “In Another World”
Cheap Trick In Another World (BMG) Cheap Trick’s 20thstudio album packs what fans need from one of Illinois’ most reliably satisfying institutions. “The Summer Looks Good on You” offers stacked harmonies led by Robin Zander, who once again earns his position in the upper reaches of any list of rock’s premier vocalists. The song […]
Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz April 6th – April 11th
Rufus Wainwright returns to the stage during his “Ah! Live Again” shows at City Winery NYC on April 6th and 7th at 6 PM. Tickets available here. Shane Told of Silverstein (via his Lead Singer Syndrome Podcast) interviews Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach on Twitch on Tuesday, April 6 at 2 PM CDT. “Rock the […]
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